David Lipschutz

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TEN-MINUTE PLAYS

Ahavah


Photo Credit: The Farmington Players

Ahavah

The All-New Dating Game! Video Game Edition

The All-New Dating Game! Video Game Edition

Co-Written with Dana Hall. After his Bubbie’s death, Saul returns home to his family after a long absence to sit Shiva. Alice, Saul’s girlfriend joins him. Saul tries to portray the perfect version of what he thinks his family wants. However, a message from the beyond leads both Saul and Alice to some meaningful realizations. 10-minute play.


Production History:

Ludington Area Center for the Arts (MI), 2024

Broken Arts Entertainment (ME), 2024

Gemco Players Theatre (Emerald, VIC, Australia), 2023

TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana (IN), 2023

Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre (ND), 2023

Rooftop Productions/ARTfactory (VA), 2022

Newmarket International Festival of Plays i/a/w VUTC (Ontario, Canada), 2022

The Farmington Players (MI), 2022

Crafton Hills College (CA), 2022

Jersey City Theatre Center (NJ), staged reading, 2022

Muskegon Community College (MI), staged reading, 2022

Saint Sebastian Players (IL), reading, 2022

Dragon Productions Theatre (CA), reading, 2022

Scawwy Howwow Theatre (NY), reading, 2022

Literary and Discourse Society (UK), reading, 2022


Honors: 

Selection, The Best Ten-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus, 2023

Finalist, Studio Players 10-Minute Play Festival, 2023

Winner, Best New Work, Crafton Hills College, 2022

The All-New Dating Game! Video Game Edition

The All-New Dating Game! Video Game Edition

The All-New Dating Game! Video Game Edition

It's everyone's favorite 1980's game show, "The All-New Dating Game!", but with a twist. On this particular episode, three familiar video game characters vie for the heart of one very special princess. Who will win? Tune in and find out! 10-minute play.


Production History:

StageWorks at Studio 237 (NJ), 2023

The Kent School (CT), 2023

Eagle Point High School (OR), 2022

Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2021

Wine Box Players (NY), reading, 2021


Honors:

 Nominee (as part of StageWorks' Annual One Act Jamboree Festival), Outstanding Production of an Original Play, The NJACT Perry Awards, 2024

Birthright

A Channukkah Carol

A Channukkah Carol

 As her daughter's Bat Mitzvah date draws near, a mother finds herself in a struggle against a vampire of Jewish folklore. 10-minute radio play.


Production History:
Jakespeare Theatre Company (MA), 2021


Honors: 

Semi-Finalist, Deathscribe, WildClaw Theatre, 2019 

A Channukkah Carol

A Channukkah Carol

A Channukkah Carol

/On the first night of Channukkah, Krantz has become a real scrooge. He is making his staff work late. He has missed Channukkah celebrations with his family. And he has forgotten to buy presents for his loved ones. He cares only about himself. All of that is about to change when he is met by a familiar ghost of Channukkah past, present, and future. 10-minute play.


Production History:

New City Players (FL), reading, 2023

The [C]Han[n]uk[k]a[h] Play

The [C]Han[n]uk[k]a[h] Play

The [C]Han[n]uk[k]a[h] Play

Channukkah of Guilt Trips & Mishegas: An Evening of Jewish Holi-Plays. When Rae brings their new partner home to meet the family for the first time during the Jewish holiday of Channukkah (also spelled Hanukkah, Hannuka, etc.), things don’t go exactly as planned. 10-minute play.


Production History:

Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2022

The Dangers of TDS

The [C]Han[n]uk[k]a[h] Play

The [C]Han[n]uk[k]a[h] Play

a/k/a The Evils of TDS

a/k/a On the Harmful Effects of TDS

[In the Parodium, Zavertyukhinanian Style of Anton Chekhov]

  

A first-time lecturer does his best to describe the dangers of a fairly new syndrome. 10-minute monologue.


Production History:

microChicago/Rhino Fest (IL), 2025

A Date With Dagon

A Date With Dagon

A Date With Dagon

Co-Written with Dana Hall. Immortal fish-god Dagon emerges from the deepest, darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean for holiday (a/k/a humanity’s destruction). However, before celebrating the holiday (a/k/a destroying humanity), Dagon decides to go on a date for the first time in over 10,000 years. 10-minute play.


Production History:

Otherworld Theatre (IL), 2025

The Divine Madness Players (FL), 2023, 2025

One Night Stand Theater (CO), 2024
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2022


Honors: 

Shortlist Selection, The Divine Madness Players, 2022

The Gavel

A Date With Dagon

A Date With Dagon

Just a typical day in Court, or is it? 10-minute play.


Production History:

TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2025

The Good Dybbuk

Halloween 14 [Or, How Michael Got His Groove Back]

Halloween 14 [Or, How Michael Got His Groove Back]

Kol Nidre of Guilt Trips & Mishegas: An Evening of Jewish Holi-Plays. A young Jewish man goes to clean out his grandparents’ attic and finds something – or perhaps someone – unexpected. 10-minute play.


Production History:

Orange Players (CT), 2024

Rooftop Productions/ARTfactory (VA), 2024

Acorn Productions/Mad Horse Theatre (ME), staged reading, 2024

Literary and Discourse Society (UK), reading, 2024

Halloween 14 [Or, How Michael Got His Groove Back]

Halloween 14 [Or, How Michael Got His Groove Back]

Halloween 14 [Or, How Michael Got His Groove Back]

It has been a week since the Haddonfield massacre. Laurie and Michael have decided to try letting go of the past and become a happy family. This play was written based on the prompt of "Chosen Family" from Nothing Without A Company. 10-minute play.


