ONE ACT PLAYS
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ONE ACT PLAYS – TEN MINUTES OR LESS
A Gift – ten minute drama play for two male actors
A House of Dolls – script about a crazy man obsessed family
A Likely Story – five minute comedy filler
A Walk in the Park – five minute romantic drama for seniors
After the Pyre – male monologue. When you’re left to pick up the pieces
Attorney skit – we’ll get what you paid for!
Bad News, Pluto!ten minute comedy sketch
Barfly – ten minute romantic comedy about a blind date
Barred – short one act for 4 actors
Believe – ten minute play scripts
Benny and Boris – ten minute poignant comedy for two mature actors
Better safe than sorry – ten minute comedy script
A Christmas Carol – Christmas skits
Art Talk – comedy skits for three actors
Becoming Disappeared – short eerie sci fi script for 2M
Bob – a comedy skit in 5 minutes
Call of the riled – short skit for Thanksgiving
Cuckold – ten minute period play
Cupid’s Bad day – skit for Valentine’s day
Disharmony commercial – short comedy skit about a dating agency
Doctor Duplicate – short medical skit
Down by the River – romantic comedy script
Dueling Chefs – short skit on when chefs fight
ESPN, B.C. – teen action comedy script
Family exercise – a short one act drama
Family Separation – comedy sketch about parents separating..from their kids
Frederick J. Prescott – one act funeral home comedy
God’s visit – funny script about when you say ‘Oh God,’ and she appears!
Gray Matters – funny monologue about the guy who runs your brain
Handsome and Griddle – short skit on Hansel and Gretel
Hell Froze over – comedy script about sports taken a BIT too far
Holiday shorts – collection of short plays for the holidays
Hossback – a satire with cowboys in the old west
Insurance on the line – ten minute comedy plays
Jars – drama about love between two women
Judge Chewout – courtroom comedy skit
Juleo and Romiet – skit on Romeo and Juliet
Lady Killers – four monologues by women who kill or have killed
Launching a kid’s comedy club – book of skits
Lemonade Gurus – comedy about two down and out clowns setting up a lemonade stand
Life of a Salesman – funny play for a cast of 5
Listen – monologue about post traumatic stress disorder
Little Red Walking Hood – skit on little red riding hood
King of the Sea – short children’s play
Matter Matters – ten minute comedy for two actors
Maya from Madurai – a drama about drugs
More Pasta – ten minute comedy about veganism
Mother – a comedy about being politically (in)correct
My Child – a short drama about a baby both wanted and unwanted
My Little Mermaid – skit on The Little Mermaid
Odin and Christ – short comedy for the non religious
One fine day in the operating room – short medical skit
One Hot Knight – comedy skit for 4 actors
Orphan Antsy – skit on the musical Annie
Out on a date – short romantic comedy
Puppet show – a short children’s play
Questions – ten minute murderous drama for three actresses
Read about it – comedy when two middle aged widowed people meet at the bus stop
Rhetorical – one act couple drama
Road Rage – a tongue in cheek short comedy
Sketches – a collection of comedy and drama sketches for teens
So Easy, a Caveman can do it – short skit about inventing the wheel
Space Shenanigans – children’s comedy set in space!
Start Wreck – short skit on Star Trek
Static – short female monologue about working out
Sticky – short farcical comedy about a cheating husband
Stone Cold Sober – monologue by a child of an alcoholic
Street Theatre – short comedy for three actors set in an ordinary diner
Stuffed Panda – monologue for 1F about alcoholism
Sunday in the park with Phil – short two person skit about true love – in any form!
