American One-act Plays
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Women and War
1 Male, 4 Female
Through correspondence and monologues, in the style of reader’s theater, Women and War presents a collection of fictional stories based on historical fact The stories span several generations of Americans…
Women’s Project & Productions - Rowing to America and Sixteen Other Short Plays
Founded in 1978 by Artistic Director Julia Miles, Women's Project & Productions places women playwrights at center stage
Would You Like a Cup of Tea?
2 Male, 2 Female
James, an elderly English gentleman and ex Army Officer, is now living in Canada with his “Batman”, Herbert, in strained circumstances Whereas Herbert has a regular job as a doorman, James…
Writer’s Block - Two Plays - Riverside Drive & Old Saybrook
6 Male, 4 Female
Each of these one-acts is an absurdist take on marital infidelity - one instance set on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and the other in Old Saybrook, Connecticut ... In Riverside Drive, Fred Savage…
Xingu
0 Male, 8 Female
A group of club-women try to entertain a high-hat woman novelist. Everything goes wrong, and the poor women are in despair trying to make conversation One member, to show up the bluffs of the novelist…
Yes Means No
3 Male, 2 Female
Young Teddy Lawson is in bad with his father. He tells Dad he wants to marry Edith and needs cash for honeymoon expenses. Dad hits the ceiling, claiming that Teddy, who works for him, has no backbone,…
Zones of the Spirit - Outlanders & Wormwood
3 Male, 1 Female
The first play, Outlanders, is set in a small failing cafe, whose embittered, megalomaniac owner hopes to create a new liqueur which will lure back the customers who have been lost to a rival establishment…
very still & hard to see
4 Male, 5 Female
This collection of short plays mixes comedic absurdity with raw heartbreak to unearth worlds populated by desperate people, mythical characters, faceless corporate masters, and at least one Slasher flick…
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