Adam Rice

Adam Rice

Plays

  • Twenty Years by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: funny, funny dialogue + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, parody/spoof, period, satire
    Keyword: funny, funny dialogue, satire, humor, spoof, parody, comedy, absurd, family drama, Farce
    After twenty years, a narcissistic aristocrat searches for his abandoned child. But will he like who he finds?
  • Force Of Will by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: funny, funny dialogue + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, parody/spoof, period, satire
    Keyword: funny, funny dialogue, satire, humor, spoof, parody, comedy, absurd, family drama, Farce
    A decade after losing their inheritance, four children are forced to confront their inner demons.
  • Walled In (One-Act Play) by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: satire, comedy + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: satire, comedy, funny, dark comedy, gallows humor, play, one act, one act comedy
    A young couple gets a big surprise when they move into a long-abandoned farmhouse.
  • Priscilla by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 3 more
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    Keyword: humor, comedy + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, parody/spoof, romantic comedy, satire
    Keyword: humor, comedy, satire, parody, spoof, Absurd Historical, funny, Jane Austen
    Guests at a ball discuss the mysterious Priscilla.
  • Bernardo (Monologue) by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, immersive + 1 more
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    Keyword: drama, teenager + 6 more
    Genre: drama, immersive, melodrama
    Keyword: drama, teenager, teens, young adults, storytelling, monologue, women's monologue, audition monologue
    A teenage girl reads an excerpt from her new story.
  • Jamie by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: funny, comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, farce, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: funny, comedy, spoof, satire, parody, storytelling, humor
    A little girl's bedtime story turns awkwardly autobiographical.
  • Benny's Revenge by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 2 more
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    Keyword: comedy, satire + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: comedy, satire, humor, funny, parody/spoof, Hollywood, elderly
    An elderly Judah Ben-Hur lays out his plan of revenge decades after losing the big chariot race. Inspired by "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" (1880) by Lew Wallace.
  • Tough (Monologue) by Adam Rice
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 2 more
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    Keyword: old man, elderly + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: old man, elderly, funny, humor, comedy, satire, spoof, parody, comedy monologue
    A man shares his uphill, both ways life story.
  • Antone by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: funny, funny dialogue + 7 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, farce, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: funny, funny dialogue, satire, humor, spoof, parody, comedy, absurd, Robin Hood
    An unorthodox film director gets the interview of a lifetime.
  • Death In The Wings by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    10
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: Murder Mystery Parody, murder mystery + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, period, satire
    Keyword: Murder Mystery Parody, murder mystery, 90 minute comedy, black humor, absurd humor, dry humor, Satirical, comedy-mystery
    Rinalda shouldn't have thrown a dinner party that night. But how was she supposed to know a killer would foil her plot to woo a new husband?

    "Death In The Wings" is a comic play about love in all its forms—new, lost, blind, and withheld. It's also a murder mystery. You've been warned.
  • Pioneer Pillow Talk by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    3–7
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    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof + 2 more
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    Keyword: Absurd Historical, historical comedy + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof, period, satire
    Keyword: Absurd Historical, historical comedy, 90 minute comedy, absurd humor, Conflict with humor, Farce
    Ma and Pa talk through their worries and fears from the comfort of a lumpy featherbed.
  • One Final Affair by Adam Rice
    Cast: 
    7–8
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: murder mystery, satire + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: murder mystery, satire, spoof, parody, Agatha Christie, 1970s, comedy, funny, absurd
    A stilted 70s shindig takes a twisted turn in this humorous whodunit. What could possibly go wrong when the amateur sleuths include a resentful couple, a flighty hippy, a World War I veteran, and a guy who thinks he's Ray Charles?

    Will they solve the mystery before the cheese and crackers run out?