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In Search Of The Golden Teardrop

In Search Of The Golden Teardrop

By Betty Havens.

Product Code: IC6000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 10 to 25 actors, flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Two brave subjects set out on a quest to find and return a golden teardrop lost by a princess.

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The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man

By Patrick Rainville Dorn.

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

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.

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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

Filiation

By Jerome McDonough.

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

Don't Say It

By Kathy Ray.

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

The Clock That Went Meow

By Betty Marrapodi.

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

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

The Wolf and Its Shadows

By Sandra Fenichel Asher.

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

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

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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