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This Is a Test (Online Theatre Edition)

This Is a Test (Online Theatre Edition)

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: TW9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 13 to 15 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

As the ticking clock reminds you, only 60 minutes remain to complete this oh-so-important predictor of your future. But you didn't get the review sheets, the teacher doesn't like you, and your classmates are blatantly cheating. Time passes and the voices in your head remind you that though you are having trouble with the test, your personal life is far, far worse. Then you reach the essay question. The good news—it's an opinion essay. The bad news—it's in Chinese. And things aren't going to get better!

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The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Adapted from the book by H.G. Wells.

Product Code: WK5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
Cast Size: 2w., 6 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

During the morning video announcements at Grover's Mill High, something not of this Earth crash lands in the football stadium. Inspired by Orson Wells’ radio broadcast, this modern adaptation is designed to be rehearsed and performed live online. Through a series of Zoom calls, our morning-show hosts find themselves covering the biggest story in human history. Martians have landed and are taking over the Earth. Can our group of scrappy high-schoolers survive the invasion? This show can be performed virtually or onstage.

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All Sports Network--Quarantine Crisis Edition

All Sports Network--Quarantine Crisis Edition

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: AN4000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Community Theatre
Cast Size: 4w., 9 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

ASN—the All Sports Network—features 24/7 sports action that fans crave. Every night, ASN anchors Drew and Melody gleefully cheer on the sports violence. Suddenly a global virus puts a halt to all sports and forces Drew and Melody to broadcast from their homes. Instead of sports action, ASN is now filling up the time with all manner of odd programming, including commercials from needy fast-food joints that wonder if their customers miss them. Will ASN ever show sports again? This show can be performed virtually or onstage.

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A Virtual Whodunnit

A Virtual Whodunnit

By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

Product Code: V47000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Preston Sterling is hosting a Zoom meeting with his family and closest staff to celebrate his birthday. The bitter old billionaire is bullying everyone once again when—ZZZZZT! Sterling is electrocuted through his phone. Enter Rockford Sloan, homicide detective. Through a series of Zoom conferences, Sloan questions the usual suspects, all of whom had a motive. With three possible endings, every performance means you’ll never be sure whodunnit. This show can be performed virtually or onstage.

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Corona Chicken (Part Two)

Corona Chicken (Part Two)

By Cheryl L. West.

Product Code: CS6000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

There’s the immeasurable grief and then there’s the grief unexpressed. How did a stolen chicken bury a family between the abyss of both?

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Corona Chicken (Part One)

Corona Chicken (Part One)

By Cheryl L. West.

Product Code: CS5000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A high-strung, middle-class woman ventures out for the first time in weeks only to have a raw chicken encounter that upends her entire life.

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Abundance

Abundance

By James Still.

Product Code: AN2000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A requiem on Zoom, written for one person, Abundance is about one person’s surprisingly joyful and heartbreaking moments between death and the mystery of what comes next. But at its heart, the play is very much about epiphany and generosity, about discovery and gifts, about connections and saying goodbye.

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The Great Greats

The Great Greats

By Cheri Steinkellner.

Product Code: GE4000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1w., 7 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

Elsie’s great-grandchildren get together online to celebrate Grandma’s 100th, quarantine-style.

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The Shakespeare Section

The Shakespeare Section

By Lynn Rosen

Product Code: S4M000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 5 min.

In this comic monologue a student spots the person they’re in love with and channels Shakespeare to win them over. Or at least they try to.

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That Flower, That Flower

That Flower, That Flower

By Lynn Rosen

Product Code: TW6000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 5 min.

In this serio/comic monologue, a betrayed wife leaves her husband a “Dear John” video before fleeing.

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