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Topic: One Act suggestions...something different?

Posted By: cbcses
Subject: One Act suggestions...something different?
Date Posted: 12/15/08 at 11:08am

We are looking for something different for our group this year. We have done mostly comedy - with a few dramas thrown in - but wanted to try something a little different. We would love any suggestions you have for a good fantasy, dark comedy or something edgy. We aren't into melodrama or murder mystery. Thanks for helping!

CBCSES

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Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 12/15/08 at 11:30am

good dark edgy fantasy: Home Free by Lanford Wilson
1 male/1 female/1 setting/approx 45 minutes

just saw it at the Kennedy Center competition - powerful piece!

Posted By: chelserin
Date Posted: 12/15/08 at 8:56pm

Christopher Durang has many interesting One Acts. "Naomi in the Living Room" is a good one.

Posted By: GElliott
Date Posted: 12/18/08 at 12:43pm

How about Genet? The Maids or Deathwatch are both great shows, very intense.

Posted By: P&M Sales
Date Posted: 12/18/08 at 12:50pm

We've got a great little one-acter that might just fit your bill ...

Fate's Thread (1m, 4f)
Winner - BEST PLAY : All England Theatre Festival (North East Heats) 2004
Susan suffers a fatal accident caused by her husband, Jack. She meets Alice and Harriet in the graveyard who, also being dead, have to persuade Susan to reconcile herself to the fact that she has been been murdered. Can they do this, or will Susan be forced to spend the rest of eternity in the Sea Of Lost Souls? Fates Thread is a ghost story. It's a light comedy, and a race against time to save a soul.

More details http://www.playsandmusicals.co.uk/plays/oneact/thriller/fatesthread.htm - here including most of the script to download as a preview.

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best regards

David
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Posted By: DanMan09
Date Posted: 12/23/08 at 11:00am

Christopher Durang has already been mentioned, but I directed his one act "Wanda's Visit" at a one act festival and it got a wonderful response. It has some good edgy humor that might be what you are looking for, as well as a fun "twist" ending.

Posted By: Nikki Adams
Date Posted: 1/05/09 at 10:57pm

Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World, by Peter Parnell. I directed this for competition, and took 2nd place at Nationals a few years back. It's a beautiful show, virtually no set (we did it with boxes and only boxes, and a cyc). 2 actors. It's funny, it's poignant - and fantastic to direct. The audiences loved it at every level.

Posted By: Theatrefolk
Date Posted: 1/06/09 at 7:56am

I have a play called Tuna Fish Eulogy (which went on to win 2nd overall with the Riverside Players at the National Drama Festival Association British All-Winners Festival)

It's very different, and is in the form of a ladder play.
http://www.theatrefolk.com/products/play/29-tuna-fish-eulogy%20 -
Here's the link .

Lindsay Price
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Theatrefolk: Scripts for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
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Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 1/06/09 at 9:42am

Originally posted by GElliott

How about Genet? The Maids or Deathwatch are both great shows, very intense.

In my too-many-to-fess-up-to years working in the theatre, my absolute most treasured theatre memory is directing a production of "The Maids." It was one of those rare times when the perfect cast and the perfect designers met the perfect script for that moment and pure magic happened.

If you have three incredibly talented women - or men - I highly second this recommendation. Though it may not be good for a competition one act - it's rather longer than the usual hour requirement.

Posted By: stockhamlj
Date Posted: 1/09/09 at 8:02pm

I have three one-acts that would make a nice package for production. Together, they have a running time of approximately 105 minutes. Breakdowns follow. If you are interested in all or one of them, please email me at lindastockham@netzero.net and I will glady email as attachment. Thanks.

