Claudia Haas

Claudia Haas

Claudia focuses on theatre for young audiences and inter-generational audiences. She was an O’Neill Conference semifinalist for her 9/11 play Making Some Noise. Her plays have been widely produced in all fifty states as well as on five continents. Her youth plays have been developed through The Growing Stage Children's Theatre (NJ), The Bonderman Symposium (now called “Write Now”), Purple Crayon Players...
Claudia focuses on theatre for young audiences and inter-generational audiences. She was an O’Neill Conference semifinalist for her 9/11 play Making Some Noise. Her plays have been widely produced in all fifty states as well as on five continents. Her youth plays have been developed through The Growing Stage Children's Theatre (NJ), The Bonderman Symposium (now called “Write Now”), Purple Crayon Players (Northwestern University), the Playwrights-in-our-Schools grant and the Old Miner’s Children’s Playwriting Contest (Utah Valley University). Her adult plays have been work shopped with The William Inge Short Play Festival, Workhouse Theatre, Little Lifeboats and Theatre Pro Rata. Honors include winner of the Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award, Anna Zornio Playwriting Competition, AATE’s Unpublished Play Reading Project, University of Central Missouri’s Children’s Playwriting Competition, East Valley Children’s Theatre Playwriting Competition, Jackie White Memorial Playwriting Contest and others. Fifty of her plays are published. She is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America, the Playwright’s Center of Minneapolis, Honor Roll Playwrights, and the American Alliance for Theatre Education. Claudia lives in White Bear Lake (Twin Cities), MN where there are many loons and ducks that bring smiles but sadly no penguins.

