THE RIPPLE EFFECT, award-winning 10-minute comedy for two actors

by Arianna Rose

[ten-minute comedy] Will pregnancy elude them again? A couple in their 30s, healing from a prior miscarriage, are on opposite sides of the fence with some unorthodox fertilization rituals.

Production, 10-Minute Play Festival Petaluma, Petaluma CA September 2026
Production, Gather by the Ghostlight Theatre Company, Off Broad Street Short Play Festival, Augusta GA April 2025
Production, Sock & Buskin Theatre...

[ten-minute comedy] Will pregnancy elude them again? A couple in their 30s, healing from a prior miscarriage, are on opposite sides of the fence with some unorthodox fertilization rituals.

Production, 10-Minute Play Festival Petaluma, Petaluma CA September 2026
Production, Gather by the Ghostlight Theatre Company, Off Broad Street Short Play Festival, Augusta GA April 2025
Production, Sock & Buskin Theatre Company, Beginnings Showcase Festival, Bellefonte PA July 2024
Production, Midnight Sun Theatre, Serial Bowl Episodes 1, 2, 3: Anchorage AK Dec 2023, March & May 2024
Production, Livonia Community Theatre, "Little Love Stories", Livonia MI February 2024
Production, The Actors Studio of Newportbury MA Celebration of Shorts, October 2022
Facebook Live production, Tiny_Theatre, Sassy Summer Shorts, August 2022, FL
Production, Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop 10-minute play Festival, May 2021, NY
Production, Short Attention Span Theatre Festival, Pensacola Little Theatre, FL 2021 (online)
Production, Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill “Comic Shorts Festival 2020”, Albuquerque NM
Production, One-Act Weekend 2020, Carrollwood Players Theatre, Tampa FL
Production, Tomo Suru Players ABOUT LOVE Festival 2019, Vancouver BC, CANADA
Staged Reading, Write About Now: Valentine’s Special 2020, London ENGLAND
Reading, TheatreLab 2020 New Works Festival, Boca Raton, FL

read more
  • Inquire About Rights
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Library

THE RIPPLE EFFECT, award-winning 10-minute comedy for two actors

Recommended by

  • David L. Williams: THE RIPPLE EFFECT, award-winning 10-minute comedy for two actors by Arianna Rose
    “

    Read this for a playwriting contest and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a sweet piece about fertility, one that's clever and moves well.

    Read this for a playwriting contest and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a sweet piece about fertility, one that's clever and moves well.

    ”
  • Tom Erb: THE RIPPLE EFFECT, award-winning 10-minute comedy for two actors by Arianna Rose
    “

    Arianne I always enjoy reading and learning from your work and "The Ripple Effect" was no different. The emotional rollercoaster of Jeff and Amy and their navigation through trying to conceive. This a topic that you incorporated humor in the poignant realities of fertility challenges. Your dialogue and wit shines through and aloud the realities of Jeff and Amy’s vulnerabilities, hopes, and the strains while keeping a light-hearted tone that humanizes their journey. Your characters are real.

    Arianne I always enjoy reading and learning from your work and "The Ripple Effect" was no different. The emotional rollercoaster of Jeff and Amy and their navigation through trying to conceive. This a topic that you incorporated humor in the poignant realities of fertility challenges. Your dialogue and wit shines through and aloud the realities of Jeff and Amy’s vulnerabilities, hopes, and the strains while keeping a light-hearted tone that humanizes their journey. Your characters are real.

    ”
  • James Binz: THE RIPPLE EFFECT, award-winning 10-minute comedy for two actors by Arianna Rose
    “

    Funny take on a serious topic. The characters are true to life and the dialogue was terrific. This is very actable and has lots of laughs for a ten-minute play. Brava!

    Funny take on a serious topic. The characters are true to life and the dialogue was terrific. This is very actable and has lots of laughs for a ten-minute play. Brava!

    ”
View all 11 recommendations

Character Information

JEFF, male, 20s-30s, married to Amy. analytical
AMY, female, 20s-30s, married to Jeff, creative, impulsive, slightly neurotic
  • JEFF
    married to Amy. analytical
    20s-30s
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • AMY
    married to Jeff, creative, impulsive, slightly neurotic
    20s-30s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman

Development History

  • Reading, Theatre Lab New Works Festival, 2020
  • Reading, Write About Now: Valentine's Special London England, 2020

Production History

  • Community Theater, 10-Minute Play Festival Petaluma, CA, 2026
  • Community Theater, Gather by the Ghostlight "Off-Broad Street Short Play Festival" Augusta GA, 2025
  • Community Theater, Livonia Community Theatre, 2024
  • Community Theater, Midnight Sun Theatre, Serial Bowl Series Episode 2 (20-minute version), Anchorage AK March 2024, 2024
  • Community Theater, Midnight Sun Theatre, Serial Bowl Series, Episode 3 (45-min. version), Anchorage AK May 2024, 2024
  • Community Theater, Sock & Buskin Theatre Company, PA, 2024
  • Community Theater, Midnight Sun Theatre Serial Bowl Episode 1 (10 min version), Anchorage AK Dec 2023, 2023
  • Community Theater, Pensacola Little Theatre FL Short Attention Span Festival , 2021
  • Community Theater, Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop 10-Minute Play Festival NY, 2021
  • Community Theater, Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill Comic Shorts Festival Albuquerque NM, 2020
  • Community Theater, Carrollwood Players Theatre One-Act Weekend Tampa FL, 2020
  • Community Theater, Tomo Suru Players About Love Festival Vancouver BC Canada, 2019

Awards

  • Rounds 1, 2 & 3, Serial Bowl Series
    Midnight Sun Theatre, Serial Bowl Series, Anchorage AK
    Selection
    2024