One Minute Plays

…wherein there are plays… that last one minute…

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Summer Night

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(Danny and Jon are in a car; the car pulls up to Danny’s house) DANNY Would you like to come up? JON It’s kind of late. DANNY Do you want to wrestle? JON Wrestle? DANNY Do you wanna? JON I mean… uhm… no? DANNY Okay. JON Okay. Have a good night. DANNY Would you like […]

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Catching Up

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(JOANNA and STEPHANIE are walking down a street together, in New York City) JOANNA The city is so… uncrowded. STEPHANIE Yeah, since the pandemic – everyone is upstate. JOANNA In the woods? STEPHANIE I guess… yes, with trees, and squirrels… and bears. JOANNA Bears? STEPHANIE There are bears – I think. And coyotes. JOANNA Wow. […]

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Two Guys At a Bar

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(JACOB and STEPHEN, two friends from high school, meet up 20 years after graduation) JACOB Steve! STEPHEN Jacob! JACOB So good to see you! STEPHEN You look – older. JACOB You too! A lot… older STEPHEN Yeah – I’ve put on some weight. JACOB Yeah. STEPHEN Wow. Twenty years. Sorry I haven’t been better at […]

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LAURA Darling! JEREMY Hey there! LAURA What are you drinking? JEREMY Martinis. LAURA I need to catch up… JEREMY I just got here. LAURA Still, I’m ridiculously sober. JEREMY Javier, two martinis for my lady here. JAVIER (To Laura) How would you like them? LAURA Traditional; 5 partis gin; 1 part vermouth; stirred, not shaken… […]

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Characters Rebelling

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(JOHN and DAVID are walking down a street together, in Basel Switzerland) JOHN So you’re saying I’m not really here. DAVID You’re here – it’s just that you’re only here in my head. You’re a character in this play. JOHN And what are you? DAVID I’m the writer… JOHN Then why are you here, walking […]

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Back At It

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(JOHN and DAVID are sitting together in Business Class, flying to Germany; David is working on his laptop) JOHN What are you doing? DAVID Writing a One Minute Play JOHN I thought you stopped doing that. DAVID Yeah, well… I’m back at it. JOHN Oh. So, what’s this one about? DAVID Just us talking… JOHN […]

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Getting ready for New Years Eve

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(JOANNE and STEPHANIE are walking down a street in New York) JOANNE So what are you guys doing for New Years? STEPHANIE Oh the usual… he puts on the tux, I put on a gown, we head out to the Stevenson’s place for cocktails, and then to that thing at the museum, and then over […]

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Good and Evil

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(JOANNE and STEPHANIE are sitting in a bar.  ALEX is bartending). JOANNE Do you think anything can be said to be clearly good or clearly evil? STEPHANIE Absolutely. JOANNE What for example? STEPHANIE Extra-large caramel mocha cappuccino with nutella cream. JOANNE Which one is that?  Clearly good or clearly evil? STEPHANIE Absolutely.   Clearly good or […]

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