Category Archives: One act plays

plays in one act usually between 25-35 minutes long

JOHN PAUL EXCLUDED FROM PARADISE – a drama script about religion and faith

In this drama script about religion and faith, the Pope, John Paul who has died, approaches the pearly gates of Heaven accompanied by Michael. However, when he gets there, he is shocked to find that he is not allowed to pass through the gates by Peter. When he asks why, all the questionable things he used his power to do are called into question, and that, despite his great faith, these actions have led to him being excluded from paradise. This play brings up the question of faith, and belief and puts forward the point that, no matter how great your faith or how strongly you profess your faith, it is the work a person performs while they are alive that really count. It’s purpose is to get the audience thinking about the purpose and focus of faith, using the charismatic but controversial figure of John Paul II as the catalyst.

The author will allow workshopping of the play. Read more about playwright Mark Anthony

Author: Mark Anthony

Genre: Religious drama

Type: Full length one act play

Length: One hour, 1 hour

Number of Actors: Four, 3M, 1F

Ages of Actors: One elderly, the others can be of any age

Suitable for : All ages

Set: Simple – a large desk and a chair

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 – the play is basically a discussion and the challenge of the actors will be to keep the attention of the audience.

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Copyright August 2013 Mark Anthony and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this script? Looking for other meaningful or religious dramas?

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Blasphemous – a wicked tongue in cheek drama…set in hell

Boise, USA – play about the homosexuality scandal that enveloped the USA in the 1950’s.

Dramas, One act plays

A Contemporary Christmas Carol – Christmas plays

August 17, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

A CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS CAROL – CHRISTMAS PLAYS

In modern day Beverly Hills, high powered Talent and Literary agent Elgin Scroge goes about his daily business running the shop with his one employee, Bob Cricket. It is the Christmas season of the year and Bob wants to leave early so he can buy Christmas presents for his family and Elgin finally lets him go with comments about how Elgin is left again to run the business.

The day turns to night and Elgin, who lives in his agency, pulls out the Murphy bed and prepares to go to sleep. In the middle of the night he is wakened by sounds from the Spirit of Christmas past played by a puppet. The spirit takes Elgin back in time and allows him to see how the past has formed his present situation.

The play follows the Dickens story with the Spirit of Christmas present and Christmas future, both puppets, bringing Elgin’s life to a full circle and making him realize that he has not been the man he thought he was. The play is an updated version of, A Christmas Carol, including most of the cast from the original story.

Mark Mcquown is an award winning playwright and screenplay writer.

Author: Mark Mcquown

Genre: Christmas Play

Type: Long one act play.

Length: 90 Minutes. 1.5 hours

Ages of actors: Aged 11 and up to old age

Number of Actors: Twelve (12) as a minimum to Thirty Two (32) maximum. Some actors can play a no of smaller parts

Suitable for : All ages

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 – technical aspects with the ghosts and projecting scenes filmed previously on a big screen.

Set: Two main – an office cum bedroom – the main character lives in his office. The second is the Cricket household.

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Copyright August 2013 Mark McQuown and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Looking for something else? Have a look at our other Christmas scripts:

Santa’s Holiday – a South African Christmas play
Sleeping Beauty – a modern day pantomime
Shriek – hilarious panto fairytale for teens up

Children's, One act plays

Adventures of Moe Joe and Snowy in Lochloosa! – a children’s play

August 7, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE ADVENTURES OF MOE JOE AND SNOWY IN LOCHLOOSA – A CHILDREN’S PLAY

In this children’s play, the teacher, Miss Ann, reads to her class out of a book, ” The Adventures of Moe Joe and Snowy in Lochloosa.” As she reads, the imagination of the children transports them into the book to a house on a lake where their teacher, Miss Ann and the principal of the school, Mr Timothy are married. They live with a cat and a dog in the little house. There is also a fierce alligator living in the lake that wants to eat them, but they are protected by ‘Eagle Eyes’ who sees the alligator and keeps them safe from harm. The children from the school class also play the animal creatures in the book.

