playwright
tom moran
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS
These scripts are available royalty-free, but please contact me for permission.
Duo
An old-fashioned superhero has to deal with both a ticking time bomb and his stridently feminist new sidekick. Produced nine times.
Comedy, 2 males, 1 female
Back to Normal
The Jacobses are called into the school psychiatrist’s office to learn their daughter’s calm demeanor and exemplary study habits are evidence of a horrible new malady.
Comedy, 2 males, 3 females
I, Phone
Melanie thinks she's heading out on a first date. But her phone has other ideas. Produced 5 times.
Comedy, 2 males, 2 females
Admission Impossible: Mark comes to a college admissions office with an unusual offer: he wants to bribe them to reject his daughter so he doesn't have to pay for college. Comedy, 1 male, 1 female
Altar Ego: Carl will go any length to win the affections of his brother’s fiancée, even if it happens to be her wedding day. Actually, especially because it happens to be her wedding day. Comedy, 1 male, 3 females
Bad Necromance: An underachieving necromancer gets hired to resurrect a dead cat - but that's just for starters. Comedy, 1 male, 1 female
The Book of Miriam: Moses’ sister Miriam is sick of working in a back room writing the Bible while her brother gets all the credit. Comedy, 2 males, 1 female
Breakout: A progressive-minded worker at an educational software company is horrified to find out some of the side business the firm engages in. Produced in both Germany and Italy. Comedy, 3 males, 2 females
Dolls and Guys: A CPR instructor gets a little too attached to his Resusci-Annie dummy. Finalist for the Heideman Award. Comedy, 2 males, 2 females
Downtown Odds: A skeptical young man and the man who's about marry his father have it out over a game of craps. Comedy, 2 males, 1 any gender
Engels in the Outfield: The founders of Communism take in a baseball game. Co-written with Marty Moran. Musical comedy, 4 males
Letting Go: A dad decides the family will be better off if he fires his 11-year-old son. Comedy, 2 males, 2 females
Remainders: A group of books relegated to the library book sale have mixed reactions to their impending fates. Comedy, 2 males, 2 females
Replay: Faded videogame superstar Pac-Man gets another shot at stardom when he is found by an old nemesis. Comedy, 1 male, 2 any gender
Roadkill: Two redneck brothers try to top each other’s stories about what they ran over with their trucks. Comedy, 3 males
Schrodinger's Flat: A pair of academics arrive at an apartment-sitting gig to find they’ve been put in charge of an ethically dubious science experiment. Comedy, 1 male, 1 female
Star League: Matt hopes to cheer up his seriously ill brother Jason by getting him into fantasy football. Jason isn’t having it, but does have his own peculiar ideas about a fantasy league. Comedy, 2 males
Sojourn! (A Pizza Story): Henry David Thoreau escapes his cabin on Walden Pond to invade his sister's on pizza night. Co-written with Marty Moran. Musical comedy, 2 males, 1 female
The Sign: A chance encounter on a hiking trail in his hometown leads a man to revisit the fateful encounter that upended his life 25 years prior. Comedy, 1 male, 1 female
The Stars in our Faults: Josh and Patty's relationship is built around Zodiac signs. So what happens when Josh finds out he may have gotten his birthdate wrong? Comedy, 3 males, 3 females
WYWH: A teenage girl in a chat room pursues romance with an unexpected new friend – a telegraph operator in 1881. Comedy, 2 males, 2 females
You Damn Well Can Take it With You: A professor turns to the Egyptian afterlife in an attempt to win back his ex-wife. Comedy, 1 male, 1 female