One Act Plays

Pirates!

Product Code: PM9000

Comedy
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 6m., 9w., 3 either gender.
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
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 2 to 3m., 2w.
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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Why We Like Love Stories

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: WJ6000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., or 4 either gender.
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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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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Aunt Leaf

By Barbara Wiechmann.

Product Code: AF7000

Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 3 actors, gender flexible. Expansion possible.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

It is 1910. An 11-year-old girl is sent into the woods by her widowed great-aunt to look for the ghost of her dead husband. The girl brings back made up stories to cheer up the old woman and soon comes to believe her own stories are true. The shared adventure, both dangerous and hopeful, serves as a dual passage for the child into adolescence and the old woman into a more peaceful death. Learn More

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Selkie

By Laurie Brooks.

Product Code: SW7000

Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3m., 4w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In Scotland, selkies transform into lasses on Midsummer's Eve and dance on the beach. This play chronicles the story of a 16-year-old who discovers a pelt that unlocks the mystery foretold. Learn More

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Feeding the Moonfish

By Barbara Wiechmann.

Product Code: FC6000

Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., extras.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

When a teenage girl hides in a young man's car and discovers he talks to the fish at the end of a dock each night, the strangers understand they are bound together through similar experiences of loneliness and tragedy. Learn More

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The Odyssey

Adapted by R.N. Sandberg from Homer's epic story.

Product Code: O73000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 4 to 20+ actors, gender flexible.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

In this ancient story, the hero Odysseus journeys home from the Trojan War, encountering the Cyclops, Circe, and raging seas. His son, Telemachus, fights his mother's greedy suitors and sets sail to find his father. 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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Furry Tails With a Twist

By Jennifer Hickok DeFratis.

Product Code: FB9000

Comedy | Farce
Young Audiences | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Praise Groups
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., or up to 8 (1m., 1w., 6 either gender).
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Two actors accidentally scramble beloved fairy tales and perform "Goldilocks and the Three Wolves," "The Three Billy Trolls Gruff" and "The Three Little Bears." Learn More

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