800-448-7469 Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm CST

Welcome to Dramatic Publishing!

See our updated To Kill A Mockingbird announcement. | Ship times are not guaranteed. Learn More.

One Act Plays

Currently Filtered by:
  1. Remove This Item Target Audience: College and Adult
  2. Remove This Item Sub-genre: Mystery/Murder Mystery
  3. Remove This Item Sub-genre: Fables/Folklore
  4. Remove This Item Performing Group: Middle School
  5. Remove This Item Performing Group: Senior Theatre
  6. Remove This Item Performing Group: Touring Group
Clear All
Filter By
Category
View All
  1. New In Print (1)
  2. Full Length Plays (79)
  3. One Act Plays (31)
  4. One Act Competition Winners (1)
  5. UIL Approved Titles (9)
  6. Musicals (15)
  7. Musicals with Accompaniment CDs (8)
  8. Collections (1)
  9. Bilingual Titles (3)
  10. Non-Royalty Titles (1)
  11. Audience Participation (9)
  12. Radio Plays (2)
  13. Livestream Titles (97)

Filter By

Target Audience
  1. Young Audiences (57)
  2. Middle School (64)
  3. High School (45)
  4. College and Adult (31)
  5. Family (all ages) (60)
  6. Senior Adults (15)
  7. Praise Groups (2)
Themes
  1. Crime (8)
  2. Culture (5)
  3. Entertainment (6)
  4. Relationship/Family (12)
  5. Religion (4)
  6. School Issues (3)
  7. Death/Dying (2)
  8. Holiday (3)
Sub-theme
  1. Murder (6)
  2. Stealing (2)
  3. British (3)
  4. Showbiz (2)
  5. Visual Arts (1)
  6. Marriage & Divorce (5)
  7. Abusive Relationships (1)
  8. Infidelity/Cheating (3)
  9. Dating (3)
  10. LGBTQ (1)
  11. Christianity (3)
  12. Judaism (2)
  13. Buddhism (1)
  14. Islam (1)
  15. Teaching (2)
  16. Bullying (1)
  17. Suicide (1)
  18. Christmas (3)
  19. Thanksgiving (1)
  20. Easter (1)
  21. New Year's Eve (1)
  22. Poverty (1)
Genre
  1. Comedy (18)
  2. Drama (23)
  3. Farce (4)
  4. Satire (2)
  5. Tragedy (3)
  6. Melodrama (2)
Sub-genre
  1. Fairy Tale (10)
  2. Romantic Comedy (19)
  3. Biographical (7)
  4. Magical Realism (15)
  5. Avant-garde/Experimental (9)
  6. Mystery/Murder Mystery (15)
  7. Historical (21)
  8. Action/Adventure (17)
  9. Fantasy (19)
  10. Fables/Folklore (16)
  11. Romance (19)
  12. Science Fiction (7)
  13. Horror/Gothic (10)
  14. Commedia dell'arte (1)
  15. Mythology (7)
  16. Western (3)
Show Less Show More
Performing Group
  1. Elementary School (6)
  2. Middle School (20)
  3. High School (36)
  4. College Theatre (34)
  5. Community Theatre (3)
  6. Professional Theatre (2)
  7. TYA (6)
  8. Senior Theatre (9)
  9. Touring Group (23)
  10. Praise Group (1)
  11. Dinner Theatre (8)
Approx. Run Time (minutes)
20m 45m 20m to 45m
Total Cast Size
1 50 1 to 50
Female Cast Members
0 24 0 to 24
Male Cast Members
0 18 0 to 18

Items 1 to 10 of 31 total

per page
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

List  Grid 

  1. A Virtual Whodunnit

    A Virtual Whodunnit

    By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: V47000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  2. Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act) GD9000

    Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act Version)

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: GD9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 7 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  3. Aunt Leaf

    Aunt Leaf

    By Barbara Wiechmann.

    Product Code: AF7000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | TYA
    • 3 actors, gender flexible. Expansion possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  4. Selkie

    Selkie

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: SW7000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 3m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  5. Furry Tails With a Twist

    Furry Tails With a Twist

    By Jennifer Hickok DeFratis.

    Product Code: FB9000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College
    • 1m., 1w., or up to 8 (1m., 1w., 6 either gender).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  6. Heubner the Reluctant

    Heubner the Reluctant

    By Alan Haehnel.

    Product Code: H87000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 12w.,10 either gender. May also be done with an all-female cast.
    • 45 min.
    A starving beggar's disturbing dream follows him into wakefulness when he is told he is "The Chosen." Although he tries to deny his destiny and run from his duty to save his village from an evil army, a secret from his past reveals how he through the gift of storytelling, can indeed be "The Chosen." Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  7. Take Two

    Take Two

    By Jacqueline Lynch.

    Product Code: TE2000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 1m., 1w. (cast count includes 1 either gender.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    A former child star who continues her successful career as an adult and a film critic discover how intimately they have come to know each other against the backdrop of a threat on her life. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  8. Boid & Oskar

    Boid & Oskar

    By Elizabeth Wong.

    Product Code: BA7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 2w. (plus many gender-neutral ensemble roles; may be done with 3m., 3 w. with doubling.) Multicultural cast suggested.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince,this play is a hip, humorous and heartwarming parable about sacrifice and the lessons of true friendship. Prince Oskar is the spirit of a shiny, red, classic Corvette convertible—without a care in the world. But, placed as a monument high above the city, he alone sees the suffering below—a young girl conflicted by feelings of inferiority, a young boy without a home living in the streets, a writer who has lost the desire to write. With the help of a wise-cracking sparrow named Boid, the prince makes it his mission to help the townspeople. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  9. The Happy Prince

    The Happy Prince

    By Elizabeth Wong.

    Product Code: H82000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 3m., 5w. (plus 2 either gender, or 4m., 4w. with doubling, plus extras.) Multicultural cast suggested.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This spiritually compelling play tells the story of a migrating swallow who befriends a prince made of stone. Together, they learn the lessons of friendship and sacrifice. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  10. Pandora's Revenge

    Pandora's Revenge

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: P64000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    Just what sort of package has Marvin Hanover opened, he wonders, as he tries to sell insurance to Miss Thorndyke. First, she really isn't Miss Thorndyke—she's Ida Simpkins, and she doesn't actually live at the address she gave him over the phone. She seems to have more questions for Marvin than he ever saw on any application. Panicked by the evening news and her rundown neighborhood, she grills Marvin like a hamburger patty. Lines fly fast and ferociously in this cat-and-mouse adventure with Marvin wondering just who's the cat and who's the mouse. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More

Items 1 to 10 of 31 total

per page
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

List  Grid