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Teen Court

Teen Court

By William Gleason.

Product Code: TW1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 4m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Tawny Linkletter, “Miss Everything” in high school, won the school fight song contest, and everything was going great until she was charged with plagiarism. Now she is due in Teen Court for the school trial of the decade. The prosecutor is experienced and looking for the big conviction. Tawny’s school-appointed defense counsel is the high-school “loser” and is not known for his skill in anything, much less legal defense. Can Archer overcome enormous odds to ensure that justice is done?

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Lisa Strata's Big Idea

Lisa Strata's Big Idea

By Jon Jory.

Product Code: LM6000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School
Cast Size: 7m., 17w. Up to 40 with chorus.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

In this high-school version of Lysistrata, the girls of Watahootchie High School in Texas strike back against their macho boyfriends, whose constant fighting with the boys from tony Grim Prep threatens to disrupt their prom. Hilarity ensues as the girls proceed to subdue their femininity and withdraw any displays of affection until their boyfriends temper their testosterone.

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Why We Like Love Stories

Why We Like Love Stories

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: WJ6000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., or 4 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

In the hills above Pin Cushion, California, students go to talk of the world, flirt and yearn. It’s a place where heartbreak awaits. Chloe breaks up with Crooper. Months later, Crooper ineptly attempts to use a mathematical equation to break up with Jessica. Months later, Jessica rebuffs Bark, who pines for her. But then things come full circle. Bark and Chloe—outsiders both—take an awkward, fumbling-for-words walk in the hills and discover a surprising connection that, for the moment at least, promises a future.

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All Rights Reserved

All Rights Reserved

By Michael Ragozzino.

Product Code: AM3000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The marketing directors of PharmaHope Inc. are mere hours from the start of a massive production run, but they’re still scrambling to come up with a name for their product! To make matters worse, the CEO sends in a naive, newly graduated go-getter with fresh ideas but an annoying case of morality. Fast-paced and funny, All Rights Reserved holds up a mirror to one of the most absurd practices of modern society, the marketing of prescription drugs. 

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Driving

Driving

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: DG8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Touring Group
Cast Size: 1 to 16m., 4 to 19w., 15 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Ginny is an almost 16-year-old-girl with straight As and a bright future in front of her, but learning how to drive appears to have stalled her on the side of the road. Instead of getting behind the wheel, she pins her hopes on computer-driven cars and oh-so-friendly ride-sharing services. Instead of being independent and free, Ginny is driven around by her angry, speeding mom or her goofy, slowpoke father. Will Ginny finally overcome her issues and start Driving?

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The 146 Point Flame

The 146 Point Flame

By Matt Thompson.

Product Code: OA7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 1 to 7m., 4 to 12w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Based on the historic 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, this piece illuminates the definition of human courage. Four young women share their dreams, thoughts, fears and feelings about their ultimate destinies. Vincenza shares her last night on Earth with romance, smiles and dancing. Tessa celebrates her life with a story about her brother and mother. Sisters Lena and Yetta meditate on the strength and endurance of moving from Russia to America and the parallels of moving from life to the afterlife.

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Clever Rachel

Clever Rachel

By Moses Goldberg.

Product Code: CQ9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 3m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Rachel has a reputation as a clever girl who can figure out answers to the most challenging riddles. But the traditional roles of men and women don't allow for women to be intellectuals. When Jacob, the smartest boy in town, challenges her to a contest of wits, somehow they both win and find something that neither had before—a friend.

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Polly Wants a Curtain Call

Polly Wants a Curtain Call

By Victoria Sayeg.

Product Code: PM5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2m., 6w., 14 to 23 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

One day, in the midst of a ship-looting-gone-wrong, Pauline, the Shakespeare-reciting, gluten-intolerant parrot flies away to pursue her acting career in Pollywood. When the pirates discover that she has run away, they experience an awakening and determine that it is not too late to change their scoundrel ways, which leads them directly to Aargaholics Anonymous!

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The Princess Who Lost Her Hair

The Princess Who Lost Her Hair

By Jeremy Kisling. Based on the story by Tololwa Mollel.

Product Code: PL7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., 3 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Princess Kalendi refuses to help a bird, who turns out to be very powerful. He brings a drought upon the earth and takes the princess' hair, a symbol of prosperity to her people, from her head. A beggar helps the princess regain her dignity and kindness as they work together to appease the bird with a selfless act that restores the kingdom and the princess' hair.

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Murder Mystery

All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Murder Mystery

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: AL5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 16 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A band of lovable yet impossibly inept thespians are taking on a genre that will not die—the murder mystery! In this whodunit, the misguided performers attempt to nail down devilish British accents, understand what a red herring is, and figure out how to die onstage without looking all gross and stuff. Meanwhile, the director and stage manager wouldn't really try to murder someone during the murder mystery. Would they?!

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