TITLE: Goddesses of the Western World
GENRE: Contemporary drama.
LOGLINE: Senior citizens in a retirement home reminiscent about their lives.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
ADA VEACH, a retired educator in her 80s
BUNNIE PARAMONOV, former ballerina, she is in her 90s and blind
GENOVA GIBSON, a retired dietitian, she is a stocky black woman of 89
LESTER CLARKE, he is a retired librarian of 80
PENNY STRAUSS, a middle-aged woman who is recovering from a stroke
DR. IRENE WESTCOTT, PENNY’S mother, she is a retired university professor      of 79
VICTORIA MARS, a capable woman in her 30s, she works at the      retirement home
SCENIC REQUIREMENT: A sunroom. (Relative simple scenic design.)
TIME: 1996.
RUNNING TIME: 35 minutes.
COPYRIGHTED: Yes.
NOTE: This play was first produced as a radio drama and has had two play-readings but no fully-staged production to date.

TITLE: Golden Elliott
GENRE: Contemporary drama.
LOGLINE: A deeply troubled man is forced to recall the death of his best friend in Vietnam.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
MRS. BAYLOR, she is 64
JOLENE, her daughter of 42
CONNIE, the deeply troubled Vietnam veteran of 44
SCENIC REQUIREMENT: Service porch. (Relative simple scenic design.)
TIME: A long time after the Vietnam War.
RUNNING TIME: 35 minutes.
COPYRIGHT: Yes.
NOTE: This play was first produced as a radio drama, then fully-staged in the Angus District of the Scottish One-Act Festival (1998) Scotland; a workshop in Galway, Ireland (1998); and two fully-staged productions in Los Angeles, California (1999, 2000).

TITLE: The Product of Deception (Formerly titled Red Breams)
GENRE: Contemporary gothic drama.
LOGLINE: A young journalist learns that her long-anticipated interview with a nonagenarian poet must be conducted with his ghost.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
MRS. HALLETT, she is a private secretary in her 50s
PAULA REEVES, a 30-year old free-lance writer
WILLIAM FRANCIS DeMISSIE, a ghostly presence. He was 95 years old when      he died
SCENIC REQUIREMENT: Solarium. (Relative simple scenic design.)
TIME: 1996.
RUNNING TIME: 35 minutes.
COPYRIGHTED: Yes.
NOTE: This play had a play reading in 1995, and was first fully produced as a radio drama (1998). It has had two fully-staged productions in Los Angeles, California (1999, 2001).

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Linda Stockham

Posted By: Nyria
Date Posted: 1/13/09 at 1:16am

Originally posted by Theatrefolk

I have a play called Tuna Fish Eulogy (which went on to win 2nd overall with the Riverside Players at the National Drama Festival Association British All-Winners Festival)

It's very different, and is in the form of a ladder play.
http://www.theatrefolk.com/products/play/29-tuna-fish-eulogy%20 -
Here's the link .

Lindsay Price
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NYRIA

Posted By: actor98
Date Posted: 1/14/09 at 10:49am

Nikki,

I saw your show in Altoona-my show was also in competition. It was a beautiful production-we sat watching it and knew it was the winner (unfortunately for us).

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Acting is the art of speaking in a loud clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture-Alfred Lunt

Posted By: Nikki Adams
Date Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:50pm

Thank you so much for your compliments! I absolutely loved every single second of working with that show, and the comments we received from judges and feedback from every level of competition was so gratifying! Which show was yours? How great was it to work in that theatre ... even if it was almost impossible to find beer in Altoona after dark!!!!!!

Originally posted by actor98

Nikki,

I saw your show in Altoona-my show was also in competition. It was a beautiful production-we sat watching it and knew it was the winner (unfortunately for us).

Posted By: raleighmarcell
Date Posted: 1/27/09 at 4:56pm

I just posted for my set of one act plays called WHOLLY LOUISIANA

consisting of "The Last Southern Gentleman" and "I AM the Gumbo"

you can see more at

http://www.geocities.com/raleighmarcelle - http://www.geocities.com/raleighmarcelle

thanks!

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Raleigh's website is at http://www.geocities.com/raleighmarcelle