Plays

  • Making Some Noise by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: 9/11, grief + 5 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, political
    Keyword: 9/11, grief, three sisters, Jewish Family, Anti-Semitism, family, healing
    Juliana, Emma and Nell see Nazis and terrorists around every corner. This is noted as the three sisters gather yet again for the anniversary of their mother’s tragic death on 9/11. What is the make-up of a life? Is it reduced to belongings and haphazard memories? They have basically been sitting Shiva every September 11th terror attacks. Juliana’s grieving tradition has taken a toll on her marriage. Emma who...
    Juliana, Emma and Nell see Nazis and terrorists around every corner. This is noted as the three sisters gather yet again for the anniversary of their mother’s tragic death on 9/11. What is the make-up of a life? Is it reduced to belongings and haphazard memories? They have basically been sitting Shiva every September 11th terror attacks. Juliana’s grieving tradition has taken a toll on her marriage. Emma who is always quick to please anyone is ready for a change. Things are turned upside down when Nell returns home and no longer wishes to continue the grieving tradition. The full length version was an Eugene O'Neill Semi-Finalist. 20 minutes.
  • Not in Our Town - large teen cast; appropriate for zoom by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    11–15
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    Genre: adaptation, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: not in our town, White Supremacy + 7 more
    Genre: adaptation, docudrama/historic, drama, holiday, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: not in our town, White Supremacy, Chanukah, christmas, Holidays, high school, college, Anti-Semitism, good roles for teen actors
    Recently reworked for an all teen cast. A brick is thrown through a bedroom window of a five-year old boy. Someone was offended by a decal of a menorah in the window. The boy's parents are told to take down the decal and keep their menorah out of the window to stay safe. This does not sit well with the family or as it turns out with the townspeople of Billings, Montana. A true story of what happens when a...
    Recently reworked for an all teen cast. A brick is thrown through a bedroom window of a five-year old boy. Someone was offended by a decal of a menorah in the window. The boy's parents are told to take down the decal and keep their menorah out of the window to stay safe. This does not sit well with the family or as it turns out with the townspeople of Billings, Montana. A true story of what happens when a town comes together to fight hate. The story of the transformation of the Skinhead is also true. The play offers the early days of the "Not in Our Town" movement which continues today.
  • My Brother's Gift by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    7–12
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    Genre: adaptation, biography + 5 more
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    Keyword: Holocaust, Anti-Semitism + 8 more
    Genre: adaptation, biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period, tragedy, young audiences
    Keyword: Holocaust, Anti-Semitism, art, Heinz Geiringer, Eva Schloss, History, nazi germany, family, Jewish Family, Anne Frank friend
    SYNOPSIS: Anne Frank’s family and Heinz Geiringer’s family were neighbors in Amsterdam. After both Heinz and Margot were “called up” to work in a Nazi Labor camp, they went into hiding at roughly the same time. Anne Frank left a diary showing the difficulties of growing up in hiding. Heinz Geiringer left over twenty paintings and a book of poetry which show us both his hope for the future and the terror of the...
    SYNOPSIS: Anne Frank’s family and Heinz Geiringer’s family were neighbors in Amsterdam. After both Heinz and Margot were “called up” to work in a Nazi Labor camp, they went into hiding at roughly the same time. Anne Frank left a diary showing the difficulties of growing up in hiding. Heinz Geiringer left over twenty paintings and a book of poetry which show us both his hope for the future and the terror of the time. Heinz loved the arts. A trained musician, Heinz turned to painting and poetry to utilize his time. He painted on tea towels, pillowcases and any surface that he could find. During the play, we witness his artistic growth through his paintings, poetry and his sister’s remembrances. The paintings vary from a nostalgic love of the life he once led to the fears that were now part of his everyday existence. . From the tender age of fifteen to seventeen, Heinz created a body of work that exists to this day. The play covers the power of art under unconscionable circumstances and how art is part of our collective humanity to cope, to heal and to hope.
  • My Brother's Gift - one-act version for Zoom or One Act High School Play Competition by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5–10
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: zoom, art + 5 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, tragedy, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: zoom, art, Holocaust, children in the Holocaust, Jewish Family, high school, one act high school play competition
    Culled from the full length version for schools. Mixed media. SYNOPSIS: Anne Frank’s family and Heinz Geiringer’s family were neighbors in Amsterdam. After both Heinz and Margot were “called up” to work in a Nazi Labor camp, they went into hiding at roughly the same time. Anne Frank left a diary showing the difficulties of growing up in hiding. Heinz Geiringer left over twenty paintings and a book of poetry...
    Culled from the full length version for schools. Mixed media. SYNOPSIS: Anne Frank’s family and Heinz Geiringer’s family were neighbors in Amsterdam. After both Heinz and Margot were “called up” to work in a Nazi Labor camp, they went into hiding at roughly the same time. Anne Frank left a diary showing the difficulties of growing up in hiding. Heinz Geiringer left over twenty paintings and a book of poetry which show us both his hope for the future and the terror of the time. Heinz loved the arts. A trained musician, Heinz turned to painting and poetry to utilize his time. He painted on tea towels, pillowcases and any surface that he could find. During the play, we witness his artistic growth through his paintings, poetry and his sister’s remembrances. The paintings vary from a nostalgic love of the life he once led to the fears that were now part of his everyday existence. . From the tender age of fifteen to seventeen, Heinz created a body of work that exists to this day. The play covers the power of art under unconscionable circumstances and how art is part of our collective humanity to cope, to heal and to hope.
  • Twenty Below by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, zoom
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    Keyword: Walking Playwrights, scattering ashes + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, zoom
    Keyword: Walking Playwrights, scattering ashes, Minnesota, Minnesota lake, winter, frozen lake, White Bear Lake
    A frigid walk around White Bear Lake, MN reveals a hidden mission.
  • Bound by Stardust by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adventure, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: physics, healing + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: physics, healing, intergenerational, grief, Otto Schmidt, cosmos, coming of age, science, magical realism, Arctic
    Fourteen year-old Miranda dwells in the past. Any past – as long as the world is prior to her father’s death 2 years ago. Reeling from her mother’s remarriage, Miranda spends a week with her great aunt and acquaints herself with an ancestor from her father’s past – the Russian Polar explorer Otto Schmidt.

    In the confines of Elsie’s apartment, Miranda travels back and forth to the North Pole...
    Fourteen year-old Miranda dwells in the past. Any past – as long as the world is prior to her father’s death 2 years ago. Reeling from her mother’s remarriage, Miranda spends a week with her great aunt and acquaints herself with an ancestor from her father’s past – the Russian Polar explorer Otto Schmidt.

    In the confines of Elsie’s apartment, Miranda travels back and forth to the North Pole gleaning information about the nature of the universe, loss and ever-lasting presence. As Miranda visits Otto in the past, Elsie is struggling to maintain the equilibrium she is barely holding to since her sister’s death. Trying to keep her crushing anxiety at bay, Elsie tries to give Miranda remembrance and closure.

