20 Published Plays with Small Casts features handpicked short story narratives that only need two actors to perform on stage.

Explore our titles featuring small casts where we’ve kept things budget friendly for production.

20 Published Plays with Small Casts

Monologue Blogger’s short plays is a growing category for our roster of stories.  You may also be interested in 30 contemporary plays for young adults which showcases more minimal character scripts, all taking place inside one location.

EXTRA GARLIC
Mario’s longtime friend visits him at his restaurant during after-hours for a meal, but tries to give Mario instructions on how to make his food.

FACES ON THE EDGE OF SPRING
Jeanne believes that Franco has been betraying her, therefore she has made arrangement to leave him and start a new life for herself.

I’M SORRY YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL
Amanda and Jake’s rock n’ roll relationship has finally reached its climax.  If things don’t shift between them, it can be the end of everything they’ve worked hard for.

CATCHING SUMMER
When Pam’s boyfriend Teddy passes out for fear of turtles, she goes on a rant on how he needs to change his way of living life.

LAND OF THE FORGOTTEN
It’s been number of years since George has been living on the streets, when he meets a young woman who reminds him of his daughter.

FIGURE OF SPEECH
Leonard would love to sell his business to his friend, but his friend isn’t giving him a fair bargain.

SALT AND STONE
Jena is stressed and confused over what to do with her boyfriend, especially when her Aunt forbids that she continues dating him.

DON’T LEAVE ME WITHOUT MUFFIN
It’s the middle of the night and Ginger is readying herself to run away from home, but her mother catches her before she exits the door.

THE LAST PERSON
Roger tells of a horrific tale that only happened moments ago, but he may be making the entire story up.

BETTER DAYS
Miles can’t seem to ever pay for his room and board, but tries to charm his way back to his belongings.

MR. DUDLEY
Anne tries to cope with the difficulty of being responsible for her brother.

IN THE HOUR OF RAIN
Alanna doesn’t want to admit that she has a drinking problem, and defends herself in the face of her friend’s judgement.

MR. BAD MOOD
Bill tells his son Vince the truth as to why he wishes to remain at the lighthouse.

THE BROKEN PIANO
Roxanne is at her wit’s end when it comes to coping with the spontaneous temper tantrums her daughter often has.

PEANUTS ON THE DOLLAR
Chester talks to his friend about how he is trying to figure out a way to pay for his mother’s surgery.

DELIVERY
Kelly comes clean to a customer she delivers pizza to, about robbing him of his money.

AGATHA’S LETTER
Milo talks to his lover about a letter received from his dead wife, who has been gone for over a year.

LAST DAY OF JUNE
June made a failed attempt at suicide, and her neighbor comes over to see what the fuss was all about.

I SAW TWO CLOUDS IN THE SKY KISS ONCE
Luna is recovering from her addictions and takes her frustrations out on her caretaker.

HULLABALOO
Maggie has mixed feelings about sending her son to military school in order to break his wild streak.