Recommended by Stephen Kaplan

  • Stephen Kaplan: All This Togetherness by Francesca Pazniokas
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    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it was a fantastic piece to include. A great play for a large cast with strong opportunities for character work and an inventive and touching concept and message.

    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it was a fantastic piece to include. A great play for a large cast with strong opportunities for character work and an inventive and touching concept and message.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: Cheap House by Gwen Tulin
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    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and everyone on stage and off really responded to how wacky and ridiculous the world is! And can you get much sillier than a singing and dancing Satan and his devil backup chorus?!

    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and everyone on stage and off really responded to how wacky and ridiculous the world is! And can you get much sillier than a singing and dancing Satan and his devil backup chorus?!

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  • Stephen Kaplan: GWEN HAS A DATE (a 10 minute comedy) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
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    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it closed out one of the evenings and was the perfect way to end, leaving the audience smiling and laughing! While the characters are all much older than the student actors were, everyone on stage and in the audience responded to these delightful characters and felt a connection to them, despite the decades that may have separated them.

    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it closed out one of the evenings and was the perfect way to end, leaving the audience smiling and laughing! While the characters are all much older than the student actors were, everyone on stage and in the audience responded to these delightful characters and felt a connection to them, despite the decades that may have separated them.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: Lucia Goes Lucid by Harper Caroline Lee
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    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and the student actors really enjoyed diving into the mix of reality and dreams that the play explores. A fantastic challenge for the actors to play with and a great addition to the full program.

    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and the student actors really enjoyed diving into the mix of reality and dreams that the play explores. A fantastic challenge for the actors to play with and a great addition to the full program.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: The 4th Law Revisited by Tom David Barna
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    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and the students really enjoyed the sci-fi elements that sit beautifully alongside the "human" elements of these characters. There were gasps in the audience when the twist of the play is revealed and it was a great addition to the programming.

    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and the students really enjoyed the sci-fi elements that sit beautifully alongside the "human" elements of these characters. There were gasps in the audience when the twist of the play is revealed and it was a great addition to the programming.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: too close to the sun by Kullen Burnet
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    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it was a great piece to challenge and stretch our actors and director. The students especially responded to the mythological references and enjoyed diving deep into the text and finding the humanity present, despite the non-traditional structure.

    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it was a great piece to challenge and stretch our actors and director. The students especially responded to the mythological references and enjoyed diving deep into the text and finding the humanity present, despite the non-traditional structure.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: Dead Men Tell No Tales by Christina Foltz
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    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it proved to be a great challenge and meaty piece for our students to work on. As the students got to work on it, they were excited to find deeper and deeper layers and things to explore which proved for not only an educational experience, but a great artistic experience for both them and the audience.

    We included this play in our high school senior-directed one-act festival and it proved to be a great challenge and meaty piece for our students to work on. As the students got to work on it, they were excited to find deeper and deeper layers and things to explore which proved for not only an educational experience, but a great artistic experience for both them and the audience.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: Misfortune (a ten minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine
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    We ended our high school senior-directed one-act festival with this play and it was a terrific way to leave the audience laughing and smiling. The way that the humor builds and quick pace of the piece made for a thoroughly enjoyable play for the students to work on and for the audience to enjoy.

    We ended our high school senior-directed one-act festival with this play and it was a terrific way to leave the audience laughing and smiling. The way that the humor builds and quick pace of the piece made for a thoroughly enjoyable play for the students to work on and for the audience to enjoy.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: The Audition by L . Jan Eira
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    We opened our high school senior-directed one-act festival with this play and it started things off amazingly! A very fun and funny piece that the students strongly responded to. Goofy and silly and great roles for the student auditioners in the play.

    We opened our high school senior-directed one-act festival with this play and it started things off amazingly! A very fun and funny piece that the students strongly responded to. Goofy and silly and great roles for the student auditioners in the play.

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  • Stephen Kaplan: The Tenth Voyage of Capitano Giangurgolo Coccodrillo Fanfarone Matamoros Spavento by Ian Thal
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    Nothing beats a good story and this play has DOZENS of them! While there may not be 1,001 of them, Thal's play will leave you spellbound and feeling like a little kid during story time as you spend time with the larger-than-life Capitano and those he encounters (or says he encounters).

    Nothing beats a good story and this play has DOZENS of them! While there may not be 1,001 of them, Thal's play will leave you spellbound and feeling like a little kid during story time as you spend time with the larger-than-life Capitano and those he encounters (or says he encounters).

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