The One-Act Play is Alive and Well!
This Friday I was jubilant for having written the last words of a one-act play I’ve been working on for the past few years.That night, I was on the subway when I overheard someone say the one-act is dead…
I’m here to reassure everyone that the one-act play as a form is indeed alive, well, and thriving!
I am constantly scouting out places to send my work and having emails of listings sent to me.
Did you know that the call for one-act plays is usually double if not more than the call for anything else? (10 min, mid-length, full-length are some of the other lengths theatres look for.)
One-acts are like short stories, meant to give you something more intimate and digestible. And sometimes that’s all you need… Just a quick bite, not a full five course dinner.
Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Eugene O’Neill… they all wrote one-act plays, all of which have been revived in the past few years… Further proof that audiences are not as concerned with length as they are with insight.
The one-act play will always have a place in theatre.
–Sue
Add comment July 22nd, 2007
