A squirt gun would never be mistaken for a real gun, right? Dive into the thought-provoking world of Water. Gun. Argument and challenge what we choose to believe. A thought provoking and powerful piece in a docu-theatre style.
Plays With Awards & Accolades
Among Friends and Clutter
- Sisseton High School, Superior Production, Outstanding Ensemble in the 2008 South Dakota State One Act Competition
- Northumberland High School won their District Festival in the Virginal High School League
- Won the 2013 Southeastern Theatre Conference Play Festival
betweenity
- Cambridge-Isanti High School - 2013 - Mississippi 8 Starred Performance, Minnesota sub-section 7AA Champions, Minnesota Section 7AA Champions, and Minnesota State Festival Performers
The Blue and the Grey
- RCHS Drama Club - 1st place finish at VHSL One-Act Competition, conference & regional level
Body Body
- Awarded Silver at The 2011 Singapore Youth Festival.
- Canon Richards Memorial Academy: Distinction in Acting & Best Ensemble awards - 2024 Provincial Drama Festival, Newfoundland
Body Body: Competition Length Version
- Awarded Silver at The 2011 Singapore Youth Festival.
Box
- Thurso Players won the 2017 Caithness District Scottish Community Drama Association Youth Festival of one act plays and the Intermediate award for the Highland Division.
- Kipling C.I. - Award of Excellence: Ensemble, National Theatre School Ontario Drama Festival, Regionals
- Milwaukie High School - Audience Choice at Tournament of Plays
The Bright Blue Mailbox Suicide Note
- Winner of TADA! Theater's 2000 One-Act Playwriting Competition in New York!
- 2004 Maine State Finals, Division 2, 2nd place
- 2004 North Dakota State Finals, 3rd Place
- Swept the 2004 IML One-Act Competition awards.
- Article from the Saugeen Times
- New Town High School - 1st place, Superior Acting Awards for entire cast as Ensemble, Director of the Year; Region 9 One-Act Play Competition
The Butterfly Queen
- Medomak Valley High School - Class A Runner-up 2018 Maine Drama Festival, 2 students named to All Star Festival Cast, special commendation for lighting
Carrying the Calf
- DORA Award for outstanding theatre for young audiences
- Chalmer's Award winner
Chicken. Road.
- CM Russell High School (Great Falls, Montana) won the Overall Outstanding Production (Drama) award at the 2015 Montana State Thespian Convention.
- Tecumseh Vista Academy - Award of Merit - Monologues, NTS Drama Festival - Regionals
- Tecumseh Vista Academy - Award of Merit - Ensemble Performance, NTS Drama Festival - Regionals
- O'Neill CVI - Outstanding Production, District Level, Ontario Theatre Festival
- Tecumseh Vista Academy Secondary - 2018 Ontario Drama Festival District Level: Award of Distinction for Choreography: Kaitlyn Pecaski, Award of Distinction for Ensemble: Tecumseh Vista Academy, Award of Excellence for Acting: Chloe Dudley as "One", Outstanding Production 2018
Circus Olympus
- Lakewood Ranch High School received a superior ranking at the District 6 Florida Thespian Festival
- Great Article about a recent production.
Clowns with Guns (A Vaudeville)
- Clarinda High School - Critics Choice in One-Act Category of Iowa Speech Association Large Group Speech Contest
darklight
- Governor Simcoe Secondary School - Award of Merit - Costuming, NTS Drama Festival - Regionals
- Governor Simcoe Secondary School - Award of Excellence - Contributions to Canadian Theatre, NTS Drama Festival - Regionals
- Century High School - 1st Place in the 2019 State A One-Act Play Contest
A Deep, Poetic Journey Into Something
- Section 1A Honours in Minnesota and a State One Act Festival Participant.
- South Tama County High School - Advanced to the All-State Competition in Reader's Theatre
- Winona Middle School - 3rd place, Minnesota State HS League, Section 1 AA one-act play competition
- Gwinner High School, ND - State participant
Drop Dead, Juliet!
- The 9th most-performed short play in North American high schools, according to the Educational Theatre Association's annual production survey.
Emotional Baggage
- St. Cloud HS earned the double-honor of performing at the 2007 Florida State Thespian Festival and at the Orlando Fringe Festival
- Straight Superior marks and Critic's Choice awards for New Smyrna Beach High School at the Florida District 3 Competition.
- Award of Excellence, Ensemble Performance, Port Credit SS
- Best Play Award - Gander Collegiate
- Esterhazy High School - 2018 Saskatchewan Drama Festival, Regionals, Best Overall Production
Flaky Lips
- Winner of TADA! Theater's 2003 One-Act Playwriting Competition in New York!
- Part of TADA! Theater's Best of 15 years Staged Reading Series
- Outstanding District Production, Essex District High School 2006 Sears Drama Festival
- Advanced to Regional Showcase, John Fraser Secondary School 2007 Sears Drama Festival
- Best Overall Production at the 2009 Saskatchewan Drama Association Region 7 festival
- Advanced to the All Ontario Showcase of the 2013 Sears Drama Festival
The Gift
- Winner of the 2013 Ronald Ruble New Play Festival
Hamlette
- "Superior" - 2004 Florida State Thespian Festival. Miami Southridge Senior High School, troupe 1641.
