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Best Student One Acts: Volume 7

Best Student One Acts: Volume 7

Edited by Lauren Friesen. Written by Betsy Breitenbach, Daniel Guyton, Amy Lanasa, Jason D. Martin, Todd McCullough, Michael O'Brien, Daria Polatin (adapted from Anton Chekhov) and Brad Stoller.

Product Code: BA6000

  • Collection
  • Comedy | Drama

Rights and availability
Please note: The titles in this collection must be licensed through the collection book itself. None of the titles within have a separate playbook.

* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

$25.95 /book

Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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Synopsis

This collection presents the winners of the 2001 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival one-act play competition, selected from the eight ACTF designated regions of the country.

Details

  • Status

    In stock

  • Type of Show Collection
  • Product Code BA6000
  • Pages 328
  • Min. Royalty Rate $40/perf
  • Cost $25.95

Categories

  • Target Audience College and Adult
  • Performing Group College Theatre
  • Genre Comedy | Drama
  • ISBN(13) 9781583421260
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

Included Titles

Atlas' Cigar By Betsy Breitenbach.

This play looks at the phenomenon of school violence while following a high-school student questioning the American educational system through his relationship with a student teacher.

  • Product Code: AA1000
  • Genre: Drama
  • Cast Size: 3m., 2w.
  • Approx. Run Time: 40 minutes

License Available:
Through Collection

Bunnies By Michael O'Brian.

This completely fictional play is about Hugh Hefner and the beginnings of Playboy magazine with no regard for facts that would clearly contradict this interpretation.

  • Product Code: BA8000
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
  • Approx. Run Time: 30 minutes

License Available:
Through Collection

Drive-In America By Amy Lanasa.

Through their comedic interactions with local enigmatic oddballs, two college-age friends make self-discoveries and examine the true meaning of friendship.

  • Product Code: D79000
  • Genre: Comedy|Drama
  • Cast Size: 1m., 3w.
  • Approx. Run Time: 35 minutes

License Available:
Through Collection

A Fair Affair By Daria Polatin.

Based on Chekhov's short story "The Lady With the Pet Dog," this bittersweet love story explores the "backwards" relationship of two secret lovers.

  • Product Code: F77000
  • Genre: Drama
  • Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
  • Approx. Run Time: 30 minutes

License Available:
Through Collection

Fall From Grace By Jason D. Martin.

A dying climber fights demons, both real and imagined, on the icy flanks of a dangerous Alaskan mountain.

  • Product Code: F78000
  • Genre: Drama
  • Cast Size: 2m., 3w. (extras)
  • Approx. Run Time: 30 minutes

License Available:
Through Collection

Local Celebrities By Todd McCullough.

A middle-aged, alcoholic weatherman struggles with his job, his daughter, and heavy rain.

  • Product Code: LB4000
  • Genre: Drama|Melodrama
  • Cast Size: 5m., 1w., 1 either gender
  • Approx. Run Time: 40 minutes

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Through Collection

A Tempting Fate By Brad Stoller.

A husband and wife discover the relief of turning their life over to fate by using first a coin and then dice to make all decisions. Eventually, the quixotic oracle turns their lives upside down.

  • Product Code: TE3000
  • Genre: Drama|Tragedy
  • Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
  • Approx. Run Time: 45 minutes

License Available:
Through Collection

Where's Julie? By Daniel Guyton.

One of the wackiest plays ever written about teen pregnancy, combining melodrama, farce, and overly ambitious stagehands.

  • Product Code: W94000
  • Genre: Comedy|Farce|Melodrama
  • Cast Size: 3m., 4w., 2 either gender
  • Approx. Run Time: 45 minutes

License Available:
Through Collection

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