One Act Plays

Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act Version)

Product Code: GD9000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 7 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 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, eight 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

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Polly Wants a Curtain Call

By Victoria Sayeg.

Product Code: PM5000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 2m., 6w., 14 to 23 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

One day, in the midst of a ship-looting-gone-wrong, Pauline, the Shakespeare-reciting, gluten-intolerant parrot flies away to pursue her acting career in Pollywood. When the pirates discover that she has run away, they experience an awakening and determine that it is not too late to change their scoundrel ways, which leads them directly to Aargaholics Anonymous! 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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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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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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Little Scrooge

By Patricia Barry Rumble. Based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Product Code: LL4000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 2 to 4m., 3 to 7w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In this extremely creative, kid-friendly adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic, The Ghost of Christmas Past (a surfer dude), the Ghost of Christmas Present (a beautiful spirit with an attitude) and the Ghost of Christmas Future (an eerie figure in white) help young Eben Scrooge to discover the true meaning of Christmas. 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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American Beauty

By Jules Tasca.

Product Code: A57000

Comedy
High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 4m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

Mark is so jealous of his beautiful wife, Mona, that he wants to destroy all who give her a second look. Mona can Learn More

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April

By Alison Fields.

Product Code: A91000

Drama
College and Adult
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Eve recalls her old relationships and struggles with committing to her current boyfriend. Learn More

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Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Dramatized by D.D. Brooke. Based on the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Product Code: B50000

Comedy | Melodrama
Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 7m., 6w., extras.
Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Bernice is an insecure young woman who gains popularity with help from her cousin Marjorie. When Bernice wins Yale man Warren away from Marjorie, Marjorie exacts a terrible revenge. Bernice, learning from the experience, turns the tables in a surprise ending. Learn More

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