One Act Plays

Checking In

Product Code: CT6000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 2 to 5m., 3 to 5w., 5 to 20 any gender, flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Checking In tells a lifetime of stories including an expectant mom going into labor, a teenager learning to see the world beyond a screen, a couple finding love, the craziness of traveling with kids and, finally, waiting too long to take that dream vacation. These stories, and more, reflect the theme that “life is a journey—travel it well” and remind us that as we travel through life, it's the people we journey with who make it special. Learn More

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The Tale of La Llorona as Told by Consuelo Chavez

By José Casas.

Product Code: TX5000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Community | TYA
Cast Size: 2m., 3w., 1 to 2 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A group of lifelong friends who are also eighth graders prepare for what they believe is their final time celebrating Halloween together. Unfortunately, the weather is undermining their trick-or-treating plans. The friends reveal they are afraid that going to high school will break up their group. As a distraction, they begin to tell scary stories. When one story becomes more real than imagined, they realize the experiences they’ve shared connect them all together, and they are determined to remain friends for life. Learn More

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A Virtual Whodunnit

By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

Product Code: V47000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 5m., 4w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Preston Sterling is hosting a Zoom meeting with his family and closest staff to celebrate his birthday. The bitter old billionaire is bullying everyone once again when—ZZZZZT! Sterling is electrocuted through his phone. Enter Rockford Sloan, homicide detective. Through a series of Zoom conferences, Sloan questions the usual suspects, all of whom had a motive. With three possible endings, every performance means you’ll never be sure whodunnit. This show can be performed virtually or onstage. Learn More

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Pirates!

A one-act nonmusical by Jon Jory. Freely adapted from The Pirates of Penzance.

Product Code: PM9000

Comedy
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 6m., 9w., 3 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Pirates! is an adaptation of the operetta without the music. On turning 21, Frederic is released from his apprenticeship with a band of soft-hearted pirates. He hears a chorus of girls and falls instantly in love with Mabel, the daughter of Major General Stanley. Complications abound when Frederic learns that, because he was born on Leap Day, a day that occurs every four years, he has had far fewer birthdays and is still indentured to the pirates! This hilarious adaptation uses some of the original song lyrics as dialogue. Learn More

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Off Road

By Julianna Gross.

Product Code: OA9000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2 to 3m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

When their car breaks down, high schoolers Mel and Oliver are stuck on the side of the road, forced to make small talk over cupcakes, road trips and Charlotte—Mel’s best friend, and Oliver’s girlfriend. Amid flashbacks of awkward dates and unfinished moments, and surrounded by pressures from school and the inevitable question of Charlotte, Mel and Oliver find themselves outside it all. After all, how can you know what’s right when you don’t know what could have been? Learn More

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Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act Version)

By Eric Coble.

Product Code: GD9000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 7 either gender.

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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, seven 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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Why We Like Love Stories

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: WJ6000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., or 4 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

In the hills above Pin Cushion, California, students go to talk of the world, flirt and yearn. It’s a place where heartbreak awaits. Chloe breaks up with Crooper. Months later, Crooper ineptly attempts to use a mathematical equation to break up with Jessica. Months later, Jessica rebuffs Bark, who pines for her. But then things come full circle. Bark and Chloe—outsiders both—take an awkward, fumbling-for-words walk in the hills and discover a surprising connection that, for the moment at least, promises a future. Learn More

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Clever Rachel

By Moses Goldberg.

Product Code: CQ9000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | TYA
Cast Size: 3m., 3w.

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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 before—a 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
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., 3 either gender.

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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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Why Mosquitoes Buzz

By Jeremy Kisling. Adapted from the folktale.

Product Code: WH3000

Comedy
Recommended For: Middle School
Cast Size: 1 to 3m., 1 to 4w., 2 to 4 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Mosquito sets off a chain reaction of panic in the rain forest that ends with Rooster forgetting to wake the sun. The great god strips Mosquito of her voice and only allows her to buzz until she receives forgiveness from all living creatures. To this day, almost all earthly creatures find her buzzing annoying and try to eradicate the pesky mosquito. Learn More

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