The Plays

The Plays

Check out the short synopsis and details of each play here, and then click on the MORE link for more information - or to order a perusal script.

Christmas Can Be Murder

Christmas Can be Murder

Cast: 4 Female / 2 Male
Length: 2 Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
For the past six years, Brett has had to spend Christmas single-handedly managing his monstrously difficult mother while keeping the truth from her that her favourite son, Simon, is not a successful businessman overseas but is in jail. This Christmas Brett plans to skip town and leave Mum with the newly released Simon. Unfortunately, for the hapless Brett, nothing comes easy and he finds himself trapped in his mother’s apartment with the mob mistaking him for Simon and calling in prison protection debts. Will Brett be able to keep Simon’s secret, appease the murderous mob, and keep his mother from driving him completely mad? He’s going to try!

The Hardcase Hotel

The Hardcase Hotel

Cast: 6 Female / 3 Male
Length: 2 Acts (115 minutes)
Genre: Comedy and Murder Mystery
Synopsis
Welcome to 1936 and the Hardcase Hotel; the last resort luxury hotel for the wild, weird and wacky rich who have been banned from the five-star hotels of Europe. Under the management of the flamboyant and indomitable Juan Carlos, no guest is too difficult, and no situation is impossible. Until today. Today, a guest has been murdered and with the Hotel cut off by flash flooding Juan Carlos is going to have to find out which of the oddball guests is the killer and why. Classic murder mystery served with a delicious twist of comedy!

The Hardcase Hotel 2

Coming late 2023:
The Hardcase Hotel 2 - Reservation for Murder

Cast: 9 Female / 4 Male
Length: 2 Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy and Murder Mystery
Synopsis
Welcome back to The Hardcase Hotel. Three months have passed since the scandal of Walter Buckley’s murder with a fish fork. The months have not been kind to the flamboyant hotel manager Juan Carlos; his favourite assistant manager, Aileen, has left for the bright lights of the Paris Ritz and he is not coping without her at his side. Having just managed to coax Aileen back for a visit, in an effort to restore the hotel’s harmony, all hell breaks loose with the brutal murder of Sir Harold Trout. Juan Carlos and Aileen once again must find out which of the eccentric and dangerous guests has committed the gruesome crime, how they did it, and why, before the chaos destroys our beloved Hardcase Hotel.

Mad Sisters

Mad Sisters

Cast: 6 Female
Length: 2 Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
Daphne adores her sister Anne. To Daphne, Anne is beautiful, successful and smart - all the things Daphne longs to be. Anne on the other hand wants nothing to do with her sister and is intent on working her way into a small clique of indulgent and pretentious wealthy women. When Daphne's wacky friends convince her she can be like Anne if she tries, Daphne sets off on a madcap adventure to do the impossible and win her sister’s acceptance.
Mad Sisters is an uplifting and joyful comic romp that reminds us just how wonderful and truly mad our sisters can be.

Murder on the Menu

Murder on the Menu

Cast: 5 Female / 3 Male
Length: 2 Acts (115 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
Sophia has been conned into buying a derelict theater. Now with crushing bank loan payments to make and no money, the jobless Sophia decides to defy the odds and dig her way out of her financial mess by reopening the theater as a cafe. Her already dire situation worsens, when she soon discovers that the theater is inhabited by the pompous ghosts of dead Shakespearean characters who are hell bent on keeping their home just as it is. By chance, Sophia discovers that the only way to get rid of the ghosts is to murder them as they were killed in their original plays. At Sophia’s cafe, Murder is now on the menu.

The Jailhouse Frocks

The Jailhouse Frocks

Cast: 3 Female / 2 Male
Length: 2 Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
Shattering dimwitted Officer Dwayne’s tranquil evening at the Birchwood County police station is the arrests of three unlikely women; the mayor’s wife, the local mad cat-lady, and a dangerous looking New Yorker. The already chaotic situation descends into mayhem with the arrival of a New York gangster, disguised as an FBI agent, hell-bent on exacting revenge on his wife. By the end of the night, the ladies have formed a gang, sang some songs, escaped from jail and locked the gangster up in their place, leaving Officer Dwayne wondering how on earth he’s managed to make the arrest of a lifetime.

The Wedding of the Century

The Wedding of the Century

Cast: 7 Female / 2 Male
Length: 2 Acts (120 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
Dorothy is a 99 year old nun who has found the perfect item for her bucket list. She's going to find a man and get married on her 100th birthday next week! Enlisting the help of her madcap friends at the rest home, and a teenage girl who has come to interview her for a class project, Dorothy is determined to complete her bucket list and have the wedding of the century! A hilarious comedy where the surprises and laughs just keep on coming, and an ending guaranteed to melt even the hardest heart.

