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Shady Meadows

Shady Meadows

By Lisa Dillman.
Shady Meadows

Product Code: SN5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2 to 3m., 2 to 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Neil and Melanie have just bought their first home in a brand-new subdivision built over a wetland. At first they think they've discovered a paradise; but when they first hear the ominous croaking, they begin to feel the first flickers of doubt. As the wetland tries to find its way back, the newest residents of Shady Meadows prepare for all-out war. Shady Meadows is a cautionary comedy about the human desire to control the environment—and the potential devastation of not giving nature its due.

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Mustardseed

Mustardseed

By Doug Cooney.
Mustardseed

Product Code: MF7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Four teenage girls are cast as fairies in a stage production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Each girl experiences a real-life coming-of-age moment. The play is underscored and illuminated by the themes in Shakespeare's text.

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Paper or Plastic?

Paper or Plastic?

By Werner Trieschmann.
Paper or Plastic?

Product Code: PB5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Touring Group | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 6m., 6w., 3 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

For her first job, teenage Sarah thinks she's easily qualified to check out customers at her local grocery store. At least it has to be better than serving up greasy fast food, right? But she isn't prepared for the assistant manager who refuses to deal with unruly customers or her crazy co-workers who put on camouflage to hunt down stray grocery carts. All Sarah wants is the answer to the simplest question in the world: paper or plastic?

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Coffee With God

Coffee With God

By Kal Wagenheim.
Coffee With God

Product Code: CE4000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Praise Group
Cast Size: 3m., 1w. or 2m., 2w. The role of God may be played by a man or woman.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A man is enjoying coffee and a bagel at his favorite New Jersey diner when God, carrying a laptop computer, enters, sits next to him and seems to know all about him.

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Breakfast With Willy

Breakfast With Willy

By Karen Schiff.
Breakfast With Willy

Product Code: BC3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A one-time victim of the Nazis who has had very few choices in life meets a woman in a grocery store who can't choose a breakfast cereal and is suffering from the modern-day affliction of too much choice in life. He leaves more hopeful and she finds a deepened life purpose.

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A Little Princess

A Little Princess

By R.N. Sandberg. Adapted from A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett.
A Little Princess

Product Code: LE2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 2 to 4m., 7 to 9w., wth extras. May be expanded to 20 to 25.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A girl who speaks English, French and Hindustani is left in a boarding school in London, but when news arrives that her army captain father has died and their fortune lost, she must live in the attic as a servant until the attic is magically transformed.

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Tuesdays & Sundays

Tuesdays & Sundays

By Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn.
Tuesdays & Sundays

Product Code: TG5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 1m., 1w. (or 2m., 2w.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The spirits of William and Mary, a teenage couple, awaken into a void. Although they try to nourish their love amidst the confusing emotions and events of their lives, misunderstanding and fear create terrible consequences, turning William and Mary's romance into stunning tragedy. Tuesdays & Sundays was inspired by a true love story that took place in 1887 in the farming community of Margate on Prince Edward Island.

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The Silken Dagger

The Silken Dagger

Adapted by Jill Pemberton from the short story by Sir Peter Ustinov.
The Silken Dagger

Product Code: SL3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 4m.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In this play based on Ustinov's story, the undersecretary to the interior is captured by compassionate Italians toward the end of World War II. Twenty-four hours after his arrest, he received two offers. He refuses the first offer easily but cannot refuse the second one given by a brilliant Jewish forensic orator and lawyer, but it shakes him to his soul. Sir Peter Ustinov's finely drawn characters are vividly brought to life in this dramatic adaptation of his short story. Ustinov's compassionate insight into human behavior observes emotions ranging from childish spite to soul-crushing vengeance in the struggle to cope with the aftermath of war.

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The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

Adapted by Ric Averill. From Hans Christian Andersen
The Ugly Duckling

Product Code: U31000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In search of his identity, Udrich tries to become a turkey, goose, dog, cat, hen, and even a human child. Only after a year of danger and self growth, does he find his place and happiness.

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Pilgrims

Pilgrims

By Diane Ney.
Pilgrims

Product Code: PB2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 3 to 4m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In a future world, marriage has been forbidden because The Ancients discovered it led to breakdowns, insanity and object throwing. Instead, people renew their coupling vows every seven years, often taking advantage of the escape clause.

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