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The Last Illusion

The Last Illusion

By B. Dwayne Craft.

Product Code: LL1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 10 to 11m., 13 to 14w., 1 to 2 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Derived from the actual facts of Harry Houdini's life and told through the memories and voices of those who knew and loved him, this play is a touching portrait of the man behind the magic and is guaranteed to captivate your audience with its unique staging, intimacy and honesty. Houdini is perhaps the most well-known illusionist of the past two centuries, and the passion and beauty that are behind his fame, as well as fidelity to the reality of the man known as the world's greatest magician, are revealed during his final performance.

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Radium Girls

Radium Girls

By D.W. Gregory.

Product Code: RD2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 5w. May be expanded to 30 or more.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

In 1926, factory girls are exposed to the poisonous effects of Radium used in the paint for watch dials. The company hides their knowledge of the issues with Radium to continue their pursuit of profits, but the Radium Girls fight for justice.

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz

Why Mosquitoes Buzz

By Jeremy Kisling. Adapted from the folktale.

Product Code: WH3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School
Cast Size: 1 to 3m., 1 to 4w., 2 to 4 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Mosquito sets off a chain reaction of panic in the rain forest that ends with Rooster forgetting to wake the sun. The great god strips Mosquito of her voice and only allows her to buzz until she receives forgiveness from all living creatures. To this day, almost all earthly creatures find her buzzing annoying and try to eradicate the pesky mosquito.

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Anansi the Spider: A Trickster's Courtship

Anansi the Spider: A Trickster's Courtship

By Jeremy Kisling. From the folktale.

Product Code: AL1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 1 to 3m., 2 to 3w., 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The trickster Anansi meets Aso, the god of the sky's daughter. He is smitten and must marry her, but to do so he has to prove himself on a quest. With the help of the audience, Anansi accomplishes his task but lies about how he does so, taking all the credit. Through his quests, Anansi finds humility and the path to acceptance and love.

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The Cycle

The Cycle

By Tiffany Kontoyiannis.

Product Code: CQ5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Senior Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 4 to 5m., 5 to 8w., 2 to 3 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

By bringing the bully, the bystander and the victim to the stage, The Cycle dramatizes the negative effects and harms of bullying. We meet several relatable characters, including a victim who has chosen to overcome her painful experience with bullying by focusing on her schoolwork; however, we also see how she could have negatively chosen to deal with it. This award-winning play sparks discussion by creating characters in whom anyone can see themselves.

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Antigone

Antigone

Adapted by Bonnie Roberts. Based on the play by Sophocles.

Product Code: AK7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 8m., 8w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

A civil war has ended. Will there be peace or new rebellion? Each chorus member argues the side of one of the characters, hoping to bring peace to the war-torn land. Each individual faces the choice: should I do what I feel is right or stay silent and safe? This adaptation can be set anywhere there is civil strife—ancient Greece, modern America, a medieval castle, the inner city, the future, any time and place that speaks to you.

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Hotline

Hotline

By Cheryl Navo.

Product Code: HG3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Operator 72 is training to be a counselor for the Socially Inappropriate Language Therapy Hotline where clients call and swear at the operators to release tension so they can calm down and solve their problems. When he speaks with a client that is incapable of swearing, he tries everything he can think of to help her. She eventually finds her own solution while Operator 72 learns that swearing might not be the cure-all the hotline touts. Although the play is focused on foul language as therapy, not a single swear word appears in the entire play, making it suitable for a variety of audiences.

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Carrying On

Carrying On

By Harry Michael Bagdasian.

Product Code: CP9000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Davey may be a little "slow," but he's a genius with automobiles. Frustrated with people's misperception of him, he wants to leave this small town auto repair shop and move to the city. However, he finds that his boss has sold the repair shop and taken all of the money in Davey's "payroll savings plan." Who would have thought that Davey's savior would be a cosmetics saleswoman with a broken-down VW Beetle?

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Hell's Cafeteria

Hell's Cafeteria

By Werner Trieschmann.

Product Code: HF1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Touring Group | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 2m., 3w., up to 25 with extras, either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Superstar cafeteria chef Rodney "Rotten" Disposle is ready to make life miserable for everybody in another season of "Hell's Cafeteria" as he hosts the competition to find the best (worst) high-school cafeteria manager in the country. The strange contestants he has in this go-round are sure to give him fits! Will a winner for be announced? Will anybody make it through lunch?

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This Is a Text

This Is a Text

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: T59000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 11 to 17 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

If Sophia gets a 61 on her exam, she'll get into Coldwater State. But she was up all night, distracted by a mysterious text, and now she can't focus. Sophia's only hope: Flowcus, the concentration pill that sits tantalizingly close on the teacher's desk. This play illustrates a battle against an exam, waged during the age of distraction. Sophia's quest to get into Coldwater State ends in a way that neither she nor the teacher could have anticipated and leads to a conclusion that's both surprising and unexpectedly moving.

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