English edit

Etymology edit

mini- +‎ play

Noun edit

miniplay (plural miniplays)

  1. A very short play (dramatic work).
    • 2007 January 28, Mark Blankenship, “The Whole Audience Sits in One Chair, the Cast in the Other”, in New York Times[1]:
      Each miniplay can vary from performance to performance. Ms. Bannon described how one play, in which a woman details her love life, tended to get interrupted by spectators spontaneously describing their own relationships.