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25 New One Acts from Dramatic Publishing

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The Labors of Hercules Fitch playbookThe Labors of Hercules Fitch by Mark D. Kaufmann.

Comedy/Drama. Cast 6m., 4w., may be expanded to 9m., 6w. Target Audience Middle School · High School · College and Adult

Our mythically named hero finds himself dividing his time between working for the CIA tracking down a notorious Mr. X and being a surrogate father for his younger sister and brother. As he tries to make sense of the world he has inherited he finds, against all odds, that his remarkable labors give him hope for his future.

Designer Genes coverDesigner Genes by Kent R. Brown.

Drama.  Cast 1m., 2w.  Target Audience High School · College and Adult · Senior Adults

In the not-too-distant future, Wesley and Marian have contacted Designer Genes, Inc., to create the perfect son. But what happens if theres a glitch along the road to genetic bliss. The play explores the ethics and moralities involved when science commingles with nature in an effort to play God.

The Seduction of Chaos playbookThe Seduction of Chaos by Kent R. Brown.

Drama.   Cast 1m., 2w. Target Audience High School · College and Adult · Senior Adults

Emotionally disoriented and dangerously depressed, Arthur Franklin is seduced into destroying a gigantic modern artwork— The Seduction of Chaos— by the painting's evocative but unstable creator. Will her offer of a briefcase filled with thousands of dollars ensure the gallery guard's silence.

Surviving Lunch coverSurviving Lunch by KT Curran.

Drama.   Cast 3m., 3w.  Target Audience Middle School · High School

After her father is killed in a school shooting, Delia struggles to overcome her grief and start a new life in a small-town high school. In the process of helping a boy who is repeatedly being bullied, she discovers the healing power of friendship. This powerful anti-bullying statement has played to thousands of middle- and high-school students.

Tuesdays and Sundays playbookTuesdays and Sundays by Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn.

Drama.   Cast 1m., 1w. or 2m., 2w. Target Audience: High School · College and Adult · Senior Adults

Inspired by a true love story that took place in 1887 in the farming community of Margate on Prince Edward Island. Although William and Mary, a teenage couple, try to nourish their love amidst the confusing emotions and events of their lives, misunderstanding and fear create terrible consequences, turning their romance into stunning tragedy.

The Secret of Madame Defarge playbookThe Secret of Madame Defarge adapted by Robert Johanson.

Drama.   Cast 7m., 10w., 3 to 12m. or w. (doubling possible). Target Audience: High School · College and Adult · Senior Adults

This hair-raising drama, which tells the peripheral story to the main story of Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, beautifully dramatizes the reasons the poor of France revolted. Madame Defarge's secret is revealed in the climactic trial scene before the French tribunal where the convicted are sent to La Guillotine.

Jane Eyre: Life at Lowood playbookJane Eyre: Life at Lowood by Robert Johanson.

Drama.   Cast 3m., 13w. (extras and/or doubling possible). Target Audience High School · College and Adult · Senior Adults

Based on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.The strength and deep conviction of a young Jane Eyre is revealed in this play which focuses on her difficult youth as an orphan left by uncaring relatives at a poor boarding school.



The Terezin Promise coverThe Terezin Promise by Celeste Raspanti.

Drama.   Cast 4m., 4w., extras can include children, soldiers, guards. Target Audience Middle School · High School · College and Adult · Senior Adults

The true story of how the drawings of the children of Terezin concentration camp were preserved, written by the popular author of I Never Saw Another Butterfly.