Authors: Michael Holtzhauer and Shirley Gambrell

Genre: Children’s Play

Type: Short one act play

Length: Twenty- twenty five minutes with scene changes. 20-25 min long play

Number of Actors: Seven, play for 7 actors

Ages of the actors : Two adult, rest children or early teens

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – easy script for the kids with lots of fun. There is a spider puppet

Set: Two simple sets – one a classroom with a board and desks and chairs, the other is a lakeside cabin.

Read about authors Michael Holtzhauer and Shirley Gambrell

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Comedies, One act plays

The Window – a one act about marriage

July 18, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE WINDOW – A one act about marriage

In this one act about marriage, Howie and Sheila have been happily married for about two years and are the typical young upper middle class couple, who go to the gym, eat right and know what they want from life. What Howie wants is to to go the theater, but what Sheila wants, is to knock a big hole into the wall where a painting of Howie’s is, so that she can have a window there instead.

This turns into a domestic spat, which isn’t helped by the arrival of Sheila’s hick cousin, Geri (Jerry), a know it all relation who has come to stay with them.

Leonard has written about a dozen full length plays and somewhat more one act plays. Some have won prizes: full length plays “Laramie, Equal Rights” and “Clara” won awards at the Shoreline Readers Theater, 2009 and 2010, in Washington State. “Road Rage” and “Apartment 4G” won in the 2010-2011 “Ink to Boards” One-Act Play Competition at Wildfire Arts. Several plays have been produced locally in the Seattle, Washington and in New York are others have been read at writers’ workshops, and some at festivals.

The author will allow workshopping of the play, subject to the right of refusal and he must be notified through us of any suggested modifications two weeks in advance.

Author: Leonard Goodisman

Type: One act play, one act about marriage

Genre: Comedy, drama-comedy

Length: Fifty to sixty minutes

Ages of actors: Two in late 20’s, one any age

Number of actors: Three, 3. Either 2M 1F or 2F 1M

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – it’s a character driven dry comedic piece

Set: Simple – an upmarket lounge or sitting room. The painting can be real or imagined.

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Cost is $6.50 for this play by award winning writer Leonard Goodisman

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Other plays by award winning writer Leonard Goodisman Read more about author Leonard Goodisman.

Like this one act about marriage? Fancy something different? Check out these plays that focus on relationships.

Arcanum – a one act comedy about friends and love
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Aldous remembers – a sweet romantic drama play
Taylor – a four act play about the loss of a spouse

Copyright July 2013 Leonard Goodisman and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Dramas, One act plays, Teens

Someone to Remember – One Act Teen Drama

June 30, 2013 Demmer Dewan 1 Comment

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SOMEONE TO REMEMBER – ONE ACT TEEN DRAMA

Someone to Remember is a one act teen drama that follows Jean, a young teen, who sees a ghost named Morgan. Together, they set out on daily “jobs” to prevent others from taking their lives. From friends to enemies, the pair takes on any challenge, with Jean testing the intentions of others.

But what happens when Jean is the one thrust into a world of mystery, where he/she is left to unravel the secrets that revolve around the enigmatic appearance of Morgan?

This is Jean’s story – a psychological drama and dark journey into the depths of human nature and free will that begs the question: who’s next?

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Norfolk State University – VA, USA – 2018
Norfolk State University – VA, USA – 2021
St. Mary’s Catholic School, TX, USA – 2023

Author: Ash Crestfelt

Type: One act play

Genre: Teen drama, one act teen drama

Length: Thirty minutes

Number of actors: Five all can be either sex.

Ages of actors: One young teen, three older teens, one adult.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – achieving the tension in this drama

Set: A house with a kitchen area, needs at least a table and some chairs. A blank space with a ledge/box to climb on.

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Copyright June 2013 Ash Crestfelt and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Looking for something similar?

