alphabetical author index

Clowns

  • M. Thomas Cooper
  • Short Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 4M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573663680

Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 10 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
A children's clown, possibly on the run from the law, bemoans his fate and falls in love with a mother of one of his clients. She convinces him that he might be happier if he becomes a normal person and just does clowning on the sly.

Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.

  • Casting: 4M, 1F

  • DWAYNE - Dude the Kid Clown
    JARVIS - Dwayne's flute-playing side-kick
    CARRIE EVERLY - single mother
    SERGEANT BURK - police officer
    PRIVATE HANS - Burk's side-kick