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Zoom Audition

By Jami Brandli.

Product Code: Z16000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A young woman does her first Zoom audition while she wrestles with her inner darkness.

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Dynamite Sales

By Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta.

Product Code: DH4000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

When a business motivational speaker loses control of her sales seminar to her only participant—a clueless, sexist misanthrope—she begins to question her own career.

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Quietus

By Mia Chung.

Product Code: QKC000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 5 min.

“I” has been feeling queasy lately.

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Talk Tomorrow

By Idris Goodwin.

Product Code: TW5000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2 either gender.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 5 min.

In the midst of a global pandemic, two siblings have their daily video call. A play about connection.

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Cha-Cha

By Yussef El Guindi.

Product Code: CS4000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

This is supposed to be Salma and Justin’s date night, but Justin is worried that Salma may be coming down with the virus. She hesitates seeing a doctor because she is undocumented. A marriage proposal, and learning to cha-cha are a couple of the things that occupy this call between two people in love who are trying to survive.

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Which Actually Isn't So New

By Mia Chung.

Product Code: WK2000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Two friends catch up with each other.

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Rosebud

By Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta.

Product Code: RE4000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

When one couple’s relationship goes online due to COVID, the romantic bloom is off the Rosebud, so to speak—all because of a strange obsession with Orson Welles’ film Citizen Kane.

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In the Tank (En El Tanque)

By Rosemary Frisino Toohey. Translation by Gustavo Ott.

Product Code: IF8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2m. or 2w., or 1m., 1w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Two lobsters find themselves in the tank of a seafood restaurant: one plays dead to avoid being chosen, and the other is philosophical, wondering what the point of living is if you are always acting dead.

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Jackie Robinson Steals Home

Product Code: J76000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2 to 15m., 2 to 5w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

It is 1947, and the Yankees are playing the Dodgers. The newest member of the Dodgers is the first African American to play major league baseball: Jackie Robinson. While playing, Jackie recalls flashbacks from his life up until then. In the game, he is attempting to steal home; but in his life, he is attempting to steal the hearts of the fans, pave the way for people of color to play America’s pastime and, by extension, participate freely and equally in all aspects of American life.

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Future, Here

Product Code: FG1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 5 either gender.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Welcome to Future, an unincorporated village monitored by Society and populated by five randomly selected children. It is driven by a national effort to develop “appropriately adapted young citizens.” They are constantly fed a steady stream of news and pop culture on their smartphones and meet daily to share what they’ve learned. Having lived in Future for 12 years, the residents are now 18, and today is their last day together, their final meeting before they learn of their next residence outside of Future.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $55.00/perf

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