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One Act Plays

All Things Being Equal

By Leonora B. Rianda.

Product Code: A93000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 1m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

A struggling writer kills her boss and is shocked when his corpse starts having a conversation with her.

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Alter Egos

By Jon McGovern.

Product Code: A90000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 1m.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This one-man show has the actor playing nine outlandish characters of various genders and ethnicities

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April

By Alison Fields.

Product Code: A91000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 4m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Eve recalls her old relationships and struggles with committing to her current boyfriend.

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Atlas' Cigar

By Betsy Breitenbach.

Product Code: AA1000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 3m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This play looks at the phenomenon of school violence while following a high-school student questioning the American educational system through his relationship with a student teacher.

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Bereft

By Nick Woods.

Product Code: B97000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 3m.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Two men serve time for hate crimes - Wilson for killing a man in a gay bar and Lou for raping a girl at a party. Forcing them to reevaluate their lives is Oliver, a black prison guard who openly brutalizes Lou in front of Wilson.

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Blind Harassment

By Gordon Sumlak-Langlois.

Product Code: B95000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 1 either gender

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A couple sits down with their lawyer to discuss the harassment one of them dealt with at a former job.

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A Bomber's Love Story

By Nicholas Seeley.

Product Code: B96000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 4m., 1w., 2 either gender

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

A prisoner is at the mercy of a justice system spiraling out of control. His greatest punishment lies not in the power of the sadistic warden, but in the hands of one woman.

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Book Keeping

By Irl Mowery

Product Code: B82000

One-act Play

Recommended For: Senior Theatre

Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

Edwin and Phyllis have been married for 40 years when he decides to keep a diary of women who have attracted his fancy.

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Short Stuff: Ten- to Twenty-Minute Plays for Mature Actors

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Bunnies

By Michael O'Brian.

Product Code: BA8000

One-act Play

Recommended For: College Theatre

Cast Size: 2m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

This completely fictional play is about Hugh Hefner and the beginnings of Playboy magazine with no regard for facts that would clearly contradict this interpretation.

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Best Student One Acts: Volume 7

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