One Act
One-Act Plays
Tuna Fish Eulogy
by Lindsay Price
The tragedy of a young boy's death is examined. Written in the Ladder play format the text runs in vertical columns for fuller choral work.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 2 W + 1 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
cutting and notes by John Minigan from the original by Shakespeare
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's comedy filled with unrequited love, disguises, and a shipwreck.
- About 45 minutes
- 6 M + 3 W + 6 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Typecast
by Amanda Murray Cutalo
Students have all mysteriously been cast in the “wrong” roles.
- About 60 minutes
- 7 W + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 42 pages
Upon A Sea of Dreams: A Journey on the Titanic
by Kathleen Donnelly
In a tiny third class cabin Emma dreams of a new life in America. But when the Titanic hits an iceberg, that dream becomes a nightmare.
- About 45 minutes
- 1 M + 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 pages
Virtual Family
by Christian Kiley
A look at a soothing world where complete dependency on technology takes away all ills. But is everything really perfect?
- About 30 minutes
- 5 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 28 pages
Virtual Platform
by Claire Broome
How can anyone make sense of a virtual platform?
- About 25 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Virtual Support Group from Hell
by Jeffrey Harr
Wendy joins an online teen support group. However, she quickly discovers that the others are anything but typical.
- About 15 minutes
- 3 M + 5 W
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Wait Wait Bo Bait
by Lindsay Price
A vignette play all about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy staging.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Wait Wait Bo Bait (Middle School Edition)
by Lindsay Price
A middle school vignette play about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy to stage.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 22 pages
The Waking Moment
by Bradley Hayward
Julie would do anything to be just like her best friend Rhonda. But she soon finds out Rhonda's perfect world is a nightmare. Deals with sexual abuse.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 27 pages
Water. Gun. Argument.
by Alan Haehnel
A squirt gun would never be mistaken for a real gun, right?
- About 40 minutes
- 4 M + 8 W + 37 Any Gender, Using doubling, the play could be performed with as few as 18 actors
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
We Are Masks
by Lindsay Price
We all wear a mask. What will happen when the world sees who you really are?
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 8 W + 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
We Open Tomorrow Night?!
by Michael Wehrli
A scripted talent show where YOU are the stars!
- About 90 minutes
- 4 M + 6 W + 4 Any Gender, Plus Acts
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 47 pages
We Open Tomorrow Night?! (One Act Version)
by Michael Wehrli
A competition-length version of We Open Tomorrow Night?!
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 W + 4 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Wellness Check
by Christian Kiley
Three characters struggle with wellness in uncertain times.
- About 15 minutes
- 3 Any Gender
- Online Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Wenceslas
by Lindsay Price
A moving interpretation of the classic carol Good King Wenceslas. With music, song, a touching message and great roles for actors of all levels.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 2 W + 14 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
who are we, who we are
by Forrest Musselman
Addresses anxiety and depression in teens.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 14 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
Will and Whimsy: Sixteen Dramatically Illustrated Sonnets of Shakespeare
by Alan Haehnel
Shakespeare's Sonnets come alive in this play where modern scenes play hand in hand with the original text. Very flexible casting.
- About 50 minutes
- 8 Any Gender, Expandable to 35
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
The Wind in the Willows
adapted by Todd Espeland from Kenneth Grahame
A lively and theatrical adaptation of a wonderful classic.
- About 70 minutes
- 3 W + 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 61 pages
With Liberty and Justice For All
by Jeyna Lynn Gonzales
Voices from a BLM protest.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 3 W + 3 Any Gender + 1 Trans M
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
