One Act Plays

Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act Version)

Product Code: GD9000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 7 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

It begins after lunch on Melissa’s phone. Someone she doesn’t know is texting her looking for a drug hook-up. Soon, eight very different high-school kids are getting bizarre texts from numbers they don’t recognize—budding romances, bitter rivalries, even violent threats. What’s going on? And what if it’s not people connecting with other people via their phones … but phones trying to connect with other phones via their people? A one-act digital mystery for the mind and heart of the savvy texter. Learn More

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Swagger

By Eric Coble.

Product Code: S2Z000

Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 3 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A momentary act of violence caught on camera destroys the lives of three people. Now they need to tell us their version of how it really went down. Jordan is a quiet, nerdy, almost eighth-grade graduate. Leela, bubbling and following her passion, has just opened her own clothing boutique near Jordan’s school. And Daniel is an awkwardly sweet police officer on foot patrol in the neighborhood. The three of them lead us through their lives, dreams and the snap decisions that led them to that fateful moment. Learn More

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Driving

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: DG8000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 1 to 16m., 4 to 19w., 15 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Ginny is an almost 16-year-old-girl with straight As and a bright future in front of her, but learning how to drive appears to have stalled her on the side of the road. Instead of getting behind the wheel, she pins her hopes on computer-driven cars and oh-so-friendly ride-sharing services. Instead of being independent and free, Ginny is driven around by her angry, speeding mom or her goofy, slowpoke father. Will Ginny finally overcome her issues and start Driving? Learn More

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Clever Rachel

By Moses Goldberg.

Product Code: CQ9000

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

Rachel has a reputation as a clever girl who can figure out answers to the most challenging riddles. But the traditional roles of men and women don't allow for women to be intellectuals. When Jacob, the smartest boy in town, challenges her to a contest of wits, somehow they both win and find something that neither had beforea friend. Learn More

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The Princess Who Lost Her Hair

By Jeremy Kisling. Based on the story by Tololwa Mollel.

Product Code: PL7000

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

Princess Kalendi refuses to help a bird, who turns out to be very powerful. He brings a drought upon the earth and takes the princess' hair, a symbol of prosperity to her people, from her head. A beggar helps the princess regain her dignity and kindness as they work together to appease the bird with a selfless act that restores the kingdom and the princess' hair. Learn More

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Tracks

By Peter Tarsi.

Product Code: TH4000

Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 4m., 6w.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A group of strangers meet in a dirty subway station and soon learn an unfortunate truth: they are all dead. They reason the train leaving from one platform must be bound for heaven and the other must be bound for hell. But which platform are they on? As the train approaches, they must decide whether to stay and ponder their actions further, or to have faith and climb aboard to their final destination. 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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Our Place

By Terry Wayne Gabbard.

Product Code: OA5000

Comedy | Drama
High School | College and Adult | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 7m., 7w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The unassuming location of a dock extending out onto a small lake serves as the backdrop for five different stories: Jake and Holly are interrupted on their date by Anne and Lyle; Beth has plans to spend the day with her ailing dad at their favorite fishing place; Al and his family arrive for their family canoe trip—much to his family's dismay; Cory and Liberty picnic out by the lake; and Stanley is shown some perspective by his 6-year-old sister. In a poetic epilogue, they all gather on the dock and discover the true meaning of Our Place—both comedic and tragic. Learn More

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Stuart Little

Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by E.B. White.

Product Code: SG4000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 5 or more actors, flexible.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Ease of staging along with flexible casting make this version of the endearing classic perfect for small touring groups. Learn More

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A Thousand Cranes

By Kathryn Schultz Miller.

Product Code: T80000

Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults | Praise Groups
Cast Size: 1 to 2m., 2 to 3w., up to 2 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This is the true story of 12-year-old Sadako, who learns that she has "radiation sickness," or leukemia—an effect of the Hiroshima bombing that happened 10 years ago. Her wish is to be healed by the gods by folding 1,000 paper cranes, but she dies before she can finish. Her friends and classmates finish folding the cranes and build a monument to honor her and all the children who were killed by the atom bomb. Learn More

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