One Act Plays

Anansi the Spider: A Trickster's Courtship

By Jeremy Kisling. From the folktale.

Product Code: AL1000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 1 to 3m., 2 to 3w., 1 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The trickster Anansi meets Aso, the god of the sky's daughter. He is smitten and must marry her, but to do so he has to prove himself on a quest. With the help of the audience, Anansi accomplishes his task but lies about how he does so, taking all the credit. Through his quests, Anansi finds humility and the path to acceptance and love. Learn More

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The Cycle

By Tiffany Kontoyiannis.

Product Code: CQ5000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 4 to 5m., 5 to 8w., 2 to 3 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

By bringing the bully, the bystander and the victim to the stage, The Cycle dramatizes the negative effects and harms of bullying. We meet several relatable characters including a victim who has chosen to overcome her painful experience with bullying by focusing on her schoolwork; however, we also see how she could have negatively chosen to deal with it. This award-winning play sparks discussion by creating characters in whom anyone can see themselves. Learn More

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Antigone

Adapted by Bonnie Roberts. Based on the play by Sophocles.

Product Code: AK7000

Drama | Tragedy
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 8m., 8w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

A civil war has ended. Will there be peace or new rebellion? Each chorus member argues the side of one of the characters, hoping to bring peace to the war-torn land. Each individual faces the choice: should I do what I feel is right or stay silent and safe? This adaptation can be set anywhere there is civil strife—ancient Greece, modern America, a medieval castle, the inner city, the future, any time and place that speaks to you.

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Hotline

By Cheryl Navo.

Product Code: HG3000

Comedy
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 1 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Operator 72 is training to be a counselor for the Socially Inappropriate Language Therapy Hotline where clients call and swear at the operators to release tension so they can calm down and solve their problems. When he speaks with a client that is incapable of swearing, he tries everything he can think of to help her. She eventually finds her own solution while Operator 72 learns that swearing might not be the cure-all the hotline touts. Although the play is focused on foul language as therapy, not a single swear word appears in the entire play, making it suitable for a variety of audiences. Learn More

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Carrying On

By Harry Michael Bagdasian.

Product Code: CP9000

Comedy | Drama
High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Davey may be a little "slow," but he's a genius with automobiles. Frustrated with people's misperception of him, he wants to leave this small town auto repair shop and move to the city. However, he finds that his boss has sold the repair shop and taken all of the money in Davey's "payroll savings plan." Who would have thought that Davey's savior would be a cosmetics saleswoman with a broken-down VW Beetle? Learn More

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Hell's Cafeteria

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: HF1000

Comedy | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 2m., 3w., up to 25 with extras, either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Superstar cafeteria chef Rodney "Rotten" Disposle is ready to make life miserable for everybody in another season of "Hell's Cafeteria" as he hosts the competition to find the best (worst) high-school cafeteria manager in the country. The strange contestants he has in this go-round are sure to give him fits! Will a winner for be announced? Will anybody make it through lunch? Learn More

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This Is a Text

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: T59000

Comedy
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 11 to 17 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

If Sophia gets a 61 on her exam, she'll get into Coldwater State. But she was up all night, distracted by a mysterious text, and now she can't focus. Sophia's only hope: Flowcus, the concentration pill that sits tantalizingly close on the teacher's desk. This play illustrates a battle against an exam, waged during the age of distraction. Sophia's quest to get into Coldwater State ends in a way that neither she nor the teacher could have anticipated and leads to a conclusion that's both surprising and unexpectedly moving. Learn More

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The Happy Prince: A Radio Play

By Andrew J. Fenady and Duke Fenady. Based on Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince.

Product Code: HG1000

Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults | Praise Groups
Cast Size: 7m., 6w., doubling or extras possible.
Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

The statue of a bejeweled happy prince overlooks a once shining city whose residents are despondent and many are leaving. The prince, once a selfish man, now turned to stone, implores a migrating swallow to be his messenger. The residents decide to stay and help make it, once again, a shining city on the hill. The prince and the little swallow pay the ultimate price for their goodness, but they receive, in return, a heavenly reward. Learn More

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First Person Shooter

By Don Zolidis.

Product Code: FE8000

Drama
Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 5 to 10m., 4 to 10w., up to 10 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

After a horrific school shooting, a community is left to pick up the pieces. The only friend of the shooter, Tad, who managed to stop the killer early in the rampage, blames himself. Tortured and guilty, Tad is forced to examine his life and his relationship with his best friend—and where it went wrong. Could he have stopped it before it happened? Could he have talked his friend out of it? This play is a difficult and complex look at emotional abuse, bullying and the tragedy of being an outcast. Learn More

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Cheaters

By Don Zolidis.

Product Code: CP6000

Drama
Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 18 either gender. May be cast with mixed genders or all women or all men.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Someone cheated on the test. And if the cheater doesn't confess, the entire class will fail. Now the entire class is forced to play detective and discover the cheater before it's too late. With the pressure on, the class fragments into warring factions with each student trying to figure out the mystery. But with each revelation of cheating, the fissures grow wider, and the simple act of trying to discover the truth might rip the entire class apart. Learn More

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