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Enough!

Enough!

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: E98000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Using various methods of persuasion and intimidation, a homeless beggar insists a comfortable capitalist share their wealth and power.

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The Wedding Intern's Farce

The Wedding Intern's Farce

By Jon Jory and Michael Bigelow Dixon.

Product Code: WL2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 11w., 8 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

An intern at a wedding event center makes a terrible scheduling error by booking two weddings at the same time in the same place, and it causes all kinds of chaos. Adding to the ceremonial confusion are the wedding themes—superheroes and the musical Cats—and the fact that the two couples are utterly mismatched. Threatened with exile from the wedding event universe by her overbearing boss, the intern improvises madly—but can she rematch the star-crossed lovers in time to avert complete disaster while making a bold career move?

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The Layover

The Layover

By Tracy Wells.

Product Code: LN5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 7 to 14 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

A couple of oddly intrusive passengers. A perplexing older couple. New parents. A loud family with a bratty kid. This is the company Dana keeps while she waits in a crowded airport for her next flight to … well … to wherever she’s going. But not all is as it seems as Dana, a self-proclaimed “bad girl,” tries to pass the time during this never-ending layover. As she interacts with the other waiting passengers, Dana begins to learn that if she wants to get where she’s going, she’ll have to figure out who she really is.

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Adapted by Dwayne Hartford. From the book by Kate DiCamillo.

Product Code: MR9000

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Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Edward Tulane is an expensive toy rabbit made of china. He is vain, self-centered and has no interest in anyone other than himself. On an ocean voyage, Edward is accidentally thrown overboard and sinks to the bottom of the sea. So begins his journey—a journey over which he has no control, for he can neither move nor speak. As years pass, Edward meets many different people in many different situations, learning what it is to love, what it is to lose that love, and how to find the courage to love again.

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Lift Every Voice

Lift Every Voice

By G. Riley Mills and Prince Roc.

Product Code: LN2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 6 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Lift Every Voice, which is based on a true story, explores the impact of racism in an urban high school. When the class president of an elite inner-city high school posts a racially inflammatory message on social media, tensions explode, loyalties are tested and long-simmering resentments boil over as the six members of the student council grapple with the fallout and how to move forward.

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Lift Every Voice

Lift Every Voice

By G. Riley Mills and Prince Roc.

Product Code: LN3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 6 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Lift Every Voice, which is based on a true story, explores the impact of racism in an urban high school. When the class president of an elite inner-city high school posts a racially inflammatory message on social media, tensions explode, loyalties are tested and long-simmering resentments boil over as the six members of the student council grapple with the fallout and how to move forward.

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One Stoplight Town

One Stoplight Town

By Tracy Wells.

Product Code: OB5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 2w., 5 to 20 either gender

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

One Stoplight Town is a story about people from a small town. A young boy and girl fall in love, a cantankerous grocery store owner copes with change, a son returns home while a daughter thinks about leaving, and a handyman takes it all in while he fixes what is broken. These stories and more are filled with fun characters, lots of humor, plenty of heart and the theme that change comes for us all, whether we are ready or not.

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The Night Witches

The Night Witches

By Rachel Bublitz.

Product Code: N91000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 9 to 16w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Nina and Vera have just finished their training as navigators in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment known as the “Night Witches” and are moments away from their first combat mission. As they fight their nerves, the women around them use different means of bolstering their spirits. Tonight’s flight, however, is different than any night they’ve faced before. Using movement, song and lyrically styled dialogue, we follow these brave women through one fateful evening during the war.

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A Tale of Two Spectators

A Tale of Two Spectators

By Peter Manos.

Product Code: TW8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Senior Theatre | Touring Group | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

In a park, a man and a woman secretly watch their respective spouses carry on an affair. As time goes on we realize they have been meeting like this to watch their spouses for quite some time and have even developed something of a bond with each other, despite their predicament. And perhaps they have discovered a little more about themselves and their lives, as well. This show can be performed virtually or onstage.

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This Is a Test (Online Theatre Edition)

This Is a Test (Online Theatre Edition)

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: TW9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 13 to 15 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

As the ticking clock reminds you, only 60 minutes remain to complete this oh-so-important predictor of your future. But you didn't get the review sheets, the teacher doesn't like you, and your classmates are blatantly cheating. Time passes and the voices in your head remind you that though you are having trouble with the test, your personal life is far, far worse. Then you reach the essay question. The good news—it's an opinion essay. The bad news—it's in Chinese. And things aren't going to get better!

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