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Topic: Royalty-Free One Act Small Cast

Posted By: bthrustr
Subject: Royalty-Free One Act Small Cast
Date Posted: 8/04/05 at 8:04pm

This is a great resource for play reading!

Our theater is doing a fund raising cruise (see "Money Talk" under the Administration category for more details on that) that involves choosing a cast from those that sign up for the cruise. So there's no telling until we get closer in, exactly what we have to cast from. Since we will be performing on a stage (or dance floor depending on the size of our group) our sets have to be very limited. Also, since all funds are going back to the theater, we are looking for royalty-free shows that won't detract from our fund raising efforts. The show only needs to be about 30 to 40 minutes long. A comedy or mystery is always the best route to go with these things. We'll perform the show one night before dinner during a private cocktail party in one of the ship's lounges.

Thanks in advance!

John Richards
Mobile, AL
bthrustr@bellsouth.net

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Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 8/04/05 at 9:04pm

Check out anything written by Pirandello. He was a
driving force behind the Theater of the Absurd and all
his works are in the public domain. His plays are
very short and really off-the-wall.

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"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone

Posted By: dougb
Date Posted: 8/06/05 at 11:58am

Samuel French has a section in their catalog for royalty free plays. Never looked at any of them though . . .

Posted By: ljstockham813
Date Posted: 8/10/05 at 4:11am

I have several one-act plays that are royalty free to educational institutions and amateur theatre companies with educational outreach programs and senior citizen discounts. Two are online. For a complete list and summary of my plays, go to: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/StockhamLinda.htm - http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/StockhamLinda.htm

Title: Goddesses of the Western World

Logline: Six senior citizens reminiscence about their past.

Genre: Contemporary drama.

Characters: 6 female, 1 male.

Set: 1, sunroom.

Scenes: 1, continuous action.

Running Length: 35 minutes.

Available online at: http://www.scriptcircle.co.uk/index.php?pg=51&action=scr ipt&id=7

Title: Golden Elliott

Logline: A deeply troubled Vietnam War veteran must finally confront the truth about how the brutality of that war changed forever his idealized childhood friendship.

Genre: Contemporary tragedy.

Characters: 2 female, 1 male.

Set: 1, service porch.

Scenes: 1, continuous action.

Running Length: 35 minutes.

Available online at: http://www.scriptcircle.co.uk/index.php?pg=51&action=scr ipt&id=55

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Linda Stockham
Playwright/Cultural Anthropologist