One Act Plays

Conversation at Night With a Despised Character

Product Code: C32000

Drama
High School | College and Adult | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 2m.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A man entertains a long awaited visitor, knowing he would come sooner or later but not knowing in what disguise he would appear. The visitor presents himself as the executioner for totalitarian state, but it is Death that speaks. Learn More

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The Day Paul Newman Came to Call

By Warren Frost.

Product Code: D39000

Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 3m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A gentle, funny and ultimately moving story of two sisters and the fantasy world one of them inhabits and the other nurtures. Learn More

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Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

Adapted by Nancy Linehan Charles. From Shakespeare.

Product Code: MB8000

Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: large and flexible. A minimum of 15 actors, expandable to include all. Storytellers, witches, messengers and soldiers are perfect for gender-blind casting.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Macbeth and his lady covet the riches and crown, while witches, ghosts, kings and soldiers battle for good vs. evil. Macbeth, with his dry, forward attitude speaks poorly to the witches, which does not help him in the least. Learn More

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The Make-Up Artist

By David Henry Wilson.

Product Code: M13000

Comedy | Tragedy
College and Adult | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 1m., 1w. (1 extra.)
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A young, brassy and self-confident actor is delighted to have an attractive make-up artist. At first he makes passes at her and brags, but then begins to talk about his bad luck as she transforms him into an unsure old man. Learn More

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All Out

By John Zodrow.

Product Code: AA8000

Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire | Tragedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 6m., 4w., 6 to 7 extras.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

To what extremes will the game show contestants go to win a prize of $100,000? This play is about lack of ethics and what people will do for money. Learn More

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Last Minute

By Barry Kornhauser

Product Code: LC4000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A narrator and three musicians go through a timed piece consisting of seven minute-long scenes. Learn More

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In the Tank

By Rosemary Frisino Toohey.

Product Code: I90000

Comedy | Farce | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 2m. or 2w., or 1m., 1w.
Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Two lobsters find themselves in the tank of a seafood restaurant: one plays dead to avoid being chosen, and the other is philosophical, wondering what the point of living is if you are always acting dead. Learn More

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Mind Games

By Paul Elliott.

Product Code: MH1000

Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 2m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Never delve into another person's mind unless you're ready to face the consequences of what you uncover. A well-known psychiatrist treats a patient who believes that he is the creator of the universe and in control of everything, convincing even the doctor of this power. Learn More

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Charlie Foster

By Raymond King Shurtz.

Product Code: CH2000

Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 2m., 8w., or 5 minimum (2m., 3w.) with some roles combined.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Told in a contemporary, non-traditional style, Charlie Foster is a powerful play about coming-of-age and the sensitive nature of walking in someone else's shoes. Learn More

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In Other Words

By Sharon Elizabeth Doyle.

Product Code: IB3000

Comedy | Farce | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 6 either gender, with option to add more.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Ideal for either in-school or theatre performances, this title is designed to stimulate the creative actor and delight the child in all of us with human cartoons. Join Professor Fleetfoot and his madcap friends on a zany exploration of communication. Learn More

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