They have a connection and it is clear they were meant for each other. Two tulips’ lives change for the better when they meet each other at high sun. Ĭlick below to purchase the entire 10-minute play, Jumping the Wind( once purchased, you will be given a link to download the script): Movements of the Wind is a 5-piece collection of short intertwined plays journeying the challenges of garden inhabitants as they confront the volatile effects of Mother Nature through their lives.ĬLICK for a free EXCERPT OF TEN MINUTE PLAY, JUMPING THE WIND. * Jumping the Wind was originally written and performed as part of the full-length play, Movements of the Wind. And a story of friendship and trust.Ĭast: 1 male, 1 female (2 females, OR 2 males) Jumping the Wind is a story of leaving the familiar, taking risks for the promise of something better. The leader, Pollen K-10, has remained behind with her, and has to decide how long he will stay to rally her before his own safety is in jeopardy. She doubts the legend that anything better lies beyond. All other pollen have already made the jump to presumed safety, but Pollen V-6 has been too frightened to leave. If they do not make a dangerous jump to a fresh flower, Cat will destroy the flower and any remaining pollen that night. The flower on which Pollen V-6 and Pollen K-10 have lived their entire lives has wilted and is dying. It may also stand alone as its own complete short play.Ĭlick below to read the entire play, The Victory Garden Plays. This is the final piece from The Victory Garden Plays. And here, in Ruby and Millie & The Old Chemical Plant, now in their 60s, we meet Ruby and Millie again, fifty years after their rooftop garden. Five decades later, the chemical plant is gone, but the allotment of a community garden, in that space, still remains. In an effort to create his own meaningful legacy during war times, the plant owner decides to offer up some of his land to be used by the community for growing fruits and vegetables. In the 4th movement, Frank and Jerry & The Chemical Plant, we experience the story of a wealthy chemical plant owner whose factory is requisitioned by the government and used for war purposes. That play can be found here as RUBY AND MILLIE AND THE DYING CUCUMBERS. The opening movement of The Victory Garden Plays portrays sisters, Ruby and Millie, as a child and teenager, struggling to maintain their rooftop garden, while their father is a prisoner of war overseas. The Victory Garden Plays is a 7-piece collection of short individual plays encompassing journeys of individuals on the American home front during WW2. Ruby and Millie & The Old Chemical Plant was originally written and performed as part of the full-length play, The Victory Garden Plays. Great food: Halloween play, spooky, eerie, thriller, 2 person play, 2-hander, competitions, festivals, play about mystical creatures, play about a werewolf, play for adult and child (adult actor can play child)ĬLICK for a free excerpt for When Marshmallows Burn by Tara Meddaugh.ĬLICK below for a complete digital copy of When Marshmallows Burn by Tara Meddaugh Set: Minimal, a back yard, around a fire pit Genre: Dark comedy/absurdist/thriller/dramaticĬast: 1 female, 1 male or 2 female (1 role is gender neutral) What (or who) else will he have an urge to kill? Is there anything his mother can do to stop him, or can she ultimately accept and love him? This is a dark comedy about a boy becoming a werewolf, but it’s also a story about needing acceptance and love, in the face of evolving identity. And he has a sudden urge to kill squirrels-and eat them raw. Sammy and his mom are enjoying roasting marshmallows by the fire, under the full moon, when something very strange starts to happen. As the Moon River Raft approaches, their fate becomes clear and their loyalty to each other is truly tested.Ĭlick here to read an excerpt of the dark comedy play, The Moon River Raft.Click below for the complete digital copy of the short play, The Moon River Raft. Selina pleads with Meredith to come with her, but Meredith has serious doubts. But when Meredith discovers Selina has left the stump and gone to a creepy river in the middle of the night, Selina reveals a secret she has learned from the elder-rabbits: The Moon River Raft is arriving tonight and will take all Woundeds to a perfect place where injuries are healed and no predators exist. While the rest of her rabbit colony has ostracized her as a “magnet of death,” her sister, Meredith, remains loyal and plans to keep her safe by hiding her in a tree stump forever. When the rabbit, Selina, breaks her leg, she knows she will not survive long in a forest filled with predators. It runs around 15 minutes, but fits within the realm of many typical 10-minute plays. **NOTE: This is not quite 10-minute play.
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