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ONE ACT PLAYS

One-act contemporary plays for high schools and secondary schools, suitable for performance, festivals, competitions and assessment.
​Ensemble-driven plays for large and flexible casts, with female-heavy and gender-neutral casting; fun and engaging theatre for young people.

Students performing Queens, an award-winning Tudor one-act play about Henry VIII and his six wives by Kristen Doherty

10–30+ actors | 40 mins | 300+ productions worldwide  Henry VIII is trapped in purgatory, forced to relive the sins he committed against his Queens and court for eternity.

 

Students performing The Playhouse, a Shakespeare-inspired one-act comedy adventure by Kristen Doherty

12–30+ actors | 40 mins 

A rollicking time-travel adventure back to Shakespeare’s Globe, 1599,  Elizabethan London

Students performing The Playhouse, a Shakespeare-inspired, time travel comedic, one-act comedy adventure by Kristen Doherty

8–20+ actors | 35–40 mins |

A group of teenage actors rehearsing A Midsummer Night’s Dream stumble into an enchanted forest where Shakespeare’s magic becomes real.

BRAND NEW PLAYS

THE GROVE : A GOTHIC MYSTERY

The Grove: A Gothic Murder Mystery, a Gothic one-act play for high schools by Kristen Doherty

16–31 actors | 40 mins

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An overnight school camp becomes a Gothic action-adventure when a ghost story comes terrifyingly to life, drawing students into hidden tunnels, haunting visions and The Grove’s connection to a deadly Victorian railway disaster.

SNOW WHITE  - THE TOTALLY RAD 1980s FAIRYTALE

Students performing Snow White: The Totally Rad 1980s Fairy Tale, a comedy for schools by Kristen Doherty

15–21+ actors | 40–60 mins. 

 

Optional Jukebox Musical staging.

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Snow White’s quest to celebrate her 18th birthday at her father’s nightclub becomes a totally rad ’80s adventure involving breakdancing Dwarfz, Fairy Godbogans and one seriously wicked Queen.

POPULAR AND PROVEN PLAYS

18+ actors (flexible) | Female Heavy | 40 mins

A chaotic school rehearsal of Ten Minute Macbeth takes an unexpected turn when one student invokes the legendary curse to cast a love spell.

Students performing The Curse of Macbeth, a funny Shakespeare adaptation for schools by Kristen Doherty

 

Students performing The Real Story of Alice in Wonderland, a one-act comedic twisted fairytale for schools by Kristen Doherty

12–30+ actors | 40-60 mins 

Two Narrators present wildly different versions of as they ask whether Alice was really as innocent as the storybooks claim.

SHAKESPEARE BACHELOR

12–30+ actors | 40 mins 

Shakespeare’s most famous women battle for the final rose when William Shakespeare enters a reality-TV dating show in search of his greatest character.

Students performing Shakespeare Bachelor, a funny Shakespeare adaptation for schools by Kristen Doherty

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