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One Act Plays


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The Tale of La Llorona as Told by Consuelo Chavez

The Tale of La Llorona as Told by Consuelo Chavez

By José Casas.

Product Code: TX5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Community Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 2m., 3w., 1 to 2 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A group of lifelong friends who are also eighth graders prepare for what they believe is their final time celebrating Halloween together. Unfortunately, the weather is undermining their trick-or-treating plans. The friends reveal they are afraid that going to high school will break up their group. As a distraction, they begin to tell scary stories. When one story becomes more real than imagined, they realize the experiences they’ve shared connect them all together, and they are determined to remain friends for life.

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Desvelado

Desvelado

By José Casas.

Product Code: DH9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: TYA
Cast Size: 2 to 3 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A young child named Little One is having trouble sleeping. Little One's family has moved to a new neighborhood, and he is nervous about attending a new school. With the help of la luna, a.k.a. Harvest, Música and the audience, Little One learns that everything will be all right and that new friends and experiences are a good thing. The show is designed to create a truly interactive experience for young audiences.

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Foxholes

Foxholes

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: FG7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Two soldiers facing death try to find meaning in life.

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March!

March!

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: MS3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells challenges suffragist Alice Paul on her plans for the Women’s March of 1913.

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The Cutting

The Cutting

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: CT4000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 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.

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Madrigal in Black and White

Madrigal in Black and White

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: MS4000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 4w.

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A chance encounter between two young women—one Black, one white—escalates into the beginning of a relationship, despite the warnings of their uncensored alter-egos bearing the burden of social history.

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Rachel Carson Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Rachel Carson Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: RE8000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Environmentalist Rachel Carson, tempted by a mysterious visitor from the sea, must choose between her own health/happiness and her work to save the earth.

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Suckled by Wolves

Suckled by Wolves

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: S4T000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Two men—with varying motivations and degrees of resolve—prepare to confront their former abuser, now a bishop, with an ultimatum.

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Voting Your Conscience

Voting Your Conscience

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: V48000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

One chief poll judge tries to persuade the other to change election results.

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Just Deserts

Just Deserts

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: J80000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A teen actor plays devil’s advocate in rehearsal for The Merchant of Venice to arouse “the quality of mercy”—and maybe more—in his leading lady.

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