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One Act Plays


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Miss Havisham's Expectations

By Robert Johanson. Based on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

Product Code: MD5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Touring Group
Cast Size: 6m., 7w., doubling possible.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This one-act focuses on Dickens' Great Expectations' mad Miss Havisham, the jilted bride who shut herself away in her mysterious mansion. Now many years later she invites young Pip to "come and play" with her beautiful and spoiled ward, Estella.

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Hey Diddle Diddle!

Product Code: HB3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Touring Group
Cast Size: ensemble version 5 to 12 skilled actors. Large-cast version 12+ with roles distributed and extras.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This play with music brings to astonishing life the characters of childlike fantasy such as Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffet, the Grand Old Duke of York and many others, evoking the joyful imagination of children of all ages.

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A Guide to the Teenage Zone

Product Code: GC3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 7 to 12 actors, flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A lighthearted look at the transition of teens from childhood to adulthood. Done in eight scenes that follow a group of everyday teens through an average day.

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Chanticleer and the Fox

By Joseph Robinette. Based on the story from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Product Code: CB7000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 4m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This classic tale from Chaucer tells of a poor widow whose modest possessions include several barnyard animals, most notably the conceited rooster, Chanticleer. All is peaceful on the farm until Chanticleer is caught off guard by a flattering fox who beguiles the cocky rooster, then captures and carries him away. Chanticleer turns the tables on the fox's deception and escapes. This humorous story may easily be performed by children or adults or a combination of both.

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The Terezin Promise

Product Code: TF1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4m., 4w. Extras can include children, soldiers, guards.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

The liberation of Terezin concentration camp is at hand, and the Nazis are in retreat, desperate to destroy evidence of their crimes. While some prisoners escape in the confusion of the retreat, Raja remains to keep a promise she made to her teacher.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $55.00/perf

In the Garden of the Selfish Giant

Product Code: I83000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Maggie's grandmother is dying, and she is upset she had to cancel her summer plans to go with her mother to visit. She meets a very imaginative neighbor, and a hospice worker who help her realize unhappy endings can't always be avoided, but good things can blossom from it.

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Two Marys, Five Jacks and One Very Big Shoe

From Mother Goose for very young audiences. Adapted by Joey Madia.

Product Code: TJ8000

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

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Using the help of the audience, Wee Willie Winkie and Mary Quite Contrary act out the rhymes of Mother Goose to entertain their siblings who all happen to be the children of the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe.

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Somebody Catch My Homework

By Sandra Fenichel Asher. Inspired by the poetry of David L. Harrison. Optional incidental music by Ric Averill.

Product Code: SH8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., 1 either gender. Expandable to 13 roles, plus extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The new girl in town has lost her cat Corky, and meets three very wacky new friends, who welcome her to their class. Searching for essay topics about the animal kingdom, the students find themselves on quite an adventure, and along the way, find Corky.

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All Out

Product Code: AA8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Community Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 6m., 4w., 6 to 7 extras.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

To what extremes will the game show contestants go to win a prize of $100,000? This play is about lack of ethics and what people will do for money.

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What'd Ya Do Today, Billy Joe?

Product Code: W98000

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

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

It is 1966 in a small Southern town, and Billy Joe Tyler, a nine-year-old black boy, is preparing to go to an all-white school in the morning. This story of one family's courageous struggle to overcome fear during an important time in U.S. history.

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