One-act Stories

- Setting: in a dense forest, during the holidays; simple, with props - Characters: 1. Ash (A lad. Deceased. Good-natured, thoughtful) 2. Amy (Alive. More expe...

Daniel Underwood went to see a play. He just didn't realize he was in it. "The Waiting Room is a laugh-a-minute theatrical ride. A cross between Waiting for Godot...

In this one-act play, a girl is tormented by figures in her mind trying to get her to remember who she is and why she is trapped in this room. She can not remember her...

The slowly crumbling marriage of 60 somethings Gina and Otis, native Philadelphians, seems to be reaching its demise within the pages of this comedic one-act play. It's...

A short One act play that keeps your attention with a little twist at the end. What happens when two girls who have just moved to new-york city decide to go to the loca...

A very short one-act written for one my theatre classes about 2 years ago. Thought I should put something on here so my profile isn't totally blank. Who knows, maybe I...

Counter Talk is a on-act play that centers around a waitress in a city diner. Did you ever wonder what is going on in the lives of all of the people at the different ta...

Four fresh-faced actors are given the roles of their lifetimes, but what happens when they are asked too much of themselves?

A pair of directors have to decide what the next play they are going to do at their theatre is going to be, but they struggle to find the "perfect play". While...

Jack Bender is an undercover F.B.I. sleeper agent in Baghdad, Iraq. When he is called into the field, Jack thinks his mission of finding a terrorist in a local martial a...

Griffin has struggled with bipolar disorder since middle school. It was always hard for him to keep his grades up, deal with his psychosis, and live a normal life. But h...

This is the story of a woman who wants to film the experience she had as a child, which cost her trauma, and she wants the outcome of her film is to rise above poverty a...

Jordon House is an up and coming young doctor in NYC. When the United States goes to war with Germany, he is drafted into the military. Shipped over seas against his wil...

Written for the Quarantine Playwriting Bake-Off 2020, "In Ireland" tells the story of Calvin and Jo and the unknowns the couple faces when separated by the sud...

A one act play about our own perceptions of reality trough the character of Tessa, a girl on trial for the murder of her sister's abusive boyfriend. We are shown the dif...