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30 Minutes to Curtain
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781637779422
Publisher: Red Penguin Books
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
30 Minutes to Curtain brings together a wide-ranging collection of short plays and monologues built to be read, rehearsed, performed, and reimagined. Moving between comedy, confession, history, absurdity, heartbreak, and everything in between, these pieces introduce characters caught in moments when something has to be said-and there may not be much time left to say it.
Created for actors, directors, students, teachers, and anyone who loves the strange immediacy of live performance, this collection celebrates the possibilities of short-form theatre. Some pieces are intimate. Some are ridiculous. Some are uncomfortable. All of them are waiting for someone to stand up, make a choice, and bring them to life.
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