10-minute (or less) plays available for reading
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Plays are the copyright of Jeremy Sony. All film, web, publishing, and other rights reserved. If you see something you like and are interested in producing it in some form, please contact me. NOTE: I have written and staged close to 100 short plays. If you're an instructor at an Ohio high school, college, or university and you're interested in having a playwright run a workshop on writing & rehearsing short plays for performance for your drama/writing students, again please contact me.
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The View at the EndAgatha just wants to feel something before the end, and Charlie just wants more wine. Alone on a city rooftop at the end of the world, these two strangers think they know what they want, until Sally and Oscar show up and the end of the world gets complicated. (Dramedy. 2W, 2M)
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Next Stop central Station*Laura just wants to make friends. Sam just wants to read the paper. And Alan needs to focus on his work. But Laura's got to know, "what's in the cooler?" Three strangers, one sub-way car, and a potentially explosive situation. (Drama. 2 M, 1 W.)
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The Cosmonaut in Human ResourcesWhen Dreyev walks into human resources, he finds he's missing the one key requirement for the job he wants: he's not Paul. Who's Paul? That's what Dreyev needs to figure out before it's too late. Because it might just be him. (Dramedy. 1 M, 1 W.)
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The Death of the Edward FoxFitz, a guardian angel on the edge of retirement finds himself in the hot seat when he goes AWOL and his ward, Edward Fox is murdered. As if that isn't bad enough, new regulations in Heaven allow victims of violent deaths to sue if there is proof of negligence. And Edward Fox is doing just that.If Fitz can't provide answers to Heaven's Internal Affairs office, he stands to lose more than his retirement. He could lose his wings. (Comedy. 2 M, 2 W.)
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Art Gallery, In the Middle of Nowhere. Circa Now.*On a middle America Saturday night, Jules is working on her masterpiece, Tom just wants to play Five Ninjas, and Matt---well, he owes someone an apology. But right now, he just wants to see what’s on Jules’ canvas, to see what she sees. It’s not what he’s expecting. (Drama. 2 M, 1 W.)
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Advice to the Happy Couple*What’s the key to a happy marriage? Michelle says one thing. Her husband, Will, has other thoughts. At their friends’ wedding, the advice-cam has found them and going on record might just test every theory they have. (Comedy-Drama. 1 M, 1 W.)
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Walk Me Through It*Will just needs to talk himself through the disturbing events surrounding the night he lost... BING... he's not supposed to say lost...the night his wife was murdered. So says his doctor if he's ever going to cope with it. (Drama . 1 M, 1 W.)
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From Mars to Paris*Climbing the highest mountain in the solar system might seem like the way to a woman's heart, but sometimes the distance between two worlds isn't as vast as the space between you on the couch.
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*Some of these short plays were originally developed at Ohio University and received staged readings as part of Madness, a weekly production workshop of the Ohio MFA Playwriting program. If you're considering an MFA in Playwriting, I highly recommend looking at OU's program.