Survivors include – one act teen drama about teen suicide
The associate – short drama script about the effects of infidelity in a marriage for two actors
The Audition – 10 minute comedy
The book of souls – teen drama about bringing loved ones back from the dead
The Bowl of Soup – a play about her. She’s leaving him and he’s eating a bowl of soup. Award winner
The Dane – ten minute comedy script about a Hamlet audition
The fence – ten minute comedy about relationships
The happy Hornbill – play script about spousal abuse
The Intruder – script about two homeless people who outwit a young journalist
The Investigation – ten minute award winning drama script
The Makeover – comedy about seeing an old flame again
The masked avenger – superhero skit
The Mirror – a collection of ten minute plays by an award winning author
The mystery of the missing meatball – play for younger children
The Right Approach – Ten Minute Comedy about a Brothel
The Ship has sailed – ten minute drama about asking her out, way too late
The Wingman – a ten minute comedy script for three actors
The Witch’s Cackle – one act ghost story for Halloween
Trump: Wolf of Pennsylvania Avenue – Trump comedy sketch
Two Cats, no Dogs – award winning ten minute comedy for two actors
Two cousins and a Pizza – Italian American ten minute comedy play
Undressed – monologue about being a stripper
V for What? ten minute adult comedy
Waiting – short romantic comedy about a blind date
What the old guy said – funny senior monologue
When Santa got caught – skit for the holidays
Why shoot your husband? Ten minute drama scripts
Would you let me fini…sh? Skit for two ‘psychic’ women
Ye’ll vote for me – short Irish political skit
Yoo Hoo, Mister Solomon – ten minute comedy scripts
You wanted to see me? Comedy sketch about being late for work
ONE ACT PLAYS – TEN TO TWENTY FIVE MINUTES
343 Union Street – comedy about living in Brooklyn
A Beatle’s story – play about the Beatles and how they formed
A Blind Date – a short one act romantic comedy
A Second Chance – a group of dead people are given a chance to change events in history
A Tale of Two Balconies – modern Romeo and Juliet meet the old versions in this comedy
Adventures of Mojoe and Snowy in Lochloosa – a children’s play
Am I good – one act comedy script for 1 teen 2 adults
Anna, alone – one act drama about a girl dealing with multiple personality disorder
Arcanum – one act comedy about friends and love
Behind the nets – one act 1930’s period drama script
Bertie – one act thriller for a cast of 3
Childish Authors – comedy about two authors and a room full of kids
But I’m French – a one act romantic comedy for two actors
Cheeky – short one act comedy about a butt that’s damn cheeky
Chicken, airbags and wors – South African comedy scripts
Choices – South African plays for teenagers
Church of Satan – religious satire script
Dislocations – drama about an African American man lost in the wrong place at the wrong time
Don’t Knock – comedy thriller script
Don’t Shrink Me! – one act comedy script
Dreidel – Jewish children’s plays
For never, not always – one act comedy scripts
Gatecrashers – one act comedy about a wedding crashing elderly couple
Gorgeous – one act comedy about a horrible, horrible audition
Guy meets Girl – a one man comedy show or routine about the thoughts in a typical guy’s head.
Happy Reality – fairytale story for adults
If God Ate Fried Chicken – a short farcical comedy
He’s a Nervous Nellie – absurd comedy script
Home – romantic one act drama for two actors
Imperfectly serious absurd comedy script
In the Drink – one act melodrama plays 1M 1F
Lady Killers – three monologues by women who kill or have killed
Love in the time of Tourette’s – one act romantic comedy for 4 actors
Luke Warm – a bizarre superhero beats villain comedy
Mateo falcone – classic tragedy in one act
Meeting Meryl – short comedies, theatre of the absurd
Miss Independent – one act comedy about what not to do when your marriage goes down the toilet
Murder in the Asylum – absurd whodunit script
Oedipus the play – classic Greek mythological tale in the format of a play
Never alone – play about teen depression
Roots and wings – award winning two hander drama for two men
Snow in July – a collection of one act plays
The Case of Ivan Kane – serial killer script
The coming of Jed Crest – British one act comedy plays
The Duck of the Baskervilles – punful Sherlock Holmes play
The Encounter – romantic drama for two actors
The End of Class – Teen sci-fi comedy
The Game of Life – one act comedy plays for 6 actors
The Girl who Didn’t Exist – one act drama for 4 actors
The Golden years – comedy script for seniors
The Most Important Thing – Christian one act drama
Mysterious Death of Christine Wilde – young actress with promising career dies
My Middle Name is Angry – a Two-hander comedy in one act
Naked! A One Act Play about the pitfalls of Internet Dating
Ralph – film noir style whodunit
Restaurants at Beautiful times – a one act drama for four actors
Strip me to the bone – a one act sex comedy about a bachelorette party gone wrong
Surprises – short one act drama for two women
Thank you for shopping Hoochum’s bargain basement – funny thriller script
The Any Key – short monologues for men
The Basement – a one act comedy thriller
The Call Centre – short comedy sketch about insurance call centre
The Chase – 1950’s period British romantic comedy
The Chicken or the Egg – a political satire
The love of Cheesecake – adult comedy in one act
The Perfect Partnership – romantic comedy for 3 actors
The Restaurants are Screaming – award winning period drama play
The Safety Officer – one act comedy for amdram
The Test – comedy about taking a pregnancy test
The Vampire Drudgeries – teen comedy about a rebellious vegetarian vampire
The Wilting Press – when a flower represents your encounter with a helpful stranger
Think before you vote – South African school story
Two Brothers – a two hander one act play
Waiting – the battle of the sexes in the queue to go to the loo for 1M 1F
Wall Flower house – a play about conquering agoraphobia
When summer dies of shame – one act drama for three actors
White widow – teen ghost story script
Who..you..me..someone –
the whodunit where someone definitely did it!
