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One-Act Plays


  New AdditionThe Adventures of Rocky & Skye by Kelly DuMar
Comedy. 30-35 minutes. 2-16 males, 2-21 females.
All ages.

Four characters grow up before our eyes as they journey from elementary to middle school in this fast-paced series of scenes that inspire us to appreciate the extraordinary moments of ordinary life.

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Aurelia's Magic by John Bolen
Comedy. 55-60 minutes. 3-4 males, 2-3 females.
All ages.

For a young girl aching to grow up, what could be better than to find a fairy that can grant her that wish?


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  New AdditionBatten Down the Hatchlings by Scott Icenhower
Comedy. 35-45 minutes. 3 males, 3 females, 7 either.
Middle school and high school.

The Native American tale of an eagle being raised as a prairie chicken is retold with a happy ending and as many bad chicken jokes as possible.

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  New AdditionThe Bread, the Bracelet and the Dove by Claudia Haas
Comedy. 40-50 minutes. 2 males, 10 females, 6 either.
All ages.

Based on an Italian folktale, this lively play centers on the joys of family and the wonders and magic of Italian food.

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  New AdditionThe Buttonhole Bandit by Michael Silversher and Fengar Gael
Musical. 60 minutes. 3-6 males, 3-6 females.
All ages.

Little Phoebe spends her after school hours cowering in a closet -- until she spies a moth flying through a buttonhole that draws her in, hurling her into an alien galaxy and a perilous journey of self discovery.

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  New AdditionCorner Critics by Donna Latham
Dramedy. 20-30 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
High school and older.

 Bully Bree waits for her meet-up, poetic Locust, but her snarky comments outrage hippie chick Jessica, who Bree once stabbed in the back. 

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Dodge by Ed Shockley
Comedy. 25-35 minutes. 6-15 males, 5-15 females.
Elementary and middle school.

When a lazy but basically good elf disappears, will her apparent abduction trigger a war between the elves and the gnomes?

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  New AdditionGo Joe by Len Cuthbert
Dramedy. 30-40 minutes. 13+ either.
Middle school and older.

The musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat turns to reality when some of the cast members become jealous of the lead actor and try to oust him.


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Hardcastle Flowers: Space Detective (fka 2071) by Ed Shockley
Drama. 45-55 minutes. 5-15 males, 5-15 females.
Middle school and older.

An intergalactic detective discovers a well-intentioned and possibly beneficial fraud, and must decide whether to reveal it.

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  New AdditionJohnny and Sally Ann by Tom Smith
Comedy. 50-65 minutes. 2 males, 1-5 female, 2-28 either.
All ages.

Johnny Appleseed and his friend Pete travel the countryside encountering real and fictional female figures in American folklore.

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Kadija & Swann by Ed Shockley
Comedy. 15 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

Two sheltered girls imagine that the death of a pet rabbit means that one of them is pregnant.

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  New AdditionThe Kennel Club by David Muncaster
Dramedy. 10-15 minutes.
All ages.

Dogs in a rescue kennel come up with a plan to find themselves new homes.

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Little Miss Dreamer (A Nite in the Life of Bessie Smith) by Ed Shockley
Comedy. 45-55 minutes. 3 males, 3 females, 3-24 either.
High school and older.

Young Bessie Smith tries to find the courage to perform before a northern audience for the first time.

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Merlin & Vivien by Ed Shockley
Drama. 40 minutes. 1 male, 1 female.
High school and older.

A two character tragic love story inspired by the account of Merlin's fall in Alfred Lord Tennyson's epic poem Idylls of the King.

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Mother's Day by Kate McGrath
Drama. 15-20 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

Two teenaged girlfriends hesitantly share their fears and hopes about motherhood when they meet for the first time since one has had an abortion.

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Nessie and the Terrible Troll by Lois June Wickstrom and Jean Lorrah
Young Audiences. 30-40 minutes. 3 males, 2 females, 3-20+ either.
Elementary school and older.

A little boy, a seal, and a mermaid join forces to save Nessie when a troll threatens to drain Loch Ness.

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Nobody's Listening by Ed Shockley
Dramedy. 50-60 minutes. 3 males, 3 females, 1-15 either.
Middle school and older.

A feisty kid sabotages a live television broadcast to make a statement about gun violence in this anti-violence comedy.

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  New AdditionPersephone Underground by Carol S. Lashof
Drama. 45-60 minutes. 2-15 males, 7-20+ females, 8-10 either.
High school and older.

When Persephone runs away with the boyfriend from hell (literally), her mother--who happens to be the goddess of the harvest--holds the whole earth hostage. 

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  New AdditionPrincess Pigface by Tommy Jamerson
Comedy. 30-40 minutes. 2 males, 1 female, 3-4 either.
Middle school and older actors, audiences of all ages.

When a beautiful princess is cursed with the face of a pig, she sets out on a magical journey - only to discover that true beauty is found within.

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Reassembling Sasha by Patrick Gabridge
Comedy. 25-35 minutes. 1-3 males, 7-9 females.
High school and older.

Professor Sasha Marlowe's newest experimental device has split her into seven elemental parts, but now that they're free, not all of the elements of Sasha want to go back to the way things were before.

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Scheme Space by Claudia Haas
Drama. 25-35 minutes. 2 males, 5 females.
High school and older.

Events rapidly "go viral" after a group of teens put an inappropriate photo online.

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Secret Life Under the Stairs by Kris Knutsen
Young Audiences. 30-35 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
All ages.

A new kid shows up and disturbs the secret hideout of a group of misfits in this play about making friends, navigating change and exploring imaginative worlds lurking just beneath the stairs.

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The Story Club by Nikki Adkins
Young Audiences. 45-50 minutes. 1 male, 3 females.
All ages.

When her role as Storyteller is challenged by an enthusiastic new neighbor, Ivy must decide whether it is more important to be a lonely queen, or a creative collaborator!

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The Tea Servant by Ed Shockley
Drama. 30-40 minutes. 3-12 males, 2-6 females.
Middle school and older.

A Japanese serving woman dresses as a man to accompany her mistress through a dangerous forest.

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Ticking by Jonathan Dorf
Dramedy. 20-25 minutes. 3 males.
High school and older.

The gun is missing from the pot on the right rear burner at the Doe house, replaced by an egg.

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Vital Organs by Jonathan Dorf
Comedy. 15-20 minutes. 3 males, 2 females.
Middle school and older.

A recovering transplant patient determined to stock up before he leaves the hospital. Doctors supplementing their salaries by selling an organ or two. A kleptomaniac kid on the loose. A soup-cooking candy striper right out of Sweeney Todd. Calling it a health care crisis would be an understatement...

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  New AdditionWhat Comes Around... by Tom Smith
Drama. 50-60 minutes. 1-4 males, 2-5 females.
High school and older.

In the style of La Ronde, a group of high school students meet at a local coffee house to gossip, confess and confront each other about everything from relationships to addictions and longings to suicide...

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  New AdditionThe Wild and Wacky Rhyming Stories of Miss Henrietta Humpledowning by Tom Smith
Comedy. 35-45 minutes. 2-7 males, 2-11 females, 4+ either.
All ages.

Four strange, funny, and offbeat stories told in rhyming couplets.

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  New AdditionThe Wise Peasant Girl by Donna Spector
Fairy Tale. 20-30 minutes. 1 male, 1 female, 9-13 either.
Elementary and middle school.

A wise peasant girl teaches King Alexander how to solve the bizarre problems in his kingdom.


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You're Next by Jonathan Dorf
Drama. 15-20 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

Two teenagers struggle with how to defend themselves against a bully.

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