Rebecca, The Child – a one act teen play about peer pressure and growing up
Family exercise – a short one act family drama with a teen and adult cast
Anna, alone – a one act drama about a girl with multiple personality disorder
Shriek, the fairytale – a full length funny musical fairytale for middle and high school

One act plays, Teens

Rebecca, the child – a short one act for teenagers

June 20, 2013 Demmer Dewan 1 Comment

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one act for teenagers

REBECCA, THE CHILD – A SHORT ONE ACT FOR TEENAGERS

Rebecca and her friend, Claire are seventeen and at a point in their lives when they feel that they should ‘be adults’ and do the things that adults do. Claire has met a couple of guys who she says would be happy to ‘help them out.’ But Rebecca is unsure whether she is ready for the experience. A short one act for teenagers and high school students that deals with the subject of peer pressure and growing up.

Author: Timothy Tarkelly

Genre: Teen drama

Type: Short one act for teens

Length: 5 – 7 minutes.

Actors: 2F, two teenage girls

Ages of actors: Mid to late teens

Set: Simple – a public phone and the idea of it being on a street somewhere

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – a short easy play for teenage girls

Timothy Tarkelly is a student at Fort Hays State University where he studies theater and English. He has had stories published in anthologies such as Cover of Darkness and Zombie Tales, and has had stories featured in online publications such as Apocrypha and Abstractions, microhorror.com and, dailylove.net.

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Bob – a 5 minute comedy skit
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Wandering Bard’s tale – fairytale in one act for younger teens
A three act play set in Olde England for high school students

Dramas, One act plays

Blasphemous Rumours – a hellish tongue in cheek drama in one act

June 12, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS – A hellish tongue in cheek drama in one act

Meet Shelby – he’s the general manager for hell. It’s his job to welcome the new recruits, and assign them. Unfortunately hell is running out of space and so….the new recruits are given one last chance. If they can prove why they don’t belong in hell, they will be free to go. Each new recruit is given a T-8 form to fill out, submit and then the wait begins in this drama in one act.

Blasphemous rumours follows three sets of recruits, from the stoner teen killed at the Greenday concert to the God Fearing Southern minister’s wife – they’re all there and ready to prove they’re worthy. Or not….

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Azle High School, TX, USA – 2021
Hobart High Theatre, IN, USA – 2022
Monaghan Dramatic Society, Monoghan, Ireland – 2023

Author: Agustin D. Martinez

Genre: Drama, full length one act drama play

Type: Full length one act play

Length: Just over an hour

Suitable for: PG 10.

Ages of actors: 16 to 50 or middle aged

Number of actors: Eight 8 actors, 4M 4F

Set: Simple. There are no visible walls. Two hanging window frames on USL and USR. A black backdrop is all that is seen through and around the frames. the audience sees a comfortably furnished room with a writing desk, chairs but no bed. Silk plants decorate the room, giving the room dimension, and a tropical, relaxed atmosphere, as that of a cozy hotel room, cheaply furnished.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – the characters themselves have good stage directions Playing them realistically and not over the top is the challenge.

The play must be produced as it is written. Read more about author Agustin D. Martinez

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Copyright June 2013 Agustin D. Martinez Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this script? Want something different? See these other off beat dramas and comedies.

Death of a Gerbil – a one act dark comedy about waking up to find you’re dead
You do love me, don’t you? A funny but scary one act thriller about bringing that new boy home to meet the folks…
The Appointment with God – drama in one act about a mysterious life and death phone call
War Stories – a three act cop drama where some cops go bad

Comedies, One act plays

The Wingman – a ten minute comedy script

June 5, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE WINGMAN – A TEN MINUTE COMEDY SCRIPT

In this fast paced ten minute comedy script, Walt Henry takes out young and shy Paul Jameson to a local nightclub, supposedly to woo and groom him for a big new position in Walt’s new company. He makes young Paul his ‘Wingman’ for the night and hints at Paul retaining this coveted position in the future as well. Walt Henry talks the talk and walks the walk and seems cocky and confident. But is Walt really who he seems to be?

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Eastlake High School Drama, FL, USA – 2017
Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art, Australia – 2017

Author: Brian Mitchell

Genre: Comedy, dry comedy

Type: One 1 act play

Length: Ten minute comedy script

Number of actors: Three 3, 2M, 1F, two men one woman

Ages of actors: 20’s-30’s aged twenty to late thirties

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – simple script, funny lines, easy set

Set: Can be an empty stage or anything that would give the illusion of a nightclub or bar

The author will allow workshopping of this script. Read more about playwright Brian Mitchell.

