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Whitman v. the United States: Case 36 (on Zoom)

Whitman v. the United States: Case 36 (on Zoom)

By James Still.

Product Code: WK4000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2 either gender.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

Part fever dream, part theatre, part digital trial—with anxiety and uncertainty as a writer’s primary companions, Whitman v. the United States takes things a bit further as one writer imagines being on trial for writing stories that have no plot.

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Flight

Flight

By Alison Tatlock.

Product Code: FG2000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 5 min.

A queen instructs a young person to stop running and return home.

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Here Comes the Sun

Here Comes the Sun

By Alison Tatlock.

Product Code: HH8000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 5 min.

A multigenerational group of close friends and family attempts to record a song for an unnamed loved one, but quarantine stress, technical difficulties and interpersonal challenges intervene.

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First Date

First Date

By Annie Torsiglieri.

Product Code: FG3000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1w. or 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Edwina bares her soul and misquotes poetry as she ponders the merits of puppy chow.

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The Safest Space

The Safest Space

By Annie Torsiglieri.

Product Code: S4P000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

In this post-apocalyptic world, Milo and Bock are connected by deteriorating technology … and so much more. Beckett meets zoom.

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2084

2084

By John Walch.

Product Code: TW7000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

This short drama/comedy flirts with Orwell’s classic 1984 as it contemplates a world where we are constantly surveilled, and illustrates a call between a chipper customer service agent of a private company and a disgruntled customer who believes they have been cursed by their past and doomed by Zoom.

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Corona Chicken (Part One)

Corona Chicken (Part One)

By Cheryl L. West.

Product Code: CS5000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A high-strung, middle-class woman ventures out for the first time in weeks only to have a raw chicken encounter that upends her entire life.

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Corona Chicken (Part Two)

Corona Chicken (Part Two)

By Cheryl L. West.

Product Code: CS6000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

There’s the immeasurable grief and then there’s the grief unexpressed. How did a stolen chicken bury a family between the abyss of both?

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Safety Net

Safety Net

By Cheryl L. West.

Product Code: S4N000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

An essential worker tries for government assistance but soon realizes how nonessential she really is. This piece is written as a monologue but can be performed with two people. The intake worker, Mag, can be played by a second actress of any race.

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LOL OL

LOL OL

By Sheri Wilner.

Product Code: LM9000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1w., 2 to 6 either gender.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

As owner of the Laugh Out Loud yoga studio, Laughter Yoga instructor Dot Darcy can make anyone laugh. But when the coronavirus requires her to take LOL online, a class of heartsick singles teaches her some experiences can’t be recreated on Zoom.

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