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"Dear Mr. Loverde,

"Each of your plays are wonderful!!!!!! One play in particular, Jesus Awakens the Little Girl...sounded as if Shane and I had written the play ourselves, just for our personalities. I also noticed that Bobby Sox as well as Chrissy in Sensitivity, USA are direct duplicates of the way I think and act. I just cannot believe how much the characters in the scripts we ordered mirror my personality so much! Please keep writing your plays, you'll be hearing from us again."

-- Holly from Ebensburg, Pennsylvania

Over eighty productions in New Zealand, Germany, India, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Critics have called Emmett Loverde's plays "hysterical"(1), "fascinating"(2), "enjoyable"(3), "charged with wit and humor"(4), and infused with "keen insight"(5). Read more reviews.

One act and full length plays -- easy and fun to perform and produce. See a list of theaters, schools, and organizations who have produced Mr. Loverde's plays.

Several plays are published by Playscripts, Inc. and Heuer Publishing, LLC.

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Till You Get To Baraboo

Full-length for adults

While attending the wedding of a dear friend a young man magically finds himself face to face with every woman he has ever loved and lost. Naturally he does a little romancing, a lot of soul-searching, and a bit of apologizing, too.

3 females/2 males (can be larger); 2 sets. Single copy: $10.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $50.00.

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Sensitivity, USA

One-act for teenagers

A disillusioned teenager decides to expose the shallowness of his classmates by interviewing the most popular girl in his small-town high school. But she's not as crass as she first seems, and he's not the bundle of sensitivity he thinks he is. And when love blossoms it's a surprise to them both so they do what any normal teenager would: fight it.

1 female/1 male/1 either; 15-25 minutes; 1 set. Single copy: $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $30.00.

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Good Business Sense

One-act for adults

Yuppie Barth has Good Business Sense, and tonight he's making the boardroom presentation of his life: a proposal of marriage to the equally industrious Claudia. Everything is perfect -- including the ring for which his assistants shopped everywhere. But she wants flowers and violins, not charts and graphs...

1 female/1 male/1 either; 20-25 minutes; 1 set.

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Love Fax

One-act or full-length for adults

Sexy barfly Kim captures the heart of uptight Hollis even as he composes a love letter to another girl. Turning men into panting puppy-dogs comes naturally to Kim... but tonight her own feelings are getting a bit out of control.

1 female/1 male/1 either; 20-30 minutes (one-act version) or 90-100 minutes (full-length version); 1 set. Single copy (one-act): $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance (one-act): $30.00. Single copy (full-length): $10.00; single amateur/community theater performance (full-length): $50.00.

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Play How You Play

One-act for adults

A friendly game of pool between lovers Sarah and Rudy goes haywire when she admits to him that she is actually a professional pool player, a fact she'd been hiding to protect his ego. Naturally, through the twisted logic that exists only between the young-and-in-love, this revelation leads to recriminations, accusations of infidelity, and other verbal foreplay.

2 females/2 males/1 either; 20-30 minutes; 1 set. Single copy: $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $30.00.

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Uneasy Overture

One-act for adults

Stand-up comic Victor's quick wit is no match for the razor-sharp tongue of Cynthia, a woman he meets just after a show. Upon learning that she actually broke up with her boyfriend of several years during Victor's act he nearly bolts out the door... but something about her makes him stay. Could it be her kiss? Two shy people venture farther out on a limb than either has ever been before.

1 female/1 male; 20-30 minutes; 1 set. Single copy: $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $30.00.

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A Timely Maneuver

One-act for teens and adults

Arrow-stiff Jane Marwood is surprised when her blind date Reggie pulls out an egg timer and sets it for five minutes. Five minutes later, she's appalled when he invites her to bed, pointing out that women supposedly know within five minutes of meeting a man how far they'll "go" with him. Chaos ensues.

1 female/1 male; 15-25 minutes; 1 set.

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Till You Get To Baraboo Full-length for adults While attending the wedding of a dear friend a young man magically finds himself face to face with every woman he has ever loved and lost. Naturally he does a little romancing, a lot of soul-searching, and a bit of apologizing, too. 3 females/2 males (can be larger); 2 sets. Single copy: $10.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $50.00. CLICK HERE to read the play CLICK HERE for copies/performance rights		Sensitivity, USA One-act for teenagers A disillusioned teenager decides to expose the shallowness of his classmates by interviewing the most popular girl in his small-town high school. But she's not as crass as she first seems, and he's not the bundle of sensitivity he thinks he is. And when love blossoms it's a surprise to them both so they do what any normal teenager would: fight it. 1 female/1 male/1 either; 15-25 minutes; 1 set. Single copy: $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $30.00. CLICK HERE to read the play CLICK HERE for copies/performance rights Click the icon below to watch a staged reading of the play
Good Business Sense One-act for adults Yuppie Barth has Good Business Sense, and tonight he's making the boardroom presentation of his life: a proposal of marriage to the equally industrious Claudia. Everything is perfect -- including the ring for which his assistants shopped everywhere. But she wants flowers and violins, not charts and graphs... 1 female/1 male/1 either; 20-25 minutes; 1 set. CLICK HERE read the play and for copies/performance rights CLICK HERE to listen to an audio excerpt from the play CLICK HERE to find out more about the play		Love Fax One-act or full-length for adults Sexy barfly Kim captures the heart of uptight Hollis even as he composes a love letter to another girl. Turning men into panting puppy-dogs comes naturally to Kim... but tonight her own feelings are getting a bit out of control. 1 female/1 male/1 either; 20-30 minutes (one-act version) or 90-100 minutes (full-length version); 1 set. Single copy (one-act): $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance (one-act): $30.00. Single copy (full-length): $10.00; single amateur/community theater performance (full-length): $50.00. CLICK HERE to read the one-act version CLICK HERE to read the full-length version CLICK HERE to listen to an audio excerpt from the play CLICK HERE for copies/performance rights.
Play How You Play One-act for adults A friendly game of pool between lovers Sarah and Rudy goes haywire when she admits to him that she is actually a professional pool player, a fact she'd been hiding to protect his ego. Naturally, through the twisted logic that exists only between the young-and-in-love, this revelation leads to recriminations, accusations of infidelity, and other verbal foreplay. 2 females/2 males/1 either; 20-30 minutes; 1 set. Single copy: $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $30.00. CLICK HERE to read the play CLICK HERE for copies/performance rights		Uneasy Overture One-act for adults Stand-up comic Victor's quick wit is no match for the razor-sharp tongue of Cynthia, a woman he meets just after a show. Upon learning that she actually broke up with her boyfriend of several years during Victor's act he nearly bolts out the door... but something about her makes him stay. Could it be her kiss? Two shy people venture farther out on a limb than either has ever been before. 1 female/1 male; 20-30 minutes; 1 set. Single copy: $5.00; single amateur/community theater performance: $30.00. CLICK HERE to read the play CLICK HERE to listen to an audio excerpt from the play CLICK HERE for copies/performance rights
A Timely Maneuver One-act for teens and adults Arrow-stiff Jane Marwood is surprised when her blind date Reggie pulls out an egg timer and sets it for five minutes. Five minutes later, she's appalled when he invites her to bed, pointing out that women supposedly know within five minutes of meeting a man how far they'll "go" with him. Chaos ensues. 1 female/1 male; 15-25 minutes; 1 set. CLICK HERE to read the play and for copies/performance rights CLICK HERE to listen to an audio excerpt from the play CLICK HERE to find out more about the play CLICK HERE to watch a film version of the play