One Act Plays

Storyville

Product Code: S1B000

Comedy
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 7 to 45 actors.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A wise woman enters carrying a large book titled Storyville and addresses the audience: "Storyville is the town where everyone has a fable to unfold and a tale to tell. Stories are different, but they all begin with 'Once upon a time ... '" When given the opportunity, most people will jump at the chance to tell their story. The characters in this one-act play are no different. You see, everyone in Storyville has a tale to tell. The problem is, they all want to talk at the same time. Adults and children alike will take delight as many of their favorite characters come forward onstage to share their stories. Learn More

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Boid & Oskar

By Elizabeth Wong.

Product Code: BA7000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 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

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The Happy Prince

By Elizabeth Wong.

Product Code: H82000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 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

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Just Desserts

By Norma Cole and Naneki Elliott.

Product Code: J35000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Professional
Cast Size: 2w. (3, may be expaned to 5 w.)
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Set in a rural Kentucky home near the end of the 19th century, this poignant drama recalls the era after the Civil War when women in Kentucky took action against the injustice of English common law regarding property rights, wages, and possessions. 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
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | TYA
Cast Size: 15+ either gender, expandable to include all.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This dramatic adaptation, sprinkled with comedic commentary, is a winner for elementary, middle, and early high school. Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is told within a lively and humorous story-theatre frame. Macbeth and his Lady covet the crown while witches, ghosts, kings and soldiers sweep across the landscape, carving out the battle between good and evil. Shakespeare characters speak the Bard's words, while storytellers fill in plot and comment wryly on the escalating action. Learn More

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The Fourth Wise Man

Book by Joy Chaitin, Sarah Stevens and Marilyn D. Anderson. Music arranged by Joy Chaitin and Sarah Stevens. Based on The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke.

Product Code: F09000

Melodrama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 10 to 20m., 10 to 20w.
Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Musical version of the tale of the fourth wiseman, who chooses to help others rather than give his gifts to the baby Jesus, thereby learning the true meaning of Christ-like love at the first Christmas. Learn More

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Twinderella or, en Espanol, Gemelarela

By Jerome McDonough and Betty Alderete.

Product Code: TS4000

Comedy | Farce
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 9m., 12w., extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

If you think Cinderella had problems, just take a look at this play. It's a merry mix-up of two sets of twins who get separated and lose track of each other. Everything changes when the siblings are reunited at the Prince Charmin's party. Learn More

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Letters to an Alien

By Robert Caisley.

Product Code: L58000

Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2 to 6m, 1 to 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Aliens arrive on earth and uncover that Hannah's grandfather survived life in the camps and cannot confront his own painful memories. To help Hannah understand her heritage, the aliens take her back in time to Poland in 1943 and she is finally able to fully understand the magnitude of the Holocaust. The aliens gather much information about human beings and the foreign concept of "hate." Learn More

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Hansel and Gretel

By I. E. Clark from the story by the Brothers Grimm.

Product Code: HC5000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 4m., 6w., extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This one-act condensation of the original three-act dramatization by I.E. Clark retains the fright, the fun and the fantasy of the fairy tale written in Germany in the very early 1800's by the Brothers Grimm. Learn More

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The Falling Moon

By David Koren.

Product Code: F55000

Comedy | Drama | Melodrama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College
Cast Size: 5m., 6w. (can expand to include up to 14 other actors.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The king and his sons learn the moon is falling from the sky from terrible sadness over their constant warfare. When confronted with the destruction of the entire planet, they agree to embark on a whirlwind journey to appease the moon. Learn More

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