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Copyright June 2013 Brian Mitchell Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this script? Want something different? See these other short comedy scripts in our selection:

A blind date – a best selling short one act comedy about two misfits trying to get together
Bob – a 5 minute comedy skit about a play audition
Road rage – a tongue in cheek short comedy
Guy meets Girl – a one man comedy about the thoughts in a typical guy’s head

Comedies, One act plays

Cancelled – award winning one act farce

May 29, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

In this one act farce, set in a studio in a radio station in the 1940’s, the cast of a popular radio show are held hostage by one of the show’s sponsors, Monty Navoli, who is furious that the show has been cancelled, and who also, unfortunately, appears to be a member of the mob. When it is discovered that the producer of the show, Walter St. Paul, has taken Monty Navoli’s money and spent it himself, Monty threatens to shoot him unless the show goes on air one last time. It all falls hilariously apart as the actors struggle to produce a whole show with only a few pages of script, no sound man and a gun pointed at their heads.

The play was selected as a finalist in Riant Theatre’s 2008 Strawberry One-Act Festival, and placed second in the Little Theatre of Alexandria’s 2009 one-act playwriting competition.

Performance history:

Meadville Community Theatre – 2015
Great River School, MN, USA – 2017
Iver Heath Drama Club, Buckinghamshire, UK – 2018
The Fenn School, MA, USA – 2019
Moruya Red Door Theatre Company Inc, NSW, Australia – 2019
Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science – MS, USA – 2019
Buck’s Rock Camp, CT, USA – 2019
IMCOM G9 Army Entertainment, Bavaria US Army Base – 2019
Salterton Drama Club, Exeter, United Kingdom – 2020
Bow Valley High School, Alberta, Canada – 2020
St Francis de Sales College, SA, Australia – 2020
Pulaski County High School Drama Club, KY – USA – 2021
Diva Las Vegas & Company, NV, USA – 2022
Rightway Club, WI, USA – 2022
Plymouth Congregational Church, KS, USA – 2022
Port Huron Civic Theatre. MI, USA – 2022
Rocky Hill Country Day School, RI, USA – 2023
Sherborne School, Dorset – United Kingdom – 2023

Author: M. Robert Grunwald

Genre: Comedy, farce

Type: One act farce

Length: Fifty minutes 50 min

Suitable for: All ages

Number of actors: Eleven actors and 4 non speaking policemen. 9M 2F as the main characters

Ages of the actors: Various – twenties to seventies, 20s-70s

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – acting one part in real life and another ‘on the air’

Set: The Los Angeles studio of a radio show, 1940. Six microphones stand at front stage right, a sound effects station is at stage left. The walls are soundproofed appropriately, and an ON-AIR light hangs above a door at the back of the studio. There is a long table at the back.

The author states that the play should be produced unaltered. Read more about playwright M. Robert Grunwald

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Copyright 2008 M. Robert Grunwald Off The Wall Plays

Like this script? Read some of our other one award winning and best selling one act comedies:

A cut above the rest – a one act farce – two jewel thieves ‘attempt’ to steal the fabulous Devonport diamonds

Naked – a one act play about internet dating and ‘not being quite yourself online’

The love of cheesecake – 2 slightly frumpy adults try to get their love lives back on track with hilarious consequences

Arcanum – a one act comedy about friends and love

Dramas, One act plays

Restaurants at Beautiful Times – one act drama for four actors

May 19, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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RESTAURANTS AT BEAUTIFUL TIMES – ONE ACT DRAMA FOR FOUR ACTORS

In this one act drama for four actors, the stage and the actor’s lives are divided into the ‘restaurant’ and the ‘place where the food is prepared.’ Jean and Myceneaus live and work in the place where the food is prepared. They have never known another existence, and theirs is grim existence at best. Their only interaction is with the head waiter who liaises between both sides of the stage – both worlds, as it were. This one act drama for four actors compares the worlds of the very rich and the very poor, and plays on the fact that neither side has any no idea what happens on ‘the other side.’ The play has been produced in Las Vegas by the Nevada Conservatory Theatre and in New York by Working Man’s Clothes thus far.

