One Act Plays

Frank and Stein

Adapted from a story by Eve B. Feldman.

Product Code: F96000

One-act Play

Recommended For: High School | College Theatre

Cast Size: 1m., 1w. (1 teen boy, 1 younger girl)

Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

Ben Stein receives a diary as a bar mitzvah present and records the agony and ecstasy of the hours leading up to and beyond his big day.

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Wrestling With Angels

Adapted from a story Carol Matas.

Product Code: WA6000

One-act Play

Recommended For: High School | College Theatre

Cast Size: 1w. (2 teen boys, 2 teen girls.)

Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

Jaci feels pressured to keep up with her friends, who have decided on a boyfriend for her and a body-piercing to celebrate her birthday. But a dream interpreted by an Orthodox classmate gives her a new perspective on herself and on Judaism

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David's Star

Adapted from a story by Jacqueline Dembar Greene.

Product Code: D93000

One-act Play

Recommended For: High School

Cast Size: 1m. (1 teen boy, 2 teen girls.)

Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

A Sephardic Jew who prefers to keep her heritage to herself, teenager Cara chooses to take a stand when her boss' anti-Semitism threatens her friend Sam.

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One Foot After Another

Adapted from a short story by Lois Ruby.

Product Code: O68000

One-act Play

Recommended For: High School | College Theatre

Cast Size: 2m., 1w. (1 boy)

Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

Barry is 13 years old and will become a bar mitzvah and graduate college on the same day. Alma is 82, a college freshman, and hasn't been inside a synagogue since the early '30s. They're out of step with everyone, but not with each another.

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The Labors of Hercules Fitch

By Mark D. Kaufmann

Product Code: LD4000

One-act Play

Cast Size: 6m., 4w., may be expanded to 9m., 6w.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

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The Secret Lives of Toads

By D.W. Gregory.

Product Code: SK6000

One-act Play

Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre

Cast Size: 5m., 18w., expandable to 38 (includes 15 either gender, doubling possible.)

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The themes explored in this play include fear of new experiences, the struggle to fit in, coping with loss, the search for acceptance and the ongoing challenge we all have to figure out who we really are inside.

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