1/24/2024 0 Comments One minute plays scriptsDramatic Publishing has a section on their website for scripts that are: Some publishing houses will include a section in their contracts for a director to fill out if you need to make cuts and are taking the show to a competition. Concord Theatricals (the overarching theatrical company that holds the catalogs of Samuel French, Tams Witmark, R&H Theatricals and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection) is well known for licensing collections of One Act Plays by playwrights like Thornton Wilder and Jules Tasca as well as some of the classic straight plays such as Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Popular royalty companies like Music Theatre International (MTI) have some one act versions of their plays and musicals that are already competition ready. My favorites are the Freaky FridayOne Act Edition and the One Act Editions of High School Musicaland High School Musical 2. My best advice is to get permission before you cut!! That said, never assume you can just make the cuts or the changes. If that was your initial reaction, you are correct. In the world of professional theatre, no changes can be made to the script at all. But in the world of middle and high school theatre, teachers are dealing with a certain niche of students, parent opinions, and administrator approval not to mention certain words or situations that their school or community will or will not allow. Publishing companies understand this. And for this reason, teachers sometimes can change things…but for educational purposes or competitions only. You may be thinking, “Wait what? You can’t cut out lines or scenes in a script, unless the playwright specifically states you can do so right?” Rather, it means performing a cutting of a show for competition. Contrary to their name, One Act Play Competitions do not necessarily mean performing Act One or Act Two of a production. I have experience directing in both South Florida and in Georgia but trust me when I say that they were very different experiences. In fact, in some states there are very specific rules about when you can even start rehearsing for your one act. Most theatre kids and their directors prepare during the fall semester for their One Act Competition. (Confession: I may have been a theatre teacher for 20 years but I am also a former soccer mom and current band mom!) One Act Play Competitions are a big deal for many high school theatre students. Although how the competitions are run varies from state to state, there’s no doubt that One Act Play Competitions are to theatre kids like a weekend tournament is to a soccer player or a marching band competition is to a band student.
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