One-Acts (20-40 mins) 
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51. Director, The by Clint Snyder
Cast: 1 M, 3 F, 21 flexible (With doubling: 1 M, 3 F, 11 flexible)Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 26 pgs
FARCE. After recent budget cuts, a theater department is forced to combine three plays―A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Streetcar Named Desire, and an experimental freeform body piece―into one production... READ MORE | BUY NOW
52. Disappearing, A by Mark Dietrich Wyss
Cast: 1 M, 1 F, 1 flexibleTime: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 22 pgs.
FARCE. A Craigslist magician who still lives in his parents’ basement accidentally makes a naughty kid disappear at a children’s birthday party. The magician has no idea where the boy is or how to m... READ MORE | BUY NOW
53. Don't Cry for Me, Pasadena by Michael Vukadinovich
Cast: 2 M, 2 FTime: Approximately 20-25 minutes, 20 pgs.
COMEDY. A neglected housewife, Irene Pasadena, calls the newspaper and reports that her husband, Jesus, has died just so that people will send her flowers. But the plan goes awry when Thomas, a rook... READ MORE | BUY NOW
54. Doofus by William Cameron
Cast: 2 M, 2 F, 1 flexibleTime: Approximately 30-45 minutes, 30 pgs
COMEDY. Winner, Best Play and Best Production, Pittsburg New Works Festival, 2000. Dana has written a play inspired by her relationship with her fiancé, Cliff. At the final dress rehearsal, Cliff w... READ MORE | BUY NOW
55. Droit Du Seigneur by Charles Kray
Cast: 8 M, 1 FTime: Approximately 35 minutes, 32 pgs.
FARCE. Ian, a simple Yorkshire country lad, hears of a law, the droit du seigneur, at a local pub. Though it is a medieval law that is no longer enforced, Ian thinks that he must offer up his fiancé... READ MORE | BUY NOW
56. Expedient Family by Ed Vela
Cast: 3 M, 3 FTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 31 pgs.
FARCE. When Dex’s boss, A.J., invites herself over to his house to meet his wife and daughter, Dex has just one small problem—he has no wife or daughter! Afraid he will be fired for lying on his emp... READ MORE | BUY NOW
57. Extra Ordinary by Clint Snyder EDITOR’S PICK
Cast: 1 M, 1 F, 21 flexibleTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 26 pgs.
FARCE. In this play within a play, extras try to convince their director that just because they’re extras doesn’t mean they’re not extra-ordinary. Tree 3 and Rock 2 try to upstage the Prince and Pri... READ MORE | BUY NOW
58. Fairest in the Land? Eeegh! by Kory Howard
Cast: 1 M, 2 F, 1 flexibleTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 28 pgs
FARCE. Gael and the Princess think they are a perfect match, but the King and Queen won’t allow the couple to marry. On the run from the King’s guard, Gael hides out in the cottage of a lonely, hide... READ MORE | BUY NOW
59. Fairy Fort by Lavinia Roberts
Cast: 5 M, 6 F, 7 flexible, extrasTime: Approximately 30 mins, 27 pgs.
SPOOF. In this fairytale spoof of the reality TV show “Shark Tank,” fairytale characters present business proposals to judges with the hope of achieving happily ever after. Contestants include an ev... READ MORE | BUY NOW
60. Foolish Husband, The by Stella Chester
Cast: 5 M, 3 F, 1 flexibleTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 33 pgs.
FARCE. Adapted from the play by Molière. Misunderstandings, mishaps, and misconceptions abound in this madcap play that has more love triangles than characters! Celia and Lelio are in love and wish... READ MORE | BUY NOW
61. Four and Twenty Wretched Dates by Christopher Morse
Cast: 22 M, 20 F, 2 flexible, extras (With doubling: 10 M, 10 F) (Minimum cast: 2 M, 2 F, 1 flexible)Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 32 pgs
COMEDY. With deepest apologies, a narrator introduces two dozen “romantic” dates that go dreadfully, horribly, horrendously wrong. There’s a woman who brings a backup date on a blind date, a couple ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
62. Four Thieves, Three Assassins, One Idol, and a Ruby by Felix Stripe
Cast: 8 flexibleTime: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 23 pgs.
CLASSIC HORROR. Adapted from the play “A Night at an Inn” by Lord Dunsany. In this horror classic, four thieves are hiding out at a remote inn after having stolen a priceless ruby from the eye socke... READ MORE | BUY NOW
63. Ghost of Jerry Bundler, The by Heather Lynn
Cast: 3 M, 4 flexibleTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 24 pgs.
