Laughter is essential in times like this and...
...you'll get a ton of laughs from Funny Shorts 3!
Funny Shorts 3 is the third volume of the popular Funny Shorts series of short plays.
It's another anthology of ten hilarious comedies from John McDonnell!
In this collection of plays about peacocks, passive-aggressive mothers, a math bully, wacky aliens, a gangster homeowners' association, and a loopy version of the Garden of Eden story, the characters are off kilter and the plots bizarre, but the end result is pure entertainment. These warm, funny sketches 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 are:
What's The Matter With The Weather?
Peacock Envy
Welcome To Suburbia
Mother Daughter Translator
Together Forever
I Gotta Bee Me
Math Bully
Unplugged
Heart Fluency
Secedin' From Eden
Here's what they're saying about Funny Shorts:
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!
