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22 More One Acts

Alice
Drama | Cast: 10+ actors, flexible. | Simple set | Run time: 35 min. | Code: AG9000
This one-act dramatization of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking
Glass is distinguished by the ingenious directions for making all the magical special effects
easy to stage. It is both fun to do and fun to watch. Most of the revered characters are here:
the rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, and, perhaps best of all, the
Oyster show. With no front curtain, the main stage is skeletal and a bit dark. Recommended
for contest, children’s theatre and workshops. Adapted by Jerome McDonough. Based on
the novels by Lewis Carroll.

All I Really Need to Know I Learned by
Being in a Bad Murder Mystery
Comedy | Cast: 16 either gender. | Simple set. | Run time: 40 min. | Code: AL5000
A band of lovable yet impossibly inept thespians are taking on a genre that will not die; the
murder mystery! In this whodunit, the misguided performers attempt to nail down devilish
British accents, understand what a red herring is, and figure out how to die onstage without
looking all gross and stuff. Meanwhile, the director and stage manager wouldn’t really try to
murder someone during the murder mystery. Would they?! By Werner Trieschmann.

All Rights Reserved
Comedy | Cast: 2m., 2w. | One int. set. | Run time: 45 min. | Code: AM3000
The marketing directors of PharmaHope Inc. are mere hours from the start of a massive
production run, but they’re still scrambling to come up with a name for their product! To
make matters worse, the CEO sends in a naive, newly graduated go-getter with fresh ideas
but an annoying case of morality. Fast-paced and funny, All Rights Reserved holds up a
mirror to one of the most absurd practices of modern society, the marketing of prescription
drugs. By Michael Ragozzino.

Antigone

Drama/Tragedy | Cast: 8m., 8w. | Area staging | Run time: 45 min. | Code: AK7000
A civil war has ended. Will there be peace or new rebellion? Each chorus member argues
the side of one of the characters, hoping to bring peace to the war-torn land. Each individual
faces the choice: should I do what I feel is right or stay silent and safe? This adaptation can
be set anywhere there is civil strife—ancient Greece, modern America, a medieval castle,
the inner city, the future, any time and place that speaks to you. Adapted by Bonnie Roberts.
Based on the play by Sophocles.

Asylum

Drama/Farce | Cast: 10+ either gender, especially gender-stereotyped roles and names.
Area staging | Run time: 40 min. Code: AJ1000
A company of players takes the audience through a kaleidoscope in which one episode
dissolves into another like an absurd dream. Each episode lets you see some aspect of
yourself as a perceptive artist sees you, and the view is not always pleasant. What is the
“asylum?” Is it the world of “normal” people, or the rest of us? The feeling of Asylum is one
of space rather than a stage, a nameless place rather than a specific location; technical
theatricality must be minimized. By Jerome McDonough.