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Small Actors
By Stephen Gregg.
Product Code: SB8000
One-act Play
Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
Cast size: 4m., 4w., 2 either gender, doubling and extras possible.
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Synopsis
Emily desperately wants to play the lead in her high school's production of Romeo and Juliet. Instead, she gets a one-line, four-word role. None the less, she tells her parents (who will be out of town during the performance) that she got the lead, and suddenly, things spin way out of control. Mom and Dad cancel their vacation plans and invite every relative they can round up to come visit and see their daughter play Juliet. This outlandishly funny and very touching play is about the roles we all play—in theatre and in life.
Notes
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show One-act Play
- Product Code SB8000
- Minimum Cast Size 10
- Pages of Dialogue 25
- Min. Royalty Rate $55.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 35 min
- Staging Area staging.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
- Performing Group Middle School | High School | College Theatre
- Genre Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
- ISBN(13) 9780871297686
Customer Reviews
This one-act play is so perfect for high school students. It has everything: HUMOR -- REALITY -- POIGNANCY -- LOSS and RECONCILIATION. A great contest play.
We pick a traveling show every year and also entered this one in a contest. We took second place and our actress playing "Laura" won the best actressÑgreat roles and great story.
Excellent range of characters. Easily adapted to any space. Wonderful story.
This play was a hoot to produce. It went over so well and the students loved working on it. Gave all the actors a chance, even if it was just a walk-on, to be in a play.
This play was terrific! We performed it for large group speech contest and received all Division I ratings at both the District and the State levels. The kids had a great time performing it and the audience had a great time watching!
The combination of pathos and humor provides a challenging and touching script for students. We all have faced the consequences of the truth gone astray.
Great, tight script that leaves actors to develop deep and wonderful characterization. Very age-appropriate for high school groups.
Small Actors is the perfect middle school play! The dialogue is fast paced and witty, but remains true to life. The story is both funny and touching, filled with moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity and real tenderness. Not to mention the added benefit of minimal set needs -- a definite bonus to middle school programs with no money!
This play offers great roles for the seasoned and new actors. The play lends itself to the imagination. The playwright has combined both drama and comedy into this lighthearted play.
Small Actors was a great production! It's very funny but also looked deeper and more seriously into what motivated the central characters. The audiences loved it, and the kids had fun with it, too.
What a funny show! The fast-paced Romeo and Juliet at the end is a riot!
The kids had a great time working on this. The split-second version of Romeo and Juliet was side-splitting and the highlight of the performance.
Small Actors is a great experience for the company who produces it and the audience who sees it. A very funny comedy with a lot of heart, the play challenges directors to create seamless transitions and performers to fully realize Gregg's multi-faceted characters.
I loved this play for my middle-school kids because it is funny, but it also has a serious message to convey. It was a great example of how a comedy can have serious levels, and I think my students not only had fun but also learned a lot about life while doing it.
One of the best one-acts available for high schools. It has comedyÑphysical and otherwiseÑand drama. Its themes are timeless and important.
Hints, Tips, and Tricks
Work with your set for staging purposes, it makes it easier if Emily almost never leaves stage.
Allow a central piece to double as both balcony and car by simply rotating a platform manually or mechanically. Also, this show offers many opportunities to use entrances through the house.
When doing the flashback scene, we found it helped the understanding of the play to dim the lights to almost half.
We had much success keeping all actors on stage at all times -- in a row of chairs facing upstage when not in the scene. We could then use those actors to make the sound effects like car alarm, car doors closing, screech of tires, etc . We also pantomimed all props.
The transitions from scene to scene are intertwined and can be tricky to stage. I used lighting a lot more than I usually do. If I hadn't had good lighting equipment, the transitions would have been rough to accomplish.
Production Map
| Location | City | State | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Junior High | Katy | TX | 03/01/2025 | 03/25/2025 |
| Brennan High School | San Antonio | TX | 04/15/2025 | 04/16/2025 |
Downloads
| File Description | File Format | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Poster | Download |
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Gallery
Small Actors-Halifax West High School, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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