Special Casting
Senior Citizen Characters:

These plays are ideal for community theaters with older actors or in retirement home settings.  Click on the play title to see a full summary:


Attack at the Pierre Fontaine
A group of long-tme friends are alarmed by the increasing dangers in the outside world. Together, they try to plan a defense strategy which will protect them all... by Jan Quackenbush

A Cold Day in Hell
a one-man Tour de Force by Jan Quackenbush

Short Shorts for Seniors
Short plays for senior citizens by Ludmilla Bollow

Birdwatchers
A slice-of-life comedy by B. A. Hite

From the Backseat
A family comedy in one act by Kay Rhoads

The Aviators
A Comedy/Drama, by John F. X. Delaney

The Best is Yet to Be
A family comedy in One Act by Jean H. Klein

Friends & Relations
Tbree senior comedies by Evan Guilford-Blake

The Unmasking of Yetta Brean
A "dramedy" in which a widow clashes with her family by Mickey Coburn

Nightside
an urban-renewal comedy in one act by Jean H. Klein

The Yellow Pearl
an adaptation of an Easter parable in one act by Margaret Forsythe

Happy Occasions
a family comedy in one act by Michael J. Hotchkiss

Lamentations Of A Demented Old Woman
a wheelchair monologue by P.A. Wray

A Chair
a short comedy by B. A. Hite

Shakespeare After School
a comedy in one act by D. D. Delaney

Shakespeare Playing For Laughs
a comedy in one act by D. D. Delaney

A Concise Christmas Carol
A 50-minute retelling of the Christmas classic






Single Gender Plays:

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A Cold Day in Hell
A one-man Tour de Force by Jan Quackenbush

Spread Your Garment Over Me
Inspiring Monologues by Gillette Elvgren

For the Least of These
Inspirational Monologues by Gillette Elvgren

Brendan’s Journey
A full-length adventure tale by Gillette Elvgren

In the Second Place
A Slice-of-life Comedy by B. A. Hite

The Aviators
A Comedy/Drama, by John F. X. Delaney

The Pears of Heaven (either male or female)
a passion play commemorating the Spring Equinox by D.D. Delaney *mild adult language/situations

Lamentations Of A Demented Old Woman
a wheelchair monologue by P.A. Wray

A Concise Christmas Carol
A 50-minute retelling of the Christmas classic
Characters with Disabilities:

Each of these scripts features a character with a disability or is written for an audience with a specific disability.  Click on the play title to see a full summary:

The Emperor’s New Clothes
a comedy in six scenes adapted for hearing impaired/signing performers
by Kathleen Lockwood

Lamentations Of A Demented Old Woman
a wheelchair monologue by P.A. Wray

The Red Shoes
a one act adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story
by Kathleen Lockwood

The following play comes from The Shadows ‘n Lights Performers, a troupe of actors, singers and dancers with disabilities. A portion of the proceeds are donated to VSAarts of Virginia, Virginia Beach:

Back In The Groove
a musical comedy revue of the 1960’s written for the Lights ‘n Shadows Performers by Anna Barker