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One Act Plays


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The Taming of the Shrew

Adapted by Charlotte Brown. From William Shakespeare's classic.

Product Code: TQ7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 11m., 4w.

Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

This adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy remains faithful to the original language and retains classic scenes about Petruchio's desire for a wealthy wife.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $40.00/perf

Mirrors

Product Code: MM6000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 3m., 8w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

This play shows two generations of a family simultaneously

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The History of Tom Jones

By Dennis M. Maganza. Adapted into a one-act play by Luis Muñoz. Based on the book by Henry Fielding.

Product Code: HE1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 20m., 15w. (doubling possible).

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Tom is in love with beautiful Sophia. Although her father envies his reputation as a daredevil and womanizer, he wouldn't consider letting his daughter marry such a scoundrel. The story of Tom's love for the beautiful Sophia; his everlasting feud with the despicable Allworthy heir, Blifil; the mad race to London, punctuated by the infamous night in the inn and the ill-fated masquerade ball are skillfully transferred to the stage in this dramatization.

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Children of the Southern Pacific

Product Code: C68000

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

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

While sleeping near some railroad tracks, Lucy, a homeless woman, is awakened from a dream by a stranger who calls himself Jack. She confides to Jack that her goal is to retrieve her children from the home of her sister. Jack convinces her that the two of them have separate paths to follow. Lucy takes leave of Jack, having learned to pay more attention to internal as well as external signs.

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Bleeders

Product Code: B59000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2m., 1w. (plus one or more non-speaking men.)

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

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This Is Not a Pipe Dream

Product Code: TL9000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Based freely on the work and early life of surrealist artist René Magritte, this is an unorthodox adventure in theatrical form. Here is the story of young René who wants to be an artist, a notion dismissed by his father as "a pipe dream." Encouraged by his mother, before her untimely death, the boy begins his quest. He follows his vision into the delightfully absurd magic-realism of his famous paintings.

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Love Is a Hot Fudge Sundae

Product Code: L51000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 5m., 6w.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This play addresses high-school peer pressure, stress and the desperate need to belong. When Nicky's stories are read out loud in class, her classmates cruelly reject her as "weird," even while believing that in one of the stories she foretells the suicide of Rosy, an overweight girl who is a newcomer to the school. As the drama unfolds, the audience does not know who is the potential suicide victim, Rosy or Nicky.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $55.00/perf

Encounter

Product Code: E23000

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

Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

This experimental piece marks the first full play of this new, young playwright since her first monologues and scenes found in Glimpses. The work strongly focuses on the relationship of a young man and woman who shed their past and rediscover one another in an empty room. Designed as a literary jungle gym, this show encourages actors to find new dimensions and meanings within the lines. It is a play that can be performed anywhere with a wide range of possible actor/director interpretations.

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Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe

Product Code: P61000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

After losing a scholarship contest, Nick lies motionless in a dark room. Jackie, the scholarship winner, arrives to give him her condolences and the two exchange their views.

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Limbo

Product Code: L56000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

This powerful and moving play concerns an almost desperate struggle to communicate. An old man is locked in the garden of his memories, locked there because he can only speak in disjointed syllables.

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