One Act Plays

This Is a Test

Product Code: T73000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 13 to 15 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

As the ticking clock reminds you, only 60 minutes remain to complete this oh-so-important predictor of your future. But you didn't get the review sheets, the teacher doesn't like you and your classmates are blatantly cheating. Time passes and the voices in your head remind you that though you are having trouble with the test, your personal life is far, far worse. Then you reach the essay question. The good news—it's an opinion essay. The bad news—it's in Chinese. And things aren't going to get better! 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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Paper or Plastic: The Ice Storm

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: PL9000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: Up to 2m., 2 to 5w., 9 to 14 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

As an ice storm approaches, Sarah, a cashier, is hastily given—maybe tricked into?—the job of assistant manager She is happy about the promotion until she realizes that with great power comes even more grocery store insanity. There are stubborn customers, unruly kids, the cane-wielding head of Skybell Ice Cream, striking baggers and a mysterious figure known as "El Diablo." Will there be anything left on the shelves? Will Sarah survive? The answers and laughs are in the forecast of this play! Learn More

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Oh Freedom! The Story of the Underground Railroad

By Peter Manos.

Product Code: OA4000

Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 2 to 10m., 2 to 10w., up to 10 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This play combines stories of men and women of the Underground Railroad who were active in the fight against slavery. Famous participants like Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe and other lesser-known heroes are included in this tale that celebrates a time when Americans were at their courageous best, supporting one another, regardless of background, ethnicity or gender. 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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Small Actors

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: SB8000

Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 4m., 4w., 2 either gender, doubling and extras possible.
Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Emily desperately wants to play the lead in her high school's production of Romeo and Juliet. Instead, she gets a one-line, four-word role. None the less, she tells her parents (who will be out of town during the performance) that she got the lead, and suddenly, things spin way out of control. Mom and Dad cancel their vacation plans and invite every relative they can round up to come visit and see their daughter play Juliet. This outlandishly funny and very touching play is about the roles we all play—in theatre and in life. Learn More

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Flowers for Algernon

Adapted by David Rogers. From the classic novel by Daniel Keyes.

Product Code: F28000

Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 4m., 1w. (one of the male roles may be played by a woman.)
Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

This is the compelling story of Charlie, a mentally retarded man, and the strange interweaving of his life with that of Algernon, a mouse. Learn More

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Louder, I Can't Hear You

By William Gleason.

Product Code: L32000

Comedy
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

In this comedy about the fact that people don't listen anymore, we see a family together but each one entirely in his or her own world. These people who won't or can't hear each other are losing the ability to communicate. The mother, anxious to reach her young people, turns to a psychiatrist for help—only to discover that he can't "hear" either! There's a final effort in which they try to involve themselves a little with each other and a wry, witty conclusion. Learn More

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Murder Mystery

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: AL5000

Comedy | Farce | Satire
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 16 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A band of lovable yet impossibly inept thespians are taking on a genre that will not die—the murder mystery! In this whodunit, the misguided performers attempt to nail down devilish British accents, understand what a red herring is, and figure out how to die onstage without looking all gross and stuff. Meanwhile, the director and stage manager wouldn't really try to murder someone during the murder mystery. Would they?! Learn More

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Cyrano de Bergerac

By Tonya Hays. Adapted from the play by Edmond Rostand.

Product Code: CQ7000

Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 5m., 5w., at least 4 gender neutral.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Cyrano is besotted with the lovely Roxane, and yet, because of his enormous nose, he believes that he can never truly win her, so he lives with this painful secret of unrequited love. He befriends the handsome Christian and helps him woo Roxane with elegant love letters, living his love vicariously through Christian. This passionate adventure takes us on a journey through the streets of Paris, the battlefield of Arras and the peaceful convent, where this beautiful story reaches its exquisite but heart-wrenching conclusion. Learn More

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