Production History:
Nothing Without A Company (IL), 2023

hYdration

It's Your Own Asphalt

It's Your Own Asphalt

Two women have a chance encounter outside of a drag bar. 10-minute play.


Production History:
Theatre West (CA), 2021


Honors:

Selection, The Best Ten-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus, 2022


It's Your Own Asphalt

It's Your Own Asphalt

It's Your Own Asphalt

Two old friends converse in an alleyway after one of them rushes outside of the party they’re both attending. 10-minute play.


Production History:

TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2025

The Last Lladro

The Last Lladro

The Last Lladro

A couple finds a rare porcelain figurine at a yard sale. 10-minute play.


Production History:

Riverside Theater Guild (IL), 2025
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2025

Latched

The Last Lladro

The Last Lladro

Two people have an unforgettable experience in an elevator. They are holding hands, there is tension in the air, and they are alone. Or at least, they think they’re alone... 10-minute play.


Production History:

Playwrights Thriving Reading Series, reading, 2024

The Lonely Devil Plays His Fiddle

The Lonely Devil Plays His Fiddle

The Lonely Devil Plays His Fiddle

  A young man arrives in hell. He had committed the most cardinal of sins: replying all to emails. On his 666th reply all, he was smote and sent directly to hell. He is greeted by the Devil herself. She explains to him the daily routine of hell. He ends up having a battle with the Devil's number 1 musician to determine his fate. If he can beat the devil, he will have one more chance as long as he promises to never send another reply all email. 10-minute play.


Production History:
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre (IL), 2019

Mayor Bob is DEAD!

The Lonely Devil Plays His Fiddle

The Lonely Devil Plays His Fiddle

Mayor Bob is dead! What happened? Find out…in the next ten minutes. This play was written based on the prompt of "Mayor Bob of Smalltown, IL" from Westchester Civic Theatre. 10-minute play.


Production History:
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2023

Modus Operandi

Modus Operandi

Modus Operandi

Things aren't as they seem as two detectives interrogate a suspect. 10-minute play.

   

Production History: 

 Northwest PA Collegiate Academy (PA), 2025
Pine Crest School (FL), 2025 

The Theatre Collective At Richardson High School (TX), 2025

Osseo-Fairchild School District (WI), 2025

Emmetsburg Schools (IA), 2024

Westmount Charter School (Calgary, AB, Canada), 2024

One Night Stand Theater (CO), 2024
Kankakee Valley Theatre Association (IL), 2021 

Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2021


Honors: 

Runner Up, Staged Play, KVTA 10-Minute Play Festival, 2021

Moon Logic

Modus Operandi

Modus Operandi

Akin to point-and-click adventure games of the late 80s/early 90s (think, the Kings Quest series), Moon Logic follows Sir Llewellyn as he comes to the final chapter of his quest to save Princess Nightingale and help restore the Kingdom of Lavendreer. 10-minute play.


Production History:

Wild Rose High School (WI), 2025

Winston Churchill High School (TX), 2025

Flint Hills High School (KS), 2025 

The Singapore American School's Middle School (Singapore), 2025

Studio Players (KY), 2024

Garfield Center/Short Attention Span Theatre (MD), 2024

Ludington Area Center for the Arts (MI), 2024

Rainy Day Artistic Collective, 2024

Pend Oreille Playhouse (WA), reading, 2024

Jonathan Alder High School i/a/w PC Trinity Co (OH), 2023

TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2023


Honors: 

Semi-Finalist, Rover Dramawerks' 10-Minute Contest, 2023

PerSEVERance

PerSEVERance

PerSEVERance

A live online workout class is interrupted by mysterious and potentially sinister events. 10-minute virtual play.


Production History:
New City Players (FL), reading, 2024

Left Edge Theatre (CA), 2021

The Shomer

PerSEVERance

PerSEVERance

A shomer watches over the body of a recently deceased Jewish man. 10-minute play.


Production History: 

Mid-America Theatre Conference (WI), workshop, 2024

San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (CA), staged reading, 2023

Acorn Productions/Mad Horse Theatre (ME), staged reading, 2023

Playground-Chicago (IL), reading, 2022


Honors: 

Semi-Finalist, Winding Road Theatre's Eight 10s Festival, 2025

Commended Status, The Jewish Plays Project, 2024

Selection, The Best Men's Monologues, Smith & Kraus, 2023

Judges' Choice, The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, 2023

Finalist, Center for the Arts Bonita Springs, 2023

Solid Gold

Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert

Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert

When hanging out, two best buds make an unexpected discovery. 10-minute play.


Production History:

Inkwell Theater (CA), reading, 2023

TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2023

Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert

Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert

Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert

Two friends are sitting in BYO lawn chairs at a concert venue, waiting for Mumford & Sons to begin their set. After one of them leaves to find the bathroom, leaving the other alone, an unexpected guest takes the empty seat. 10-minute play.


Production History:
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre (IL), workshop, 2024

Crafton Hills College (CA), workshop, 2023

TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2023


Honors: 

Honorable Mention, NEIU Nuevas Voces Festival, 2023

Winifred and Henry Celebrate Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary

Winifred and Henry Celebrate Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary

Winifred and Henry Celebrate Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary

As a couple celebrates their fifth wedding anniversary, the evening takes an unexpected turn. 10-minute play.


Production History:
BATS Theatre (Stavanger, Norway), 2025

GreenMan Theatre Troupe (IL), 2023

37 Origami Bees

Winifred and Henry Celebrate Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary

Winifred and Henry Celebrate Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary

 A grandpa bee regales his grandchildren bees with tales of his decades-long film career. 10-minute play.


Production History:
Playwrights Thriving Reading Series, reading, 2025

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