Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays

This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into peals of laughter.

From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin's "The Zig-Zag Woman" to the biting political satire of Steven Dietz's "The Spot," from Christopher Durang's wonderfully loopy "Wanda's Visit" to Shel Silverstein's supremely twisted "The Best Daddy," there's something in here to make everyone laugh. There are plays for casts of all sizes, from monologues to large ensembles, with diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. Even the titles are funny: Mark O'Donnell's "There Shall Be No Bottom (a bad play for worse actors)," Elaine May's "The Way of All Fish," and Alan Ball's "Your Mother's Butt." A bonanza for theatergoers, performers, and comedy fans, Laugh Lines will bring down the house.

• Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays
• Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays
• 24 Favorite One Act Plays
• All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays
• Duo!: The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century
• Plays in One Act
• Time Flies and Other Short Plays
• Ten-Minute Plays: The Comedy Collection
• All in the Timing, Six One-Act Comedies - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)
• Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors