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One Act Plays


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Sitting With Bertie

By Ric Averill

Product Code: SJ6000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Will isn't enjoying himself at summer camp this year. His parents are particularly confused when they find out he got in a fight with another boy - until he explains that he's being ostracized for defending an unpopular girl.

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Rock Bottom

Product Code: RC9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | Touring Group
Cast Size: 10+ actors, flexible.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Rock is thrown from a volcano and spends the next few million years proving he is worth something before becoming the American landmark, Plymouth Rock.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $40.00/perf

Jane Eyre: Life at Lowood

By Robert Johanson. Based on Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

Product Code: J38000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 3m., 13w, extras and/or doubling possible.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Jane Eyre is one of literature's most compelling heroines. This one act focuses on her difficult youth as an orphan left with uncaring relatives who eventually send her to a poor boarding school. Her experience is ultimately one of triumph and prepares her for her future as a governess. There are many wonderful roles for women, and the Lowood students can number as many as you like.

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Family Tree

Product Code: F83000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 3w.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

When Kate returns to the mother and daughter she abandoned 15 years ago, she learns that picking up where you left off is never easy. Her mother and daughter have a bond between them stronger than anything Kate has ever had with either of them. With her daughter standing on the fringe of adulthood, all three women must examine what results from the choices we make in life.

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Miss Havisham's Expectations

By Robert Johanson. Based on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

Product Code: MD5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Touring Group
Cast Size: 6m., 7w., doubling possible.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This one-act focuses on Dickens' Great Expectations' mad Miss Havisham, the jilted bride who shut herself away in her mysterious mansion. Now many years later she invites young Pip to "come and play" with her beautiful and spoiled ward, Estella.

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Hey Diddle Diddle!

Product Code: HB3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Touring Group
Cast Size: ensemble version 5 to 12 skilled actors. Large-cast version 12+ with roles distributed and extras.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This play with music brings to astonishing life the characters of childlike fantasy such as Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffet, the Grand Old Duke of York and many others, evoking the joyful imagination of children of all ages.

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A Guide to the Teenage Zone

Product Code: GC3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 7 to 12 actors, flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A lighthearted look at the transition of teens from childhood to adulthood. Done in eight scenes that follow a group of everyday teens through an average day.

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Chanticleer and the Fox

By Joseph Robinette. Based on the story from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Product Code: CB7000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 4m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This classic tale from Chaucer tells of a poor widow whose modest possessions include several barnyard animals, most notably the conceited rooster, Chanticleer. All is peaceful on the farm until Chanticleer is caught off guard by a flattering fox who beguiles the cocky rooster, then captures and carries him away. Chanticleer turns the tables on the fox's deception and escapes. This humorous story may easily be performed by children or adults or a combination of both.

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The Terezin Promise

Product Code: TF1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4m., 4w. Extras can include children, soldiers, guards.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

The liberation of Terezin concentration camp is at hand, and the Nazis are in retreat, desperate to destroy evidence of their crimes. While some prisoners escape in the confusion of the retreat, Raja remains to keep a promise she made to her teacher.

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In the Garden of the Selfish Giant

Product Code: I83000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Maggie's grandmother is dying, and she is upset she had to cancel her summer plans to go with her mother to visit. She meets a very imaginative neighbor, and a hospice worker who help her realize unhappy endings can't always be avoided, but good things can blossom from it.

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