The author would request that he approves/disapproves any dialogue changes or renaming of characters, but genders may be altered at the theatre’s discretion. Read more about David McGinnis

Author: David McGinnis

Genre: Drama

Type: One Act Play

Suitable for: All ages

Number of actors: four, 4

Ages of actors: Middle aged actors

Set: Simple. A table, a chair, a rope hung from the fly/ceiling/rafters, and some clutter in Jean and Myceneaus’ area.

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – achieving tension and maintaining it

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Copyright 2010 David McGinnis Off The Wall Play Publishers

Biography, Dramas, One act plays

Disney in Deutschland – drama play about Hitler + Walt Disney

May 15, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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DISNEY IN DEUTSCHLAND – DRAMA PLAY ABOUT HITLER + WALT DISNEY

In August, 1935, Walt Disney and his wife Lillian were invited by the League of Nations (in Paris) to receive a prize for the international popularity of Mickey Mouse. As this was Walt’s first holiday in years, he suggested they make it a tour of Europe. The well-known animator was invited by dignitaries of all sorts, including Mussolini. The Volkische Beobachter, the official newspaper in the new Nazi Germany, welcomed Disney as ‘a hero against the Jews of Hollywood,’ and it is recorded that he met with Hitler in Munich. What they said at their meeting, and precisely where it happened, is still unclear, but Disney was known to have admired Hitler back in the US, even attending bund rallies in support of the Nazis. (See DISNEY’S WORLD by Leonard Mosley, and other sources). Disney also expressed antipathy toward the growing union movements in the Hollywood studios, calling them a Jewish conspiracy. And indeed, in 1938, Disney invited Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to Hollywood, where her visit was roundly boycotted by other studio heads.

The Neutschwanstein Castle (referred to in the play) was designed by Ludwig of Bavaria in the 1860s, to celebrate the music dramas of Richard Wagner. This castle’s design is remarkably similar to the Sleeping Beauty castle used in most Disney theme parks to this day; and it was one of the Fuhrer’s favourite places. ‘Disney in Deutschland’ is a full length one act biography based on these very events. Warning: Because of the nature of the play about Hitler and Walt Disney, the characters it contains do make some anti Semitic remarks and references, which may offend sensitive readers.

Author: John Powers

Genre: Biography, Drama play about Hitler

Type: Full Length One Act Play

Length: 1.5 -2 hours

Suitable for: All ages

Ages of actors: 30’s to late 40’s, thirty to late forties

Number of actors: Six, 6 4M, 2F

Set: Simple – long elegant table upstage centre, projection of the Alps upstage through the windows and a model of ‘The New Germania’ – the new capital of the Third Reich they were designing in the foreground.

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Dramas, One act plays

Family Exercise – short one act dramas

April 18, 2013 Demmer Dewan 2 Comments

FAMILY EXERCISE – SHORT ONE ACT DRAMAS

This short one act play, written entirely in free verse is an excellent short festival play. It highlights a typical family at the moment when everyone in the family finds out a big secret – that ‘dad’ has been having an affair with his son’s school teacher and that they have an illegitimate three year old son together. It is told from the son’s perspective as the events unfold in front of him. The mother, father, daughter and her Pilot boyfriend are active participants in the son’s simply told story. Great example of short one act dramas.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Northwood High School, MD, USA – 2016
Frontier Academy, CO, USA – 2017

Author: Eldad Cohen

Type: One act play, one-act 1 act play

Genre: Family drama, short one act dramas

Number of actors: Five 5, 3M, 2F

Ages of the actors: 1M 1F middle aged, 1M twenties 20’s, 1F older teen, 1M boy 8-12

Suitable for: PG 10

Set: Minimal 3 chairs only

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – getting the audience to set the scene in their minds with minimal set

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Like this play? Other family dramas we have available for your enjoyment:

Memory Palace – family drama spanning generations about a family home and moving on
Daughter like you – family drama about losing a child
Irish Jack – family comedy drama about marrying outside your culture

