One-Act Plays for High School and Community Theatre
From intimate dramas to large-cast, one-act, ensemble comedies for high school and community theatre, with flexible casting
Large-Cast / Ensemble Plays for High School
by Ward Norcutt
Featured Plays
Once upon a While
A one-act upside-down fairy tale comedy
Twice Upon A While
This one-act play is the first ‘sequel’ of Once Upon a While.
A Staged Reading
-an intentional comedy
One-act play • 11 cast members
It all goes horribly wrong for the new murder mystery by first time playwright, Trenton Ellis.
Seriously? Coffee
A one-act large-cast comedy brewed to perfection
A Baker’s Dozen
A two-act psychological drama about the tough realities of living with survival of family trauma, inherited violence, mental illness, suicide and addiction – and the possibility of breaking the cycle.
It is a fictional telling of a true story of a man
The one-act Plays for Large Casts and Ensembles
After teaching Theatre Arts for so many years, I had run out of entertaining and challenging one-act plays to offer my high school students. We always had to recycle. Even with this, so many of these plays did not provide opportunities for all to have a larger role.
Ward Norcutt
I created these plays to fix this inequity – for students especially – that each might garner some spotlight and enjoy the fruits of all their hard work and dedication. I also had, in every class, at every grade level, wonderfully talented singers. I built Once and Twice Upon a While particularly so they might be able to showcase their skills in a fun and entertaining production that was very simple and inexpensive to stage.