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26 More One Acts

The Firecracker Incident
Comedy/Drama | Cast: 4 to 10m., 5 to 10w., up to 10 either gender. | Area staging
Run time: 40 min. | Code: FE9000
Fourteen-year-old Joe’s parents are pretty tough. First, they moved his bedroom into his
little sister’s closet. Then they took away his door. And then, after he just “happened” to tie
one of her Barbie dolls to black cat firecrackers and exploded them in the backyard, they
grounded him for the entire summer. But when his only friend breaks him out in the middle
of the night, he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, which may mean the difference
between life and death. By Don Zolidis.

First Person Shooter
Drama | Cast: 5 to 10m., 4 to 10w., up to 10 either gender. | Minimal staging
Run time: 40 min. | Code: FE8000
After a horrific school shooting, a community is left to pick up the pieces. Why did this
happen? The only friend of the shooter, Tad, who managed to stop the killer early in the
rampage, blames himself. What’s it like to be the best friend of a killer? Tortured and guilty,
Tad is forced to examine his life and his relationship with his best friend—and where it went
wrong. Could he have stopped the shooting before it happened? Could he have talked
his friend out of it? First Person Shooter is a difficult and complex look at emotional abuse,
bullying and the tragedy of being an outcast. By Don Zolidis.

A Game

Drama/Farce | Cast: 4 either gender. | Simple set | Run time: 25 min. | Code: GB1000
Three people accept an invitation to take part in an experiment—a game in which a small
room is divided into three equal areas—one for each person. At intervals they recite a
slogan: “This is my land. It is mine. It is beautiful, and it is mine.” As the game progresses, we
see the drive that makes each human want to possess more than his neighbors—a drive that
causes hatred ... and starts wars. This play, which can be staged simply or with multimedia
effects, combines fantastical elements of the “theatre of the absurd” with realistic aspects of
the traditional theatre to produce a play with a powerful impact. By Dennis E. Noble.

Ghosts in the Machine
Comedy/Drama | Cast: 7 either gender. | Unit set | Run time: 40 min. | Code: GD9000
It begins after lunch on Melissa’s phone. Someone she doesn’t know is texting her looking
for a drug hook-up. Soon, seven very different high-school kids are getting bizarre texts
from numbers they don’t recognize—budding romances, bitter rivalries, even violent threats.
What’s going on? And what if it’s not people connecting with other people via their phones ALT. VERSION
… but phones trying to connect with other phones via their people? A one-act digital mystery AVAILABLE
for the mind and heart of the savvy texter. By Eric Coble.

The Girl in the Mirror
Drama | Cast: 6m., 8w., optional extras. | Area staging | Run time: 45 min. | Code: G41000
Seventeen-year-old Susan, who has attempted suicide, lies in a coma. Her doctor says,
“Whether she lives or dies now is a matter of her own will.” What goes on in Susan’s mind
is the play, which invites the audience to deduce Susan’s decision regarding life or death.
ALT. VERSION Thoroughly researched, this play is both an enthralling theatrical event and the basis for a
AVAILABLE
useful exploration of a tragic problem. By Bruce Jacoby.