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by Todd McGinnis

 

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COMEDIES (Full length)  

Self-Help for Dummies 

By Todd McGinnis and T. Gregory Argall

2 Acts   Cast: 3 F/ 4 M

When a psychologist is late for work, the growing collection of mixed nuts in his waiting room are left to fend for themselves... with hilariously unexpected results. 

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Point of Viewing 

by Todd McGinnis

2 Acts   Cast 3F/ 2M 

1 Live Broadcast.     3 Female Co-hosts.     10 Years of Baggage...  Let the Games Begin.  

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Gone Fishin' 

by Todd McGinnis

2 Acts   Cast: 3 M

When three brothers are forced to spend the day fishing together as a condition of their late father's will, they start to learn more about each other than any of them ever wanted to know. 

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Thunderbolts and Dunderheads

by Todd McGinnis

2 Acts   Cast: 3 F /4 M

Iris, the Goddess of Rainbows goes to Mount Olympus looking for a promotion and ends up getting "downsized".

If she wants to survive, she's going to have to help Zeus make a "love connection" with a visiting Nordic Goddess. Unfortunately for Iris, Zeus's wife, Hera, Queen of the Gods has other ideas.

Can Iris find a way survive by somehow keeping everyone happy? Find out in this hilarious comedy that breathes new life into the old gods.

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Knave of Hearts 

by Todd McGinnis

2 Acts   Cast: 4 F/ 4 M

Swashbuckling rogue Jack Hawkins gets more than he bargains for when he tries to swindle Lord Henry Bannigan... a frustrated father who is trying to marry off two daughters without paying any dowry.  When the girls decide they want to marry Jack instead, Hawkins realizes his carefree bachelor ways are in serious danger of coming to an end.

If he's going to get out of this one he's going to have to think fast... and talk even faster. Fortunately, in an age of Chivalry, Honour and Romance... this guy was full of it!

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FULL LENGTH - OTHER GENRES:

GENRE: Horror/Comedy

 

"LAUGH?" I Thought I'd DIE! (a.k.a Stage Fright)

by Todd McGinnis

 

2 Acts   CAST (minimum) 2 F/ 5 M*

A tale told in four vignettes, Stage Fright is an alternately terrifying, hilarious and always intriguing journey across the decades. The theatre-venue itself becomes a character in this tale that allows the audience to experience the history of a haunted playhouse… from the inside.

Written with two endings ---one scary, one comedic--- giving producers complete control over the kind of experience they want to give their audience.

*cast is expandable up to 25 total performers. Lots of options for doubling/tripling and gender flipping roles.  A great piece for community/ amateur theatre groups & companies looking to provide as many onstage opportunities as possible. 

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ONE ACT PLAYS:

GENRE: Suspense/Thriller

Trammel the Cull  

by Todd McGinnis

1 Act  2F/ 2 M

A deadly game of cat and mouse is about to begin. 

But in this dance of sexual predator and prey... 

Who is the cat? And who is the mouse?

Find out in this play full of wicked twists and shocking turns, where nothing is what it seems and the ending… is a killer.

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GENRE: Black Comedy

Everybody Dies 

by Todd McGinnis

1 Act 2F/ 3M

A group of sitcom writers pulling an all-nighter find themselves living out one of their co-workers nightmares... A nightmare in which everybody dies!

 

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