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

Welcome to Dramatic Publishing!

Please note our office hours from now until after the holidays: Monday, 8:30 am-3:30 pm CST; Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 am-3:00 pm. Ship times are not guaranteed. Learn More.

One Act Plays

Currently Filtered by:
  1. Remove This Item Themes: Illness/Disability
  2. Remove This Item Sub-theme: Physical Illness
  3. Remove This Item Sub-theme: Physical Disability
Filter By
Category
  1. Full Length Plays (3)
  2. One Act Plays (3)
  3. Musicals (1)
  4. Musicals with Accompaniment CDs (1)
  5. Ten-minute Theatre (1)
  6. Livestream Titles (5)

Filter By

Target Audience
  1. High School (1)
  2. College and Adult (3)
  3. Senior Adults (2)
Themes
  1. Crime (1)
  2. Relationship/Family (3)
  3. Illness/Disability (3)
Sub-theme
  1. Murder (1)
  2. Terminal Illness (1)
  3. Alcohol Abuse (1)
  4. Physical Illness (3)
  5. Mental Illness (1)
  6. Mental Disability (1)
  7. Physical Disability (3)
Genre
  1. Comedy (2)
  2. Drama (3)
Performing Group
  1. High School (1)
  2. College Theatre (1)
  3. Community Theatre (3)
  4. Professional Theatre (1)
  5. Senior Theatre (2)
  6. Touring Group (3)
Approx. Run Time (minutes)
10m 30m 10m to 30m
Total Cast Size
1 50 1 to 50
Female Cast Members
1 2 1 to 2
Male Cast Members
1 2 1 to 2

3 Item(s)

per page

List  Grid 

  1. The Cutting

    The Cutting

    Product Code: CT4000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 10 min.
    An interminably ill man tries to persuade his daughter-caretaker to help him die—a request complicated by the ambivalent nature of their past and present relationship. Learn More
    View Collection
  2. Continuum of Care

    Continuum of Care

    Product Code: CT8000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Community
    • 2m., 2w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    Retirees Louise, a former middle-school principal, and Albert, a former university professor, cope with the growing challenges of aging and the well-meaning efforts of their daughter Eleanor, an attorney, to have them move out of their home and opt for residence in an assisted living community. Learn More
    View Collection
  3. Steering Into the Skid

    Steering Into the Skid

    Product Code: S4W000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Community
    • 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    In 12 short scenes from New Year’s Day to New Year’s Eve, Amanda and Tim, both in their 60s, face the changes wrought by advancing age and the gradual realization of Tim’s advancing dementia, forcing each character to adjust to new demands on their imperfect but loving marriage. Learn More
    View Collection

3 Item(s)

per page

List  Grid