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The Gingerbread Man

Product Code: GB8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School
Cast Size: flexible.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Sally is unhappy to leave the city to live on a farm with her aunt and uncle, until a gingerbread cookie comes to life and takes her on an adventure.

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Gammer Gurton's Needle

Adapted by I. E. Clark.

Product Code: GB2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | TYA | Senior Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 5m., 5w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

The play is a rollicking farce laid in a 16th-century English hamlet. Among its often-patched, seldom-washed inhabitants is Gammer Gurton, a jolly old gossip whose most precious possession is a steel needle. But, alas!—Gammer loses her needle, and the entire village finds itself in a turmoil.

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Filiation

Product Code: FD2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 3m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A family is fearful of repression in a police state and must make a decision to stay or flee.

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Don't Say It

Product Code: DE4000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 6m., 7w., extras.

Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Three bullies must attend a learning camp in the woods after being found guilty of abusing their classmates.

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The Clock That Went Meow

Product Code: CL9000

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

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A clockmaker creates a beautiful clock selected by the King as a gift for the Queen. Trouble arises when the clock "meows" instead of "cuckoos."

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Canterbury Tale From The Wife of Bath

Adapted by Herman Ammann from Geoffrey Chaucer.

Product Code: CK2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Senior Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 5m., 7w.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A knight of the round table must solve a riddle or lose his life.

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The Wolf and Its Shadows

Product Code: WD8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 2m., 1w., with doubling, or up to 18 (2m., 1w., 16 either gender).

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

In the forest at night, Wolf and Dog encounter stories from around the world contrasting wolf images in legend and nature. By dawn, she and Dog understand the high price of freedom. With respect for one another, they choose their separate ways.

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Paper Walls

By Jenny Laird

Product Code: P88000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Senior Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Listening to the neighbors argue and make up reminds a couple of their own passionate youth.

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

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Park Angel

By Isaac N. Perelson.

Product Code: P98000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

Josh's sister tries to reach out to him while he avoids the issues she raises. Meanwhile, a stranger on the park bench helps him discover his sense of self and guides him to understanding.

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Best Student One Acts: Volume 5

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A Point of View

Product Code: P43000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 5w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Auntie is so much smarter than her scheming nieces that, armed only with binoculars and a diary, she can outmaneuver them. Must Auntie leave her room from which, with binoculars, she studies the pawnbroker's shop and sees who's holding hands on the corner? Using the view offered by her window, Auntie proves too formidable for the nieces!

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