The Supermarket Sisterhood

The Supermarket Sisterhood

Cast: 5 Female / 2 Male, (plus female extra’s)
Length: 2 Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
As if the daily skirmishes with farcical customers and the dim-witted men in their lives, wasn't enough, the women who operate the checkouts at the Discount Co supermarket are now facing a new boss and the prospect of losing their jobs due to newly installed automated checkout aisles. If the women are going to endure these challenges they're going to have to fight together and take things to a whole new level. Hilarious, madcap humour to tickle your funny-bone and stir your heart.

Twas the Fight Before Christmas

'Twas the Fight Before Christmas

Cast: 4 Female / 2 Male
Length: 2 Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
Think your family is complicated? Meet the most dysfunctional family you can imagine as they try to navigate Christmas. Peace on earth and good will to all men? Not likely!
Ever since her husband died, Mary’s horrible adult children have been ruining Christmas. This year, with the help of a suicidal French psychiatrist, Mary is determined to take Christmas back. Hilarious and uplifting Christmas comedy.

My Inlaws are Outlaws

My In-laws are Outlaws

Cast: Flexible casting with 4 to 6 female and 2 to 4 male actors.
Length: Two Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis...
Annie discovers her in-laws are outlaws... and her mother in-law has hired a mad group of assassins to kill her! How will Annie, a mild mannered Librarian, outwit the best of the Italian, Russian and Irish contract killers? This is outrageous; laugh out loud comedy at its best.

The Old People Are Revolting

The Old People Are Revolting

Cast: 5 Female / 2 Male
Length: Two Acts (120 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis...
The Old People Are Revolting! is a hilarious comedy about seniors seeking revenge! The residents of the Sunshine Retirement Village have had enough: they're revolting!Fed up with being ignored, and relegated to the sidelines of life they've decided to prove to the world just how dangerous seniors can be! Bursting with eccentric characters and crazy shenanigans the play is great fun to stage and a huge audience pleaser.

How To Train Your Husband

How To Train Your Husband

Cast: 5 Female / 2 Male
Length: Two Acts (120 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis...
This madcap comedy addresses an issue close to every woman's heart –how to train your husband! Sound impossible? Not when you have a legendary Husband Trainer living right next door. The play follows the adventures of three generations of the Smith family as they attempt to turn their men into fully trained members of the opposite sex. Nothing quite goes according to plan and the result is a hilarious comedy with plenty of unexpected twists and turns.

Crazy Ladies

Crazy Ladies

Cast: 5 Female / 1 Male
Length: Two Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis...
Pamela Browne has organized a 25 year reunion for her four best High school friends. From the moment Kay, now a chocoholic gun toting funeral director, arrives the wheels begin falling off Pamela’s meticulously planned weekend. Added to the mix is Sandy, who is now a Nun, Dianne, married the school nerd and a mother of eight sons, Rachel, a runaway teenager on a mission to dig up some dirt on her mother, and Shaun, the greasy motel janitor. This outrageous comedy is a roller-coaster ride of emotion.

Menopause Made Me Do It

Menopause Made Me Do It!

Cast: 5 Female / 1 Male
Length: Two Acts (120 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis...
It has been ten years since the last reunion of the Crazy Ladies. Menopause has arrived and the ladies are crazier than ever. The mission is to convince Kay, the gun totting tom-boy, to marry Shaun (the guy she once kidnapped and held accountable for the sins of all men). Hilarious... poignant... utterly mad.
While this is the second "Crazy Ladies" play, it can be performed with or without a prior production of the original "Crazy Ladies".

Understanding Women

Understanding Women

Cast: 3 Male / 1 Female
Length: Two Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis...
Mike, Dave and Julian spend a weekend in a garden shed determined to break an age-old mystery. Armed with a case of beer, a box of girlie magazines and a holy book they are going to "understand women". What they discover is not quite what they expected. Understanding Women is a comedy play for both sexes!

My Husband's Nuts

My Husband's Nuts

Cast: 3 Female / 2 Male
Length: Two Acts (120 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis...
Barbara's husband is missing on the family farm. When Jack finally returns he is a nervous wreck and will not leave the house and is convinced that he is Hiroo Onoda - a Japanese soldier holding out on an island after world war Two. Barbara's husband is nuts. The only people she can trust with this information is the new vet and the village idiot. How will they restore Jacks mind without the help of the medical profession... or common sense?

Over Paid, Over Sexed and Over Here

Over Paid, Over Sexed, and Over Here

Cast: 4 Female / 5 Male
Length: 2 Acts (110 minutes)
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
It’s mid 1942 and Australia is at war. As our able bodied men fight overseas a sleepy seaside Aussie town is about to experience an invasion by the Americans. The arrival of the yanks brings much needed excitement for the ladies, but for the local lads there are three big problems with the visitors… they’re over paid, they’re over sexed, and they’re over here!

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