CLASSIC HORROR. Adapted from the short story by W.W. Jacobs. As guests at a small country inn pass the evening telling ghost stories, they discover that the inn has its own resident ghost, Jerry Bun... READ MORE | BUY NOW
64. Ginzberg's Irish Wake by John Donald O'Shea
Cast: 3 M, 2 FTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 17 pgs.
COMEDY WITH MUSIC. Bereaved widow Mary O’Malley hires David Cohen to play Irish music at her husband’s wake, but when David arrives and doesn’t know any Irish songs, Mary refuses to pay him. Enraged... READ MORE | BUY NOW
65. Half an Hour by Heather Lynn
Cast: 4 M, 3 F, 1 flexibleTime: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 22 pgs.
CLASSIC DRAMA. Adapted from the play by J.M. Barrie. Lilian yearns to leave her abusive husband. After Hugh Paton proposes that she sail with him, Lilian realizes this is her chance to escape. Due... READ MORE | BUY NOW
66. Halloween 2050 A.D. by Joel Ensana
Cast: 1 M, 4 F, 1 flexible (With doubling: 1 M, 3 F)Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 25 pgs.
SCI FI/HORROR. In this post-apocalyptic world, all the birds have died, foul-smelling foam bubbles up from water adorned with strange jewel-like rocks, and more and more people have to conceal their ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
67. Happily Ever After's Dating Show by Lavinia Roberts
Cast: 6 M, 10 F, 2 flexible, extrasTime: Approximately 30 mins, 30 pgs.
COMEDY. Welcome to the dating show where contestants find the prince or princess of their dreams and live happily ever after…um, well, maybe? Little Red Riding Hood gets to select from an “impressiv... READ MORE | BUY NOW
68. Happily Ever After's Top Chef by Lavinia Roberts
Cast: 6 M, 6 F, 4 flexibleTime: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 22 pgs.
FARCE/SPOOF. Greetings elves, witches, dwarves, and magical beasts to this week’s episode of “Happily Ever After’s Top Chef,” where fairytale guests prepare an array of mouthwateringly marvelous mors... READ MORE | BUY NOW
69. Happily-Ever-After Shopping Network by Lavinia Roberts NEW!
Cast: 3 M, 14 F, 8 flexible, opt. extras (With tripling: 1 M, 7 F, 1 flexible)Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 24 pgs
COMEDY. Welcome to the Happily-Ever-After Shopping Network, the television channel for spellbinding sales and bewitching bargains! Join hosts Snow White and Rose Red as they showcase products design... READ MORE | BUY NOW
70. Here, There, or in the Air by Richard Krawiec
Cast: 2 M, 4 F, 1 flexible, optional extrasTime: Approximately 20-25 minutes, 20 pgs.
SATIRE/DRAMA. Three nameless female death-row inmates spend their days writing empty slogans on a blackboard as they await death. Prison personnel hired to help the inmates include an ineffectual pr... READ MORE | BUY NOW
71. Hope LoveJoy Show, The by Clint Snyder
Cast: 2 M, 4 F, 2 flexible, opt. extrasTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 25 pgs.
SPOOF. In this episode of “The Hope LoveJoy Show,” the phony, narcissistic, and self-promoting host, Miss Hope LoveJoy, interviews a series of guests who have all “benefitted” from “reading” her self... READ MORE | BUY NOW
72. If You Really Loved Me by Richard Krawiec
Cast: 1 M, 1 F, 1 flexible, opt. extrasTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 25 pgs.
DRAMA. In this haunting tale of despair, anger, and fear, a teenaged couple finds themselves on the run with their dead baby in the trunk of their car. Bonnie convinces her boyfriend, Duane, to rob ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
73. Jigsaw Puddle, The by Bradley Hayward
Cast: 1 M, 5 F, opt. extrasTime: Approximately 30-45 minutes, 36 pgs.
COMEDY. Annie and Cindy have sprung Grandma Puddle from the old-folks home for a lovely spring walk through the park. Suddenly, the sisters realize that they are missing something…Grandma Puddle! Af... READ MORE | BUY NOW
74. Last Transport, The by Ivan Borodin
Cast: 1 M, 1 FTime: Approximately 30 minutes, 32 pgs.
SCIENCE FICTION/DRAMA. Tired of living on earth, Maya Avedon boards a space transport that will take her to the planet Alpha. Maya no longer wants to live with humans, who she describes as, “A bunch... READ MORE | BUY NOW
75. Legitimate Hooey by Bradley Hayward
Cast: 1 M, 1 FTime: Approximately 35 minutes, 39 pgs.
COMEDY. When Todd and Jenny manage to escape their annoying roommate and get their own apartment, the couple is overjoyed. But they soon find their bliss is short-lived. This hilarious play examine... READ MORE | BUY NOW
