ONE-ACT DRAMAS

By Jonathan Dorf

HM | Roles: 3W, 3M, 6 Any | FLEX | Through a series of connected scenes and monologues, join an early-morning jogger, a radio DJ whose show may have an audience of none, a modern Romeo and Juliet, and many other teen characters as they search for connection in the early morning hour .

Dark Road

By Laura Lundgren Smith

 STREAMING RIGHTS PS

H | Roles: 8W, 3M, 1 Any | FLEX | In Nazi Germany, Greta becomes a guard at a women’s concentration camp to provide for her sister but ends up traveling down the dark road laid by the Third Reich . Though the two sisters drift apart, their fates remain inextricably and dangerously linked .

dirt

By Mandy Conner

PS

HM | Roles: 5W, 8M, 5 Any | FLEX | When the 1935 Dust Bowl batters the Texas Panhandle, the Loftin family is hit especially hard with a devastating loss and the destruction of their farm. A personal, immediate drama about finding purpose amid overwhelming disaster .

I Don’t Want to Talk About It

By Bradley Hayward

 STREAMING RIGHTS PS

H | Roles: 5 Any | FLEX | This series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues and the daily challenges of growing up . By turns funny and tragic, the gritty details of adolescence surface—exposing the things teenagers can’t, won’t, and don’t want to talk about.

Lafayette No. 1

By Mandy Conner

 STREAMING RIGHTS PS

HM | Roles: 8W, 7M | FLEX | As the yellow fever epidemic ravages the streets of 1816 New Orleans, no one thinks of the orphans known as the Forgotten. But when the epidemic entangles Lizzie Landry’s fate with those of the Forgotten, they all must band together to hold the city accountable .

By Douglas Craven

H | Roles: 4W, 4M, 1 Any | FLEX | In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an “official lockdown,” not knowing if it’s just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical girl bolts from the room and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it’s safer to stay or run.

The Other Room

By Ariadne Blayde

 STREAMING RIGHTS PS

H | Roles: 1W, 5M | Austin is a brilliant teenage astronomer who happens to have autism . When a chance encounter after school with popular classmate Lily leads to a growing connection, Austin’s imagination, intelligence, and constant struggles to connect with the world are revealed .

Sorry, Wrong Number

By Lucille Fletcher

DPS

H | Roles: 4W, 3M | One night, because of a crossed wire, a woman hears plans for a murder over the phone that turns out to be her own . Her frantic efforts to enlist help through the only means at her disposal fuel her growing terror as she slowly realizes the truth.

The Specialist

By Brent Holland

PS

H | Roles: 1W, 6 Any | A specialist is brought in to treat a unique patient who has no memory of what has happened to her as well as no ability to create new memories . When her treatment starts to work, it becomes obvious there is much more to this patient than the employers let be known .

We Are the Sea

By Laura Lundgren Smith

PS

HM | Roles: 3W, 2M, 7 Any | FLEX | Norah, Una, and Iseult set sail from Ireland to escape the ravages of hunger only to find a new set of dangers. When a cruel, angry sailor refuses to show them mercy, it seems like even their stories might be lost. But they don’t know that the sea is listening.