- Sisseton High School, Won 2003 Regionals & advanced to State competition (won 3 individual acting awards)
- Sisseton High School, Won 2009 Regionals & advanced to State competition (2 individual acting awards)
Hoodie
- Best Production Award at the 2013 Dandenong Ranges One Act Play Youth Festival.
- Best Canadian Play, 2013 Sears Drama Festival Niagara District.
- Best Production 2014 Kentucky Theatre Association Middle School Festival
A Lighter Shade of Noir
- Millhopper Montessori School - Superior Award - Florida Junior Regional Festival
Look Me in the Eye
- Crews Lake Middle School - Superior Production & Critic's Choice; 2017 Florida Jr. Thespian District 11 One Act Competition
- Crews Lake Middle School - Superior Production; 2018 Florida Jr. Thespian State Competition in Orlando
- Sisseton High School, Won 2004 Regionals & advanced to State competition (won Superior Play award, Ensemble Acting award and 4 individual acting awards)
- Mount Carmel Academy - Chapter Select for the Louisiana State Thespian Festival
Mmmbeth
- Outstanding Production, 2008 Sears Drama Festival, Georgian Bay District
Power Play
- Prince Rupert SS Won the Northwest Zone of their Drama Festival
- Mills Godwin HS at the Virginia High School League State Theatre Festival
- John Fraser SS; outstanding district production Sears Drama Festival
- Belle Fourche High School; Superior Production, Outstanding Ensemble at the 2008 South Dakota State One Act Festival
- Outstanding Production, Adam Scott CVI, Sears Drama Festival
Pressure
- Chapter Select Showcase at the 2006 International Thespians Festival
- Freeman Academy chosen to perform at 2007 SD One Act Play State Championship
School Daze
- University School of Nova Southeastern University invited to perform at Florida State Junior Thespian Festival
Shakespeare on a Shoestring - Cymbeline!
- With twelve actors and twelve plot devices, this piece had a neat symmetry to it and proved, once again, that you don’t need a fancy set and complicated props to get a story across. This team used the script, some good physical theatre and their obvious joy of being on stage to produce an uplifting example of Shakespeare on a shoestring. Source
Shuddersome: Tales of Poe
- Advanced to the All Ontario Showcase of the 2013 Sears Drama Festival
- Clinton High School - Best Overall Costume at North Mississippi DramaFest; Best Overall Costume at Mississippi Theatre Association Festival
- Laingsburg High School - Advanced to the State level of The 2018 Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association Theater Festival
- Langley Fine Arts School - Outstanding performance in the Langley District Drama Festival, advanced to the 2019 British Columbia Provincial Festival
- Cambridge-Isanti High School - 2019 - Mississippi 8 conference starred Performance, Minnesota Sub-Section 7AA Champions, Minnesota Section 7AA Champions and Minnesota State Festival Performers
Skid Marks: A Play About Driving
- Gold Medal, Fuller Middle School, Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival
- Sisseton High School chosen to perform at 2007 SD One Act Play State Championship
Stressed
- Stromness Drama Club - 1st place: Orkney District Scottish Community Drama one-act Festival (youth)
- Stromness Drama Club - 1st place: Northern Divisional Final
- Stromness Drama Club - 2018 Scotland Community Theatre Association One Act Festival: Divisional Winner
Stroke Static
- Listowel District Secondary School 2007 Sears Drama Festival Outstanding Production
- Outstanding Production, 2008 Sears Drama Festival, Niagara District
- Bolder Creek HS, 2008 Northern Arizona Acting Festival, Superior ranking at the regional level and Best Ensemble at the State level
- Washington and Lee High School won first place in the 2009 Region A Theatre Festival
The Tempest
- Performed 2003 at the Duncan YMCA Chernin Center for the Arts
This Phone Will Explode at the Tone
- Invited to Play Marathon, Lincoln, NE
Through the Looking-Glass
- Honorable Mention Distinguished Play as well as the top ensemble acting award in the 2013 NCTC State Play Festival
- Maine Principals Association Drama Festival- 2024 Runner-up
ths phne 2.0: the next generation
- Oxford High School received a superior ranking and the Best in Show Title at their 2011 district level Trumbauer festival competition.
Tick Talk
- Arnprior DHS at the 2006 Sears Drama Festival All Ontario Showcase
- Outstanding Production, Arnprior DHS, 2006 Sears Drama Festival Eastern Regional Showcase
- F. A. Middle School received a Gold Medal at the 2007 Mass Middle School Drama Festival
- Outstanding Production for Bear Creek S.S. at the 2009 Regional Sears Drama Festival
- 2010 Outstanding Production for Woodhaven Middle School in the Alberta Zone ll West Festival
- Hazen High School won a superior ranking and best Ensemble Award at the 2011 North Dakota One Act Festival
Tuna Fish Eulogy
- Winner of the 1996 National Playwriting Award for best one-act play.
- Swept the All England Theatre Festival Northern Area Final
- Bayside High School earned a "Superior" ranking at the 2006 Florida State Thespian Festival.
- Nelson County High School earns first place over all in Virginia High School League "A" one act competition
- Best Production Zone 2 Alberta High School Drama Festival 2014
Wait Wait Bo Bait
- "Superior" - 2004 Florida State Thespian Festival
- 2007 Ontario Showcase, Sears Drama Festival, Char-Lan DHS
- Mayfield High School won First Place One Act in the Four Corners Theatre Festival
who are we, who we are
