One Act Plays

Ring of Lead

Adapted by Ken Pickering. From Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould's short story The Leaden Ring.

Product Code: RC2000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Senior Theatre | Touring Group

Cast Size: 2m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Based on a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. A young woman endures the memory of a suitor who committed suicide and is ultimately trapped by his revenge.

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The Barnhouse Effect

By Pat Cook. From the short story by Kurt Vonnegut.

Product Code: B84000

One-act Play

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Cast Size: 5m., 3w.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

"Dynamopsychism is the power of the mind," Professor Arthur Barnhouse intones. Outrageous characters and story twists abound in typical Vonnegut fashion, all set in the not-so-comfortable Fifties with its flying saucers and Atomic Age paranoia.

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Twilight Serenade

By John Green

Product Code: TB2000

One-act Play

Recommended For: Senior Theatre

Cast Size: 2m., 1w.

Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A widow and her son-in-law run errands around town and discuss her late husband.

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One Day at the Zoo

By G.M. (Bud) Thompson.

Product Code: O58000

One-act Play

Cast Size: 3m., 3w. (2 offstage voices.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This play raises powerful questions about what it means to be a family, being an individual in a family, and the importance of keeping a family together.

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Twinderella or, en Espanol, Gemelarela

By Jerome McDonough and Betty Alderete.

Product Code: TS4000

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Cast Size: 9m., 12w., extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

If you think Cinderella had problems, just take a look at this play. It's a merry mix-up of two sets of twins who get separated and lose track of each other. Everything changes when the siblings are reunited at the Prince Charmin's party.

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Suspect to Change

By Will Humble.

Product Code: S1D000

One-act Play

Cast Size: 2m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

It's a case of mistaken identity when a woman is taken to the hospital after a car accident. Confusion reigns as everyone attempts to sort out what crimes may have been committed and by whom.

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Shakespeare Unbound

By Claudia Haas.

Product Code: SX9000

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Recommended For: High School | TYA | Touring Group

Cast Size: 3 to 4m., 6w.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Macbeth's witches, Puck, Juliet, Katherine and Petruchio all materialize as a young girl throws pages of her book of Shakespeare plays away to lighten her load.

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Splits: The Children of Divorce

By Jerome McDonough.

Product Code: SZ3000

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Cast Size: 7m., 6w., extras

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A group of teens discuss their parents' divorces and the effects on their own lives.

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A Coupla Bimbos Sittin' Around Talkin'

By Richard Vetere.

Product Code: C99000

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Recommended For: High School | Dinner Theatre

Cast Size: 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A conservative college girl discovers that the three women with Barbie-doll haircuts and short skirts, who she initially finds repulsive, are actually highly intelligent.

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