Dramas, One act plays

The Appointment With God – a one act family drama

April 11, 2013 Demmer Dewan 1 Comment

THE APPOINTMENT WITH GOD – A ONE ACT FAMILY DRAMA

This is a one act family drama about a husband and wife who have moved to the USA in order to attain ‘the good life’ and yet live past each other, remaining happy in their own little worlds. All seems to be going as normal when Frank receives a mysterious phone call. He is not exactly sure who it is that called him and set a very important appointment for later the very same day. He is told it is a matter of life or death that he is at the appointment, and so reluctantly he agrees and cancels his golf game to be there. June, his wife, who tends to be a bit self obsessed and materialistic, assumes it is a big promotion from work with a great move and loads more money. Little do they know who really called that day…

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Franklin and Friends one act play festival, South Africa
International Theatre Studio (ITS), Malaga, Spain – 2018

Author: Dave Morgan

Genre: Family Drama

Type: One act play, one-act play, 1 act play

Length: Thirty minutes

Suitable for : All ages

Actors: 1M 2 F, one man two women

Ages of actors: All the their 30’s-40’s

Level of Difficulty: 5-6/10 – the play has full stage directions which can very easily be followed

Set: Two or three piece lounge suite, coffee table with a telephone, a door on stage right, with another door leading off the the kitchen stage left, various ornaments and a drinks cabinet.

The play must be produced unaltered.

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Dramas, One act plays

Shapeless – a full length one act dark satire about body size

April 3, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

SHAPELESS – A FULL LENGTH ONE ACT PLAY

Shapeless is a full length one act play within a play about body image and eating disorders. In this play, four actors are trying to put on a comedy play that deals with body size and shape. Each actress is of a particular size – there is a slightly anorexic girl, a girl with a medium figure and one that is quite overweight. The male character, Mike has written the script and in the play that he has written, he highlights those things that ‘aren’t talked about’ in society, openly mocking the very large and the very thin. The characters bring their own personal experiences and angst to their performances which leads to a build up of tension between the girls as they begin to run each other down ‘in the play’ but start taking it personally in real life. Although the script the players are putting on is comedic, I would class this play as a drama or a very dark satire.

SHAPELESS was produced by Weird Sister Productions at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto and had a very successful run there. Then it was produced again for the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week at the Robert Gill Theatre in Toronto.

Further Production History

Los Medanos Community College, CA, USA – 2017
Artists Playground, QUEZON, Philippines – 2018

“I, Sean always thought it would make a great touring play. Little set, few actors, a good message while be entertaining at the same time.”

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Dreamtime – story about the notorious murder of two professors by teens
Lady T – teen drama with an imaginary friend
Survivors include – play about teen suicide

Comedies, One act plays

Strip me to the bone – one act sex comedy

March 20, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

STRIP ME TO THE BONE – A ONE ACT SEX COMEDY

In this one act sex comedy, Michelle is about to be married to Matthew when her ex, Peter comes back into her life. Peter is everything Matthew isn’t – fun and dangerous, but he has also cheated on Michelle in the past. It’s the night of Michelle’s bachelorette party, and the girls, Samantha, Carol and Claire are surprising her with a male stripper at the notorious ‘Peacock Palace.’ Things get a little out of hand and they end up back at home with the the ‘naked’ stripper. To make matters worse, Peter has spent the night with Michelle and Matthew is on his way over.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Virginia Wesleyan University, VA, USA – 2017
River Valley Players Association, AB, Canada – 2019

Author: Ashley Nader

Genre: Sex comedy, naughty comedy, dirty comedy

Type: One act play

Length: Twenty to Twenty five minutes. 20-25 minutes

Number of actors: 4, four women, 4 female 4F

Ages of actors: late 20’s to late 30’s

Suitable for: PG 18

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – an easy script with good dirty lines.

Set: 2 sets – one a nightclub – a bar with bar stools and the second, an ordinary lounge.

Ashley is a small play festival award winning author and has walked away with Best Script, Best Play and Best Director for two of his previous plays, The love of Cheesecake and My Middle Name is Angry Read more about playwright Ashley Nader