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Calabasas Street

Calabasas Street

By José Cruz González.

Product Code: CA3000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Calabasas Street follows a young boy named Domingo Sanchez who learns the true meaning of friendship when his baseball accidentally drops into the yard of La Vuida Martinez. All the children of the neighborhood are afraid of her. They think she's crazy because she searches through people's garbage and hauls it back to her house. Domingo soon discovers she collects junk and transforms it into art. This chance encounter becomes a lifelong friendship of sharing fun, stories and making Mexican piñatas.

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Lost In Tumblerock or, They Took the Wrong Road

Lost In Tumblerock or, They Took the Wrong Road

By Katie Reed.

Product Code: LJ9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 7m., 8w., extras.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This comic melodrama is complete with rowdy ranch hands and beautiful French cancan dancers and will have the audience cheering the heroes and booing the villains.

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Jack Frost

Jack Frost

Adapted by James Still from a Russian folktale called "Frost".

Product Code: J29000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This play features a young heroine named Martha who lives with her evil stepmother and two ugly stepsisters. Because of her heroic determination and passion for living, Martha warms the heart of crafty Jack Frost. Theatrical, poetic, economic in its storytelling, this play is about how kindness and generosity are their own reward. Critics have praised the inventiveness of the play and its surprising twists and imagistic unity.

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Seth's Anxiety

Seth's Anxiety

By Jay Thornton.

Product Code: SB9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | TYA
Cast Size: 5m., 14w., 5 any gender, extras (doubling possible).

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Seth finds a cure for his anxiety at a school bus stop where he meets a girl who has experienced his same fears and pains. The realization that his anxieties are shared by others sends him to his first day of middle school with a confident smile.

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

By Ruth Perry. From William Shakespeare.

Product Code: R63000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 11m., 3w. (Extras, gender flexible, doubling.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In this adaptation the tragedy is only slightly muted by the re-emphasis of Shakespeare's point that the antidote to the poison of enmity is not a violent victory but the understanding that comes through shared sorrow.

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The Monsters Under the Bed

The Monsters Under the Bed

By Fr. Dominic Garramone and the St Bede Theatre Troupe.

Product Code: M71000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 7m., 7w. (14 players, at least 7 w.)

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Stephanie's having a sleep-over with her friends, but soon the monsters come out from under the bed and no one can get to sleep. As each girl describes her own personal fear, those fears come to life. The girls help each other overcome their fears, and with some help from Stephanie's older sister and her monster friend Gruntable, the other monsters are banished. This play is sure to appeal to anyone who's ever been afraid to get out of bed in the middle of the night.

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Stages

Stages

By Jerome McDonough.

Product Code: SZ7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 10+ either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A play within a play in various styles throughout theatre history. Rehearsal is conducted as an exasperated director and stage manager attempt to deal with an ever-changing script.

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Sprucey, The Blue Christmas Tree

Sprucey, The Blue Christmas Tree

By Donna J. Abear.

Product Code: SZ4000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 7m., 3w.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

With the help of Santa Claus and a little homeless boy, an unwanted blue spruce finds happiness and a home.

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Small Actors

Small Actors

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: SB8000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Emily desperately wants to play the lead in her high school's production of Romeo and Juliet. Instead, she gets a one-line, four-word role. None the less, she tells her parents (who will be out of town during the performance) that she got the lead, and suddenly, things spin way out of control. Mom and Dad cancel their vacation plans and invite every relative they can round up to come visit and see their daughter play Juliet. This outlandishly funny and very touching play is about the roles we all play—in theatre and in life.

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Ring of Lead

Ring of Lead

Adapted by Ken Pickering. From Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould's short story The Leaden Ring.

Product Code: RC2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Senior Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Based on a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. A young woman endures the memory of a suitor who committed suicide and is ultimately trapped by his revenge.

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