    But Miranda will have none of it. She turns to the stars and devises a physics theory that she thinks will bring her face-to-face with her father one more time. But it's problematic - in order for it to work you need to travel faster than the speed of light. During her debates with Otto about the origins of the universe, Miranda carves a way to bring her back into the world.
  • The States Collection - Alabama by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Monkey in space, Alabama + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Monkey in space, Alabama, monkey monument
    About a monkey and a proposal. Part of The States Collection of very short plays from every state in the USA.
  • The States Collection - Arizona by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: grand canyon, Sisters + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fantasy, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: grand canyon, Sisters, flying, Camping, zoom
    A flight around the Grand Canyon. Appropriate for Zoom.
  • The States Collection - Florida by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Disney World, Mickey Mouse + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Disney World, Mickey Mouse, anxiety
    Curing anxiety at Disney World in Florida. Part of the States Collection of very short plays from every state in the USA.
  • The States Collection - Kansas by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Kansas, Oz + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: Kansas, Oz, teens, abusive parent
    It's a twister. Time to take shelter. But Gayle has other ideas. She wants to go to Oz.
  • The States Collection - Maine by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Maine, northern lights
    Genre: romantic comedy
    Keyword: Maine, northern lights
    City girl. Country Boy. Northern lights. Part of the States Collection of very short plays from every state in the USA.
  • The States Collection - Nebraska by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy
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    Keyword: child of the corn, corn + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy
    Keyword: child of the corn, corn, Nebraska
    Xan is a corn farmer. Dan is a corn farmer. But something strange is happening to Dan. Can he be turning into an ear of corn? Part of a collection of very short plays set in every state in the USA. East to do outside, via zoom and with social distancing.
  • The States Collection - New Jersey by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: New Jersey, garden state + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: New Jersey, garden state, planting
    Aliesha intends to replant the entire state of New Jersey. Part of the States Collection of very short plays from every state in the USA.
  • The States Collection - New York by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Water Lilies, Monet + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, zoom
    Keyword: Water Lilies, Monet, art, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Giverny, art replication
    SYLVIA makes her regular visit to Monet’s Water Lilies at the Met. She puts herself in the garden. MILLER is painting a replica of Monet’s masterpiece. He only sees the garden from afar.
  • The States Collection - South Carolina by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Myrtle Beach, south carolina + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Myrtle Beach, south carolina, cancer
    A maybe once-in-a-lifetime trip to the beach. Part of a collection of fifty short plays taking place in every state in the USA.
  • The States Collection - South Dakota by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: sibling rivalry, South Dakota + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: sibling rivalry, South Dakota, sunflowers
    Two sisters scatter their mother's ashes in a sunflower field. Part of a collection of fifty short plays taking place in every state in the USA.
  • The States Collection - Wisconsin by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: fame, branding + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, zoom
    Keyword: fame, branding, instagram, media darling, famous duck, Gertie-the-duck
    A poet and a duck meet on a bridge in Milwaukee. Appropriate for Zoom.
  • Wish You Were Here by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, holiday + 1 more
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    Keyword: romantic-comedy, love + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, holiday, romantic comedy
    Keyword: romantic-comedy, love, Paris, Valentine's Day
    It's Ashley's last evening in Paris. It's Jean-Louis's first evening back in Paris. Anything can happen when the street lights come on. It was published in an anthology Of "Bests" where I kept the rights. It has been updated. It takes place outside and easy to do with social distancing. It's also easy to do via zoom.
  • Dear Anne, From Nina by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 3 more
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    Keyword: Anne Frank, Margot Frank + 6 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period, young audiences
    Keyword: Anne Frank, Margot Frank, World War II, coming of age, Holocaust, midwest, Iowa, Anti-Semitism
    In 1940, a young Iowa farm girl picked the name of a pen pal out of a hat: Anne Frank. Their correspondence was brief but heartfelt. The play highlights the lives of four young girls as they come of age during the same time period but in vastly different circumstances. While Nina and Jeannie dream of escaping their Iowa farm home, Anne and Margot long for a world where they could live without restrictions and hate.
  • Dear Anne from Nina One Act Appropriate for Zoom by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: high school, Anne Frank + 7 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, period, tragedy, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: high school, Anne Frank, Margot Frank, Iowa, WWII, Anti-Semitism, Jewish, pen pals, coming of age
    In 1940, a young Iowa farm girl picked the name of a pen pal out of a hat: Anne Frank. Their correspondence was brief but heartfelt. The play highlights the lives of four young girls as they come of age during the same time period but in vastly different circumstances. While Nina and Jeannie dream of escaping their Iowa farm home, Anne and Margot long for a world where they could live without restrictions and hate.
  • Quarantined with Human by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, young audiences
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    Keyword: cats, silly
    Genre: comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: cats, silly
    I had a silly attack and wrote a one-minute play about a cat. It's always all about the cat. Super easy to do with zoom or social distancing.
  • Letters from Lisette by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    6–11
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: Kafka and the doll, high school + 5 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, period, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: Kafka and the doll, high school, kafka, dramedy, family, love, coming of age
    There is a story that Kafka found a young girl weeping in a park. He tried to console her, but she was bereft. She had lost her doll and would never get over it. Kafka announces that he has a letter that he found and he wonders if it could be from her doll. It was! And so began a three-week correspondence where Kafka wrote daily letters for the girl from her travelling doll. Her doll was not lost. She was...
    There is a story that Kafka found a young girl weeping in a park. He tried to console her, but she was bereft. She had lost her doll and would never get over it. Kafka announces that he has a letter that he found and he wonders if it could be from her doll. It was! And so began a three-week correspondence where Kafka wrote daily letters for the girl from her travelling doll. Her doll was not lost. She was merely travelling to see the world. The story might have gone something like this… (This is new and looking for development.)
  • Sunday Sauce by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Italian American, family + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Italian American, family, loss, italian food
    Giancarlo has died. Anna and Emilia run to Tess’s side to help her through this difficult time. But Tess is amazingly calm. Is the make-up of a family blood? Bones? Pasta and opera? If you’re Italian – it probably is.