Wilson – one act duologue for 1M 1F
You do what you can – parody on Macbeth
ONE ACT PLAYS – TWENTY FIVE TO FORTY MINUTES
A Castle:Broken Apart ten minute drama for a cast of 3
A Cut Above the Rest – Farce in one act
A Love, never forgotten – comedy – drama for mature actors set in a retirement home
A Manger Carol – a Nativity Play for kids and teens
A Man’s home – one act American drama
A major for Dixie comedy about running for mayor
A Payment Unkind – one act about sexual exploitation in the entertainment industry
A Puzzle for two – a philosophical play
A Tale of Two Balconies – modern Romeo and Juliet meet the old versions in this comedy
Agatha the ugly – period drama about friendship
Alien research – funny play for primary school children
Antigone – Greek Tragedy script
Ascorbic Acid Freak – dark comedy about HIV in the 1980’s
Awaiting patients – comedy for high school festivals
Boy-1 – science fiction play for teens
Cancelled – an award winning one act farce set in a 1940’s radio studio
Chicken salad – drama for two women
Choice – hard hitting British drama scripts
Crossword – British award winning play about murder
Death of a Gerbil – one act comedy about waking up to find you’re dead, really.
Dinner at Dario’s – romantic gay comedies
Don’t Bank on it – one act comedy for 5 actors
Extra Lessons – a high school one act comedy where the boy kisses the teacher
Faith – an abused woman’s story in one act
Final Conversations – award nominated short drama about the last morning a son spends on earth
First to see the lights go on -drama about postnatal depression
Foreign gifts – powerful play for teens/young people about communism and capitalism
Frida and Diego – play about Frida Kahlo
Friends and Family – teen drama script
Getting this close – teen romantic comedy for high school
Goddle – sci-fi comedy scripts
In tents – one act teen play about bullying
Irish Jack – drama comedy about marrying outside your culture
Is this seat taken? Award winning British one act comedy drama
Joined at the hip – South African comedy scripts
Jinxed – insane one act comedy script
Jump – one act drama about teen suicide
Jumping the league – comedy about a priest who doesn’t want to be
Lady T – one act drama for high school and drama college
Le Shaggy dog – award winning comedy set in wartime France
Lonely heart – one act comedy about a scam
Love is a stranger – British one act about forbidden love
Lovely, dark and deep – one act sci fi drama about a man’s journey to another world
Lovely to look at – comedy about community theatre
Madrababes – fun filled one act musicals
Mirror – play for younger teens
Molly and the magic phone – musical for children
No Year’s Eve – comedy about the world ending on New Year’s Eve
Nothing personal, just business – funny one act script
Now boarding – one act comedy for 3 women on a plane
On Golden Wings – play about composer Guiseppe Verdi
On How to Accommodate Marlo’s Frying Pan – one act comedy for a cast of 5
Over my dead Body – award winning funny ghost story about 2 ghosts who won’t be evicted
Prelude to Macbeth – award winning modern Shakespeare play
Road toll – one act drama for 4 actors
Sarah wants the moon – one act period comedy scripts
Six Accusers – Christian one act plays
Six days till Sunday – one act play for teens and amdram
Someone to remember – a one act teen drama
Squawk – thirty minute comedy about a recurring dream. Or is it an avian nightmare?
