Catherine, be careful to consider all the costs when you are picking your plays. If you choose a one-act in an anthology, you may pay $10+ for each script, then $35 to $45 per play, per performance royalty. The one year when we actually lost money on our annual collection of short plays was when all but one of the scripts were published scripts. When a fundraiser turns into a fund-depleter, it hurts.
If you have a playwriting component in your program, this might be a terrific time to put student plays on stage.
If you plan to use published plays, and especially if students will be choosing them, I second Michael's recommendation of Heuer Publishing. You have the advantage of being able to read through the plays online, and they offer script and royalty packages that are quite economical. And you don't need a membership or account to read the plays, so that makes it easy for students to peruse.
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C. J. Breland
Retired Theatre Arts Educator
Asheville NC
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-21-2020 12:57
From: Catherine Haskins
Subject: One-Act Festival
My school is looking to produce a One-Act Festival instead of our traditional full-length play. Does anyone have advice on how to best do this? Any favorite One-Acts? Any resources you have used? I am struggling to find short One-Acts that would work with our students. Thank you!
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Catherine Haskins
Port Clinton OH
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