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Deanna Ableser was the recipient of the 2006 VSA Playwright Discovery Teacher Award and was honored at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Competition One-Acts


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 One-Act Plays


   One-Act Plays  

The Adventures of Rocky & Skye by Kelly DuMar
Comedy. 30-35 minutes. 2-16 males, 2-21 females.
All ages.

Four characters grow up before our eyes as they journey from elementary to middle school in this fast-paced series of scenes that inspire us to appreciate the extraordinary moments of ordinary life.



Alice in Wonderland by Randy Wyatt

Adaptation. 35-45 minutes. 2 males, 2 females, 14+ either.
Suitable for all ages

Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry.



Carolina Dive by Neeley Gossett
Drama. 30-35 minutes. 2-4 males, 5-10 females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Jenna's plans to escape her small town through a diving scholarship are put in jeopardy when a dive damages her inner ear, and she can no longer keep her balance.



Creature Features (Modern Day Mutants) by Christian Kiley
Dramedy. 20-30 minutes. 7-9 either.
Middle school and older.

A group of students who each have a unique physical feature become an alliance of friends who must stand up for their originality against a group of students who want everyone to be normal.



Everybody Comes to Tim's by Allison Williams
Comedy. 25-35 minutes. 3-15 males, 3-15 females.
High school and older.

Mike's gotta break some...awkward...news to Tony, despite the doctors, tango dancers, and guerrilla platoon blocking his way.  Part of the "It Gets Better" project.



Goldilocks In Nurseryland by Trevor Suthers

Comedy. 30-40 minutes. 5-8 males, 6-7 females.
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

In the spirit of Shrek, this fractured fairy tale comically chronicles the exploits of Goldilocks as she flees the Three Bears and seeks asylum with the compulsive kisser Georgie Porgie and a host of nursery rhyme characters.



Goodness Gracious by Henry W. Kimmel
Comedy. 30-35 minutes. 3+ males, 3+ females.
High school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

A fractured fairy tale based on Little Red Riding Hood takes a contemporary comedic look at overcoming loneliness and self-pity.



Herby Alice Counts Down To Yesterday by Nicole B. Adkins
Comedy. 45-50 minutes. 3-7 males, 3-7 females, 4-20+ either.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of any age.

The universe may very well be at stake when Rose Plum pressures middle school rocket scientist Herby Alice to provide the juicy story she needs to get in good with the school broadcast elite.



  New AdditionJust Add Zombies by Jonathan Dorf

Comedy. 35-45 minutes. 3+ males, 8+ females.
Middle school and older.

When a desperate high school drama troupe gambles that adding a zombie or two to the cast will bring them enough audience to save their program, their hungry new actors threaten to change forever the meaning of "live theatre."



The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Jonathan Josephson
Adaptation. 25-30 minutes. 4+ males, 1+ female, 4+ either.
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

A theatrical adaptation of Washington Irving's timeless tale of Ichabod Crane, the fair damsel Katrina Van Tassel, and the most feared spectre of the realm, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.



Love (Awkwardly) (one-act version) by John Rotondo and Maryann Carolan

Comedy. 35-40 minutes. 4 males, 4 females, 3-6 either.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships and the moments that matter the most: the first kiss, flirting, dating, breaking up, going to college and what goes through their heads as they sit in the most boring class ever.

 



The Milli Vanilli Orchestra by Ed Shockley
Comedy. 30-35 minutes. 2-16 males, 2-21 females.
Middle school and older.

A young slacker tries to hide the incompetence of his band by lip syncing the William Tell Overture.



A Ninth Time by Danny Rothschild
Drama. 25-35 minutes. 4-24 males, 1-21 female.
High school and older.

When a storyteller tells the story of his tribe - of his past - what characters does he become?



Of Love and Shampoo by Jonathan Josephson
Comedy. 30-35 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
Suitable for high school and older performers and audiences.

Miles locks himself in the bathroom on the day he is supposed to meet his girlfriend’s parents.  Hilarity ensues.



Princess Pigface by Tommy Jamerson

Comedy. 30-40 minutes. 2 males, 1 female, 3-4 either.
Middle school and older actors, audiences of all ages.

When a beautiful princess is cursed with the face of a pig, she sets out on a magical journey - only to discover that true beauty is found within.



  New AdditionPurple Cows Do Exist by Keaton Cockrell

Comedy. 20-30 minutes. 2 males, 1 female, 4 either.
High school and older.

Maybe he's an artist...maybe he's an oddball...but teenage Shiloh knows one thing for sure:  his dreams are dying a slow death in suburbia, and it's time to escape before it's too late!



Reassembling Sasha by Patrick Gabridge
Comedy. 25-35 minutes. 1-3 males, 7-9 females.
High school and older.

Professor Sasha Marlowe's newest experimental device has split her into seven elemental parts, but now that they're free, not all of the elements of Sasha want to go back to the way things were before.



Scheme Space by Claudia Haas
Drama. 25-35 minutes. 2 males, 5 females.
High school and older.

Events rapidly "go viral" after a group of teens put an inappropriate photo online.



Secret Life Under the Stairs by Kris Knutsen
Young Audiences. 30-35 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
All ages.

A new kid shows up and disturbs the secret hideout of a group of misfits in this play about making friends, navigating change and exploring imaginative worlds lurking just beneath the stairs.



Sidekickin' It! by Adam J. Goldberg

Comedy. 23-30 minutes. 2 females, 6-9 either.
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

When the world's greatest supercriminal, Von Darkness, gets a new partner, the heroic Daybreak learns that he may need to reach out to succeed.  



  New AdditionThe Wheels Go Round and Round by Spencer Robelen

Comedy. 20-30 minutes. 3-4 males, 5-8 females.
High school and older.

A typical teenager's attempt to get his driver’s license turns into an epic struggle against unenthusiastic employees, catastrophic traffic, and violent parental guardians with anger management issues.



The Wild and Wacky Rhyming Stories of Miss Henrietta Humpledowning by Tom Smith
Comedy. 35-45 minutes. 2-7 males, 2-11 females, 4+ either.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

Four strange, funny, and offbeat stories told in rhyming couplets.



 
 
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