They are giving away challah rolls by the dining hall. REBECCA: (Blatant look.) Your point being…?ĮLI: Boys, I’m out. REBECCA: For your information, we are staying together.ĮLI: He goes to boarding school in New York. As long as I wear it, I’m his Juliet and he is my Romeo.ĮLI: (Laughs.) I hope the story ends the same way. He gave me his bar-mitzvah pendant yesterday. REBECCA: Brown hair, tall, pasty, smart, rich. JACOB: Who’s the boyfriend this week, Becky? He’s one of the most respected cantors in all of Los Angeles! Besides, Eli, you smell.ĮLI: I’m sorry we can’t all be Rebecca Miller - The Rabbi’s Daughter. SHMUEL: The chutzpah! Mendel, Sharona, Rebecca, Yosi, Eli, Jacob-stay here. Little Yentel and her sisters are starting to look like dinner, and Michael Bruchim just lit the papier-mâché menorah on fire! SHMUEL: Are they doing that damn initiation again? SHEILA: (Frantically.) Shmuel! Senior Maccabi is throwing their matzo balls at the Junior Maccabi! MENDEL: (Worse than before.) But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? (Mumbles.) We should have done Fiddler on the Roof… SHMUEL: Stop, stop, stop the scene! Mendel Teitlebaum this is about love! Why are you staring at her breasts? Now look into Juliet’s eyes… Feel the passion. MENDEL: (Robotically.) But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.Īrise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Make their annual glory on holy campground The star-crossed campers, thousands abound SHEILA: One summer camp, solitary in denominationįrom Jewish tradition break the unconventionalįrom forth the departure of Manischewitz wineĭoes their hunger bury their religious faith? Rebecca’s boyfriend stud, emotional.Ī camp for Jewish adolescents. The good Jew always follows rules.ĪDAM: Camper. Enjoy reading them, acting in them, and if they inspire you, you might find yourself writing one of your own! However, I feel confident that the plays in this book will not bore you, but delight you. It’s like switching channels on a television set. If you get bored with a 10-minute play, hang in there, because another one is on its way. Immediate gratification can be a good thing.

The subject matters are diverse, the voices are distinct, and the eclectic genres will provide considerable challenges for young actors. The plays found here are written by playwrights fourteen to twenty years old. But to write material for this age group can be challenging.

And as much as I pride myself into thinking that I am young and hip and cool… the fact of the matter is, I’m not sixteen anymore. Writing for teens can be difficult if you’re no longer of a certain age. What you have here is a whole bunch of new plays written by the teenaged playwright.

10 minute plays scripts