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One Act Plays


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Take Five

Product Code: T64000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Imagine you are an actor on opening night trying to perform on a set that isn't completed. Then one actor doesn't show up, a man from the audience uses your stage phone to argue with his wife, the props either don't work or are missing, the lighting and sound cues are off and two silly, incompetent stagehands do their worst—and that's only the beginning! This delightful play is filled with surprises and zany characters.

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Why Do We Laugh?

Product Code: W58000

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

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

This play follows a couple's evolving relationship, from the age of 6 when she hated him, to 16 when she tolerated him, to 46 when she had a lot to say to him, to 66 when she is still learning about him.

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The Trip

Product Code: T65000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Vicky, a young girl suffering from mental illness, is confronted by some family members who have come to the institution where she is being treated.

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Dreamwalk

Product Code: D42000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Elizabeth and David are young cancer patients who have developed a close friendship during their hospital stay. During a visit from her sister and the minister's son, Elizabeth learns what its like for her family; their fears, frustrations and pain.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $50.00/perf

The Girl in the Mirror

Product Code: G41000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 6m., 8w., optional extras.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Seventeen-year-old Susan, who has attempted suicide, lies in a coma. Her doctor says, "Whether she lives or dies now is a matter of her own will." What goes on in Susan's mind is the play, which invites the audience to deduce Susan's decision regarding life or death. Thoroughly researched, this play is both an enthralling theatrical event and the basis for a useful exploration of a tragic problem.

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Just One Day

Product Code: J17000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

This highly acclaimed drama deals honestly and frankly with the dilemma of teenage pregnancy.

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The Quiet Place

Product Code: Q14000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 3m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

This realistic award-winning script deals with the issue of teenage peer pressure in a drug-oriented society.

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A Magic Christmas

Product Code: ML2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 4w.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

This one-act play for children shows a very special Christmas for Miss Annie Belle, who hasn't had a truly merry Christmas in many years. Now, running out of money, this may be her worst. She is so lonely that she talks to her plants and a dilapidated old doll whose head keeps falling off. A series of strange events, aided by the poinsettia, the holly plant and the doll, give Miss Annie her chance to prove the goodness of her heart.

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The Pot Boiler

Adapted by I. E. Clark. From the one-act satire by Alice Gerstenberg.

Product Code: PJ6000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 6m., 3w., or 4m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

The Pot Boiler is a classic of the American stage. It shows Mr. Sud demonstrating how a truly great playwright (himself) constructs a play. For blocking, he uses desktop items such as Mrs. Pencil, Mr. Ruler, Mr. and Miss Ivory (letter openers, of course) and Mr. Inkwell. As he piles cliché upon cliché and the melodramatic plot unfolds, it becomes obvious that this brilliant satire might be describing one or more prominent playwrights of today.

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Roomers

Product Code: RC7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 9w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Roomers is a play in which madness rules with no hint of underlying black comedy or horror. The people of this comedy are fresh, creative and unpredictable. From the avaricious landlady who rents the pantry as a bedroom—so what if the bed has to be leaned against the wall—to the man on the roof trying to develop homing vultures, this is a rooming house filled with a wild assortment of characters. Each has his own problems, most of them weird and unsolvable, and the plot is involved with trying to solve them. In short, Roomers is fun.

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