One Act Play

 

 

I have written 27 one-act plays that are perfect for high schools, middle schools, and community theatres.

 

 

Here they are.  Clicking on the title will bring you to the publisher’s website, where you can read a sample copy of the play.

 

 

12 Incompetent Men (And Women!)

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 5 f, 5 m, 2 either (12 actors possible: 0-12 f, 0-12 m)

13 Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  •  7 f, 6 m, 3 either (4-16 actors possible: 0-16 f, 0-16 m)

14 More Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview

  • Comedy, 30 – 40 Minutes

  • 5 f, 4 m, 6 either (4-23 actors possible: 0-15 f, 0-15 m)

15 Minutes of Youtube Fame 

  • Comedy, 25 – 30 Minutes

  • 2 f, 1 m, 2 either (4-26 actors possible: 0-26 f, 1-15 m)

21 Guarunteed Ways To Get Detentions 

  • Comedy, 30 – 45 Minutes

  • 11 f, 13 m, 3 either (4-30 actors possible: 0-30 f, 0-30 m)

The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time

  • Comedy, 30 – 40 Minutes

  • 12 f, 13 m, 1 either (7-34 actors possible: 4-22 f, 3-23 m)

An Absolutely True Story (As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars)

  • Comedy, 35 – 45 Minutes

  • 7 f, 7 m, 1 either (11-31 actors possible: 5-26 f, 5-26 m)

Appropriate Audience Behavior   

  • Comedy 25 – 30 Minutes

  •  9 f, 8 m, 3 either (5-20 actors possible: 0-20 f, 0-20 m)

Bad Auditions By Bad Actors

  • Comedy 25 – 30 Minutes

  •  7 f, 4 m, 3 either (4-14 actors possible: 0-14 f, 0-14 m)

The Customer is Always Wrong 

  • Comedy 25 – 30 Minutes

  •  6 – 27 actors possible, gender flexible

Every US Election Ever!  

  • Comedy 25 – 30 Minutes

  •  6 – 40 actors (gender flexible)

Every Novel You Read In High School (In 25 Minutes or Less…) 

  • Comedy 25 – 30 Minutes

  •  2 f, 2 m, (4-47 actors possible: 0-47 f, 0-47 m)

Facebook Ruins Everything!

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 5 f, 8 m, 10 either (8-20 actors possible: 2-15 f, 5-18 m

Good Cop Bad Cop (co-written by Jason Pizzarello)

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 5 f, 5 m, 5 either (5-17 actors possible: 0-17 f, 0-17 m)

Graduation For Dummies

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 5 f, 1 m, 17 either (5-23 actors possible: 0-23 f, 0-23 m)

Harold P. Truthington Presents the Absolutely True Stories of Robin Hood AKA Rob Hat Guy

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 minutes

  • 2 f, 13 m, 15 either (9-35 actors possible: 0-35 f, 0-35 m)

High School Reunion

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 2 f, 2 m, 1 either (5-20 actors possible: 2-12 f, 2-12 m)

How To Overthrow Your Student Government in 7 Easy Steps  NEW PLAY ALERT!!!

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes 

  • 2 f, 2 m, 6 either (0-40 actors possible: 0-40 f, 0-40 m)

The Internet is Distract —  OH LOOK A KITTEN!  

  • Comedy, 30 – 35 Minutes

  • 5 f, 3 m, 12 either (5-18 actors possible: 5-17 f, 3-15 m)

A FULL LENGTH VERSION OF THIS PLAY IS ALSO AVAILABLE

The Literati Awards  

  • Comedy, 35 – 45 Minutes

  • 9 f, 7 m, 2 either (6-25 actors possible: 0-25 f, 0-25 m)

Most Likely To…  

  • Comedy 25 – 30 Minutes

  • 5 – 25 actors possible, gender flexible

Orientation

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 10 f (6-10 actors possible: 6-10 f, 0-2 m)

Pass It On, Or The First Period Note That Almost Destroyed The World

  • Comedy, 30 – 40 Minutes

  • 4 f, 5 m, 3 either (12-16 actors possible: 4-7 f, 5-9 m)

Rejection! Or Will Date For Food

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 13 f, 12 m (8-25 actors possible: 0-25 f, 0-25 m)

Rideshare Overshare  

  • Comedy, 35 – 45 Minutes

  • 6 f, 3 m, 9 either (5-25 actors possible: 0-25 f, 0-25 m)

Santa Man

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 7 f, 8 m, 10 either (4-25 actors possible: 0-25 f, 0-25 m)

So…What Are We Doing Tonight?   

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 6 f, 5 m, 1 either (4-18 actors possible: 0-18 f, 0-18 m)

Superheroes

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes 

  • 12 f, 11 m, 10 either (5-33 actors possible: 1-23 f, 4-31 m)

Talent Show Fail  NEW PLAY ALERT!!!

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 5 f, 5 m, 7 either (6-16 actors possible: 1-14 f, 1-14 m)

This Is Your Brain On Social Media 

  • Comedy, 30 – 40 Minutes

  • 11 f, 5 m, 7 either (6-30 actors possible: 3-27 f, 2-27 m)

When Bad Things Happen to Good Actors  

  • Comedy, 25 – 35 Minutes

  • 10 – 30 Actors possible, Gender Flexible