One-Act Plays
One-act plays are short plays that generally run between 25 and 45 minutes in length.
Most often produced by high schools and middle schools, one-act plays are one of the most popular forms of theatre. From school competitions to student-directed festivals, one-act plays are produced in a variety of ways.
Stage Partners is the Home of One-Act Plays
From hit comedies to award-winning dramas, Stage Partners publishes a wide variety of excellent one-act play scripts by the most exciting playwrights working in theatre today. And every play is FREE TO READ. Begin exploring our catalog below!
Top One-Act Comedies
- The Day the Internet Died by Ian McWethy & Jason Pizzarello
- Will You Be My Nemesis? by Kathryn Funkhouser
- A Night Under the Stars by Tracy Wells
- Masterclasses by Patrick Greene
- How to Survive Being In a Shakespeare Play by Don Zolidis
- The Sisters Grimm by Katie Peña-Van Zile
- Game Night (Humans Only Please) by Laura Neill
- Wild Strawberries by Jerry Ayers
- Too Many Daughters by Claire Epstein
- My Fellow Students by Beanie Stone
Top One-Act Dramas
- A Wrinkle in Time (50-minute one-act) adapted by Morgan Gould
- Queens by Kristen Doherty
- In the Forests of the Night by Del Martin
- #Viral by Maria McConville
- Monster by Don Zolidis
- Soundscapes by Claudia Haas and Sarah Kraning
- The Inexplicable Chaos Factor of Mia Gregory by Emily Hageman
- Silenced on Barbour Street by William Prenetta
- As If, Cassandra by Jason Pizzarello
- Barn Wood and Blue Roses by Jacquelyn Priskorn
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