Starline 117 – a man is found waiting at the airport for a flight that will never come…
Stirred, not Shaken…. farce in one act with the usual dead body
The Actors – a comedy about the afterlife
The Appointment with God – a one act family drama
The Best Policy –
when your spouse dies and you think he’s been having an affair
The Box – one act drama script
The Fourth Wall – teen one act adventure comedy
The Gold Locket – family saga about a mysterious romance in the past…
The Pendragon Sacrifice – award winning play about Merlin and King Arthur
The Pied Piper of Hawaii (Trouble in the wild west)
The Play’s the thing – one act about an (almost) perfect murder
The Smith Mountain Hunting Club – when the new guy in your hunting club is not what he seems
The Tell Tale Teacher – Award winning children’s adventure comedy play
The things that happen in New York – drama about a young couple losing their apartment
The three unwise men – spoof nativity play
The Wrong side of the Road – teen drama about a fatal accident
Thirty Deep – American one act comedy about a taxidermist and an unusual request
This Seat’s Taken – one act romantic comedy about OCD
Three’s a crowd – drama about a love triangle between a girl and two gay guys
Uncovered – romantic drama script for 1M 1F
Ursula – fairytale about a princess who escapes her imprisonment in a castle by turning into a bear
Used hearts – romantic drama script
Villains incorporated – award winning Teen one act
Virtual Frenemies – a funny one act about online gaming rivalry
You Do Love Me, Don’t You – a Scary Psycho Thriller in One Act
Zombies in the Staffroom – detention has never been so fun. Or so deadly…
ONE ACT PLAYS – FORTY FIVE MINUTES PLUS
A Contemporary Christmas Carol – a modern day Scrooge story
A country reunion – American comedy about hicks and a bottle o’ moonshine
A Deep Rural Tract – American court case drama script
A field of Glory – American Civil War Drama
Adam and Yoshi – award winning poignant comedy
Aladdin – comedy script for kids and amdram
An Empty Chair – drama in one act
And all his Songs were Sad – biography of Sean McCarthy
Baggage claim – British tense drama scripts
Blasphemous Rumours – a satirical drama. Set in hell.
Carmilla – stage play script about vampires
Chatter – a love story and a case of mistaken identity in one act
Christopher goes through a Breakup – hilarious one act about being dumped
Clear as Clear – a one act cowboy drama
Disney in Deutschland – a biography about the relationship between Hitler and Walt Disney
Dr Kritzinger’s Twelve O’clock – award winning play about the creation of the Holocaust
Father – one act comedy about a priest who gets stuck with it all on his first day
Fervan Cerato Does Not Exist – political drama set in a dictatorship
Finding my Root – South African Monologue
Hang ups – funny one act musicals
He’s Behind You – a comedy, whodunit and pantomime rolled into one
Holiday shorts – collection of short plays for the holidays – 60 min total
Love, Norman – drama about suicide, family and all that comes with it
Marvin’s Fetish – gay drama for two actors
Scream – one act apocalyptic suspense thriller
Second Glance – one hour drama about estranged family
Style – one act drama about factory workers on the line
The astounding works of Simon Trout – hilarious teen one act
The Pen – South African Play Scripts about love, reality and fantasy
The Visit – French family drama
Riding a Peacock -African American Family Drama
Shapeless – a full length one act satire dealing with eating disorders
Stag – a two-hander drama script for two men
Taken to Tusk – an off the wall comedy
The Beach House – dramedy about a rich family that’s falling apart
The Condition – a one act drama
The Devil Dances – a sex drama in one act
The Dummies Guide to saving the USA – CIA comedy script
The Faun – a fictional drama about Michelangelo
The Franklin Franklin Show – comedy about a retired boxer turned talk show host
The Great Incan Treasure of Confusion plays for high school about pirates, treasure and Arrgh!!!
The Mistress of Wholesome – a comedy where the mistress takes on the wife
The Simple Hard – a South African township drama
The Window – a one act comedy-drama about marriage
There was a great BIG MOOSE! – horror satire set in a small Canadian town
To Be a tree – play about the environment
Trailer Trash – a drama for four actors
Transcendental Exercises – drama about a marriage falling apart from a seed of doubt
Twisted Lucy Fans – dark comedy about Lucille Ball fans
Two Many Witnesses – a courtroom drama script in one act
Verbal prostitution – a psychological drama for four actors
Waiting for Nelson – South African Drama play
What’s on Your Mind – a comedy of the absurd
When was 1916? Irish play about the Easter Rising
Hello! Just out of curiosity, how long does the publishing process usually take for one act plays on this website?
Hi there,
At the moment we have quite a few submissions so from the time you submit the script to publishing it can be around 16 weeks.
Thanks,
Dewan Demmer
Sorry, I meant to say: REGARDING MY PLAY, DISNEY IN DEUTSCHLAND, would you please spell Deutschland in the title correctly, like so? JJPOWERS
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