Funny Shorts 4 is the latest volume in the popular Funny Shorts series of short plays.
It’s another anthology of hilarious comedies from playwright John McDonnell.
In this collection you’ll find scripts about a game show for rudeness, a sassy princess on a quest, a Greek god who feels irrelevant, a shepherd who becomes the world’s first literary critic, aliens on a joyride in New Mexico, and much more. And there’s an extra play in this volume – there are 11 plays in total!
These warm, funny skits are perfect for community theater, schools, senior productions – anywhere audiences want to be entertained. They have a light touch but they’ll keep you guessing too – every one has an unexpected twist at the end!
On the page or on the stage, Funny Shorts is guaranteed to amuse!
The plays included in this collection of Funny Shorts
Say Your Prayers, Pal
The Taste Of Nickels
Immortality Is Not What It Used To Be
Kaput Magazine
There’s Always A Dragon
How Critics Were Invented
Author Madness
The Balance Of Nature
That’s So Rude!
The Wisdom Of Strangers
The Luxies Are To Blame
Here's what they're saying about Funny
As a master of the short play form, John McDonnell holds up a mirror to the way we live now. Always revealing, always spot on, and always very funny, his plays are a dream for actors. Easy to produce -- they work as well on a bare stage as they do in a fully realized production. Either way, the audiences are always entertained and leave the theatre happier than when they came in. You will enjoy reading or performing the works of John McDonnell.
John Augustine is a playwright, television writer, actor and director. He has taught playwriting in New York City at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, The 42nd Street Collective, NYU, and at Sarah Lawrence College.
Every theatre instructor needs that absolutely infallible book of scenes for students. John McDonnell’s plays are full of hilarious reveals and quirky character studies, with plot twists that provide actors with meaningful discussion about motivation, foreshadowing, and bold choices. What’s even better? The length of the comic short plays provides significant opportunities for memorization and stage time for everyone involved. This is the perfect comedy collection for your studio classroom!
Sarah LeClair is the Youth Education Director at ComedySportz Philadelphia and a curriculum writer/consultant for The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre teaching artist program. Sarah has spent more than twenty years in new play development and performing arts opportunities for community theatres, undergraduate college programs, and high school actors.
John McDonnell’s plays have been performed in theaters all over the US, and they’re always audience favorites. He’s also written dozens of novels and short stories, available on Amazon.
Enjoy Funny Shorts!
Language
English
Pages
161
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
May 07, 2023
Funny Shorts 4: More Comic Plays (Funny Shorts Comic Plays)
Funny Shorts 4 is the latest volume in the popular Funny Shorts series of short plays.
It’s another anthology of hilarious comedies from playwright John McDonnell.
In this collection you’ll find scripts about a game show for rudeness, a sassy princess on a quest, a Greek god who feels irrelevant, a shepherd who becomes the world’s first literary critic, aliens on a joyride in New Mexico, and much more. And there’s an extra play in this volume – there are 11 plays in total!
These warm, funny skits are perfect for community theater, schools, senior productions – anywhere audiences want to be entertained. They have a light touch but they’ll keep you guessing too – every one has an unexpected twist at the end!
On the page or on the stage, Funny Shorts is guaranteed to amuse!
The plays included in this collection of Funny Shorts
Say Your Prayers, Pal
The Taste Of Nickels
Immortality Is Not What It Used To Be
Kaput Magazine
There’s Always A Dragon
How Critics Were Invented
Author Madness
The Balance Of Nature
That’s So Rude!
The Wisdom Of Strangers
The Luxies Are To Blame
Here's what they're saying about Funny
As a master of the short play form, John McDonnell holds up a mirror to the way we live now. Always revealing, always spot on, and always very funny, his plays are a dream for actors. Easy to produce -- they work as well on a bare stage as they do in a fully realized production. Either way, the audiences are always entertained and leave the theatre happier than when they came in. You will enjoy reading or performing the works of John McDonnell.
John Augustine is a playwright, television writer, actor and director. He has taught playwriting in New York City at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, The 42nd Street Collective, NYU, and at Sarah Lawrence College.
Every theatre instructor needs that absolutely infallible book of scenes for students. John McDonnell’s plays are full of hilarious reveals and quirky character studies, with plot twists that provide actors with meaningful discussion about motivation, foreshadowing, and bold choices. What’s even better? The length of the comic short plays provides significant opportunities for memorization and stage time for everyone involved. This is the perfect comedy collection for your studio classroom!
Sarah LeClair is the Youth Education Director at ComedySportz Philadelphia and a curriculum writer/consultant for The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre teaching artist program. Sarah has spent more than twenty years in new play development and performing arts opportunities for community theatres, undergraduate college programs, and high school actors.
John McDonnell’s plays have been performed in theaters all over the US, and they’re always audience favorites. He’s also written dozens of novels and short stories, available on Amazon.