Plays for amateur theater — a separate task: material is needed that's understandable to the audience, simple to stage, and legal to use. Chitacle offers 200+ original plays under the CC BY 4.0 license — without legal hassles.
What makes choosing plays for amateur theater hard
- Classics known to the audience and hard to perform. Shakespeare and Chekhov require training.
- Contemporary authors often under copyright, need contracts and royalties.
- Translations a double legal regime: author + translator.
- Learning material often academic, with little living energy.
As a result, amateur theaters get stuck between classics and impossibility. Chitacle has found a way out.
What Chitacle offers for amateur collectives
- 200+ original plays under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Duologues for two actors.
- Monoplays for a single performer.
- Contemporary language close and understandable.
- Short format 20–45 minutes.
- Free of royalties no contracts.
What's allowed
- Staging. On any stage, in any context.
- Adaptation. Cut, change, rewrite.
- Use sets of your choice.
- Include in the repertoire permanent and temporary.
- Charge admission commercial use is allowed.
The only requirement — attribution to the author: Chitacle.
Why it's convenient for amateurs
- No school needed the text is designed for an ordinary person's voice.
- No sets needed the contemporary scene works in any setting.
- No costumes needed the characters wear what the viewer does.
- No large cast needed two actors are enough.
- No months of rehearsals the short format is mastered quickly.
How to get the plays
A specific play can be requested as a file at chitacle.online@gmail.com — we'll send it. You can specify the desired genre, runtime, number of actors — we'll send a selection from the repertoire.
Frequently asked questions
What is Chitacle?
An online theater for two: two people read an original play by roles over video call, right in the browser. 200+ original plays and monoplays — freely distributed under CC BY 4.0. Interface in five languages.
How do I get the play text as a file?
Write to chitacle.online@gmail.com with the play's title — we'll send you the file. You learn the title during your meeting in the theater.
On what terms can I use Chitacle plays?
All plays are freely distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), perpetually and worldwide, with no rights claims. The only requirement — attribution to the author (Chitacle) and links to our resources.
Can I invite viewers to the meeting?
Yes, in all formats except instant matching. The viewer joins via a personal link. The same works for online supervision: a teacher, psychologist, or coach joins the student's or client's session as a viewer.
What languages does the interface support?
The Chitacle interface is in five languages: Русский · English · Español · العربية · 中文. The play repertoire is being translated and continues to grow.
How much does it cost?
Your first meeting is on us. After that — by individual meetings or a monthly subscription.
Legal side — Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.
Chitacle plays are freely distributed perpetually and worldwide, with no rights claims. You may copy, distribute, perform on stage, create derivative works, and use commercially. The only condition — attribution to the author (Chitacle) and links to our resources.
Your first meeting is on us
Head to the Dressing Room at play-read.online and check the box.
Your first meeting is on us.
Enter the theaterChitacle now speaks five languages — Русский · English · Español · العربية · 中文.
We did it quietly, but properly.