One Act Plays

This Is a Test

Product Code: T73000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 13 to 15 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

As the ticking clock reminds you, only 60 minutes remain to complete this oh-so-important predictor of your future. But you didn't get the review sheets, the teacher doesn't like you and your classmates are blatantly cheating. Time passes and the voices in your head remind you that though you are having trouble with the test, your personal life is far, far worse. Then you reach the essay question. The good news—it's an opinion essay. The bad news—it's in Chinese. And things aren't going to get better! Learn More

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Paper or Plastic: The Ice Storm

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: PL9000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: Up to 2m., 2 to 5w., 9 to 14 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

As an ice storm approaches, Sarah, a cashier, is hastily given—maybe tricked into?—the job of assistant manager She is happy about the promotion until she realizes that with great power comes even more grocery store insanity. There are stubborn customers, unruly kids, the cane-wielding head of Skybell Ice Cream, striking baggers and a mysterious figure known as "El Diablo." Will there be anything left on the shelves? Will Sarah survive? The answers and laughs are in the forecast of this play! Learn More

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Farmageddon and the Undercover Crop

By Victoria Sayeg.

Product Code: FF6000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 20 to 24 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Everyone loves a good crop circle—that is, everyone but world-renowned peanut planter Farmer Carter. He is devastated to learn his entire year's yield of peanuts has been damaged by someone—or something—just a day before the circus comes to town! With the help of his wife and their junk-food-addicted twin daughters, Farmer Carter hires a private investigator to get to the bottom of this perplexing peanut puzzle. Learn More

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The Hundred Dresses

By Ralph Covert and G. Riley Mills. Based on the book by Eleanor Estes.

Product Code: HH1000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3 to 5m., 5w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Wanda, a second-grader, wears a faded blue dress every day, but she tells her classmates that she has a hundred dresses at home. Soon Wanda's classmates make a game of teasing her about her hundred dresses until she doesn't come to school one day, leaving just an empty seat. As feelings of guilt overtake the children, they decide they must find out what happened to Wanda and make amends for the way they treated her. Bullying, friendship and forgiveness are touched upon in this adaptation. Learn More

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The Trial of Goldilocks

By Joseph Robinette.

Product Code: T81000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School
Cast Size: 14 to 20 or more.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This exciting comedy examines the familiar fairy tale from three points of view: the traditional, the Bears', then Goldilocks'. Guilty or innocent? From the opening moment, when three vendors attempt to hawk souvenirs among the audience, to the surprising verdict from the jury—and a "happily-ever-after" conclusion—this play, performed completely in verse, is both unique and enchanting. Learn More

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Play

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: AC7000

Comedy | Farce
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 3m., 3w., 11 either gender, expandable.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Based on several disastrous theatrical experiences, this play examines the process of putting on a show that is less than good. We go from the audition—where the director is more worried about roast beef than paying attention to the warm-up exercise, and the neurotic cast pretends to be bacon—to rehearsals—where a passive-aggressive stage manager gives everyone grief. This bad play within a play won't win any awards, but will keep audiences in stitches. Learn More

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Small Actors

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: SB8000

Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 4m., 4w., 2 either gender, doubling and extras possible.
Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Emily desperately wants to play the lead in her high school's production of Romeo and Juliet. Instead, she gets a one-line, four-word role. None the less, she tells her parents (who will be out of town during the performance) that she got the lead, and suddenly, things spin way out of control. Mom and Dad cancel their vacation plans and invite every relative they can round up to come visit and see their daughter play Juliet. This outlandishly funny and very touching play is about the roles we all play—in theatre and in life. Learn More

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Louder, I Can't Hear You

By William Gleason.

Product Code: L32000

Comedy
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

In this comedy about the fact that people don't listen anymore, we see a family together but each one entirely in his or her own world. These people who won't or can't hear each other are losing the ability to communicate. The mother, anxious to reach her young people, turns to a psychiatrist for help—only to discover that he can't "hear" either! There's a final effort in which they try to involve themselves a little with each other and a wry, witty conclusion. Learn More

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Murder Mystery

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: AL5000

Comedy | Farce | Satire
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 16 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A band of lovable yet impossibly inept thespians are taking on a genre that will not die—the murder mystery! In this whodunit, the misguided performers attempt to nail down devilish British accents, understand what a red herring is, and figure out how to die onstage without looking all gross and stuff. Meanwhile, the director and stage manager wouldn't really try to murder someone during the murder mystery. Would they?! Learn More

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Little Scrooge

By Patricia Barry Rumble. Based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Product Code: LL4000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 2 to 4m., 3 to 7w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In this extremely creative, kid-friendly adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic, The Ghost of Christmas Past (a surfer dude), the Ghost of Christmas Present (a beautiful spirit with an attitude) and the Ghost of Christmas Future (an eerie figure in white) help young Eben Scrooge to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Learn More

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