    The play was written to address the waste of “fine wine” actresses (over 40) that are too often absent on the stage these days.
  • 7 Weeks, 3 Days by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, young audiences
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    Keyword: friendship, cancer + 1 more
    Genre: drama, young audiences
    Keyword: friendship, cancer, high school
    Emma visits her friend after 7 weeks and 3 days apart. It's awkward. She's awkward. Everything is awkward. Easy to do via zoom or social distancing.
  • A Paper Forest by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: forest, climate change + 7 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: forest, climate change, Hope, art, artist, Minnesota, heartland, Lake Superior, Grand Marais
    Gary is sent to help Lucy plant a forest. But the forest is planted and Lucy needs art – fast-food art – to keep the deer from eating her fledgling-forest. This could be the last forest planted in Minnesota because the forest really wants to move into Canada. A tale of climate change and clinging to hope. Ten-minutes.
  • Just in Case Texts by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: school shooting, texting + 1 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, young audiences
    Keyword: school shooting, texting, gun control
    Ellie shares her texts with her best friend. Things are not always as they seem. A very, very short play.
  • A Kiss is Just a Kiss by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 17
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: love, loss + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: love, loss, travel, grief
    EVA blurts out that she would like JAKE to kiss her and all goes topsy-turvy with recollections of childhood and a possible love found – and lost.
  • Almost Mary by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: adventure, biography + 4 more
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    Keyword: women's history, science + 6 more
    Genre: adventure, biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period, young audiences
    Keyword: women's history, science, Mary Anning, paleontology, outdoors, England, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project, dinosaurs
    Mary Anning is considered the first female paleontologist. She lived in Lyme Regis which is still a hotbed of fossils. She learned to find fossils at her father’s knee. After her father died, she continued to find fossils and sell them to help her family earn a meager living. This play chronicles her first big discovery at the age of thirteen: an ichthyosaur (fish lizard). Mary had little schooling but was a...
    Mary Anning is considered the first female paleontologist. She lived in Lyme Regis which is still a hotbed of fossils. She learned to find fossils at her father’s knee. After her father died, she continued to find fossils and sell them to help her family earn a meager living. This play chronicles her first big discovery at the age of thirteen: an ichthyosaur (fish lizard). Mary had little schooling but was a learner. She read incessantly, carefully chronicled and drew all of her findings. Her thirst for knowledge began at an early age (and was attributed to being hit struck by lightening although that is more lore than fact).

    Mary’s brother Joseph (at age 9!) found a large (4 feet) fossil head. Mary believes that the entire fossil could be found and the play is about her efforts – against all odds – to do so.
  • A Tale of Two Ornaments by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 3 more
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    Keyword: christmas, holiday. young actors + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, farce, holiday, young audiences
    Keyword: christmas, holiday. young actors, zoom
    Two ornaments on a Christmas tree are terrorized by a kitten. A short holiday play for teen actors. Easy to do via zoom and with social distancing.
  • Fossil Lady by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: biography, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Mary Anning, science + 5 more
    Genre: biography, drama, period
    Keyword: Mary Anning, science, History, women's history, paleontology, feminist, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project
    In spite of discovering some of the more extraordinary fossil finds of her time, Mary Anning finds herself dismissed by scholars and in such dire straits that she is selling all her worldly goods.
  • It's Special by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: high school, school shooting + 1 more
    Genre: drama, political, young audiences
    Keyword: high school, school shooting, gun control
    A mother proudly shows her daughter all the "back-to-school" stuff she bought her. Very, very, very short play.
  • Flying by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: flying, superheroine
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: flying, superheroine
    Flying is scary. Very scary. A very, very short play for teens.
  • Frosty the Rogue Man by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: twisted Christmas, street harassment + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, holiday
    Keyword: twisted Christmas, street harassment, catcalling
    A short play about a catcalling snowman and the woman who tames him.
  • The End of the Road by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, farce
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    Keyword: Sisters, aliens + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, farce
    Keyword: Sisters, aliens, road trip, screwball
    Beth and Letia are on a road trip to scatter their late mother’s ashes. But a fork in the road changes their plans. They end up on a road to nowhere with no idea how to back to somewhere.
  • Of Butterflies and Roses by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: grief, family + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: grief, family, Sisters, visitation, spirits
    The memorial service for CLARA and LAUREL’s mother is done. The last guest has left and LAUREL and CLARA are now picking up the last pieces of comfort they can muster in their newly-orphaned world.
  • Alice, Pursued by a Bear by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, fantasy
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    Keyword: anxiety, Depression
    Genre: drama, fantasy
    Keyword: anxiety, Depression
    Alice has worked at keeping her anxiety at bay. But the more she hides it, the bigger BEAR gets. ALICE finally has to face BEAR.
  • Smile, Baby by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    1–3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: street harassment, catcalling
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: street harassment, catcalling
    Karma on the street. Another very, very short play.
  • The Forgetting Room by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, fantasy + 2 more
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    Keyword: school shooting, gun control + 2 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy, tragedy, young audiences
    Keyword: school shooting, gun control, high school, code red playwrights
    In the aftermath of a school shooting, three teenagers are brought to the Forgetting Room so they can rest in peace. Part of the #Gun Control Now Protest Plays Project.
  • Healing by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: school shooting, code red playwrights
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, faith-based
    Keyword: school shooting, code red playwrights
    After the Red Lake school shooting, five teenage survivors do an impromptu healing service. The play is part of the Code Red Playwrights Project.
  • Antigone in Munich: The Sophie Scholl Story by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    8–12
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: Sophie Scholl, White Rose Society + 7 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, faith-based, period, political
    Keyword: Sophie Scholl, White Rose Society, nazi germany, women's history, World War II, resistance, high school, Nazi, Antigone
    Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose Society in Nazi Germany
    which encouraged passive resistance against the totalitarian government. The play chronicles her coming of age and development from bystander to witness to activist.
    NOTES ON CASTING: The play is based on real people and real events but this is not a documentary. It is an imagining of how Sophie Scholl became an activist in...
    Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose Society in Nazi Germany
    which encouraged passive resistance against the totalitarian government. The play chronicles her coming of age and development from bystander to witness to activist.
    NOTES ON CASTING: The play is based on real people and real events but this is not a documentary. It is an imagining of how Sophie Scholl became an activist in treacherous times. The people this story is based on were certainly Caucasian; the casting doesn’t need to be. It’s a story for everyone to be told by everyone. The entire play (and it's one-act version can be read for free at: https://www.yourstagepartners.com/products/antigone-in-munich
  • A Farm in New Jersey by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 4
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: History, edna lewis + 2 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: History, edna lewis, southern chef, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project
    Edna Lewis would gain acclaim for her fresh, farm-to-table southern cooking. She was certainly ahead of her time. Alice Waters has proclaimed her as one of the founders of the local, fresh cooking movement. But it was a long journey to recognition. Created for 365 women a year project.
  • Soundscapes by Claudia Haas
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, young audiences + 1 more
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    Keyword: Synesthesia, art + 4 more
    Genre: drama, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: Synesthesia, art, music, plays for high school and young actors, play for teens, coming of age
    NOTE: The play is brand new and seeking development - not a production. Will be regularly updating new edits.
    SYNOPSIS: Iris has synesthesia. She has no idea. She thought everyone saw colors and shapes when they listened to music. As she enters the tween years, she learns that it is not true and that others find her weird or wildly imaginative. As Iris tries to downplay this trait, she finds herself at...
    NOTE: The play is brand new and seeking development - not a production. Will be regularly updating new edits.
    SYNOPSIS: Iris has synesthesia. She has no idea. She thought everyone saw colors and shapes when they listened to music. As she enters the tween years, she learns that it is not true and that others find her weird or wildly imaginative. As Iris tries to downplay this trait, she finds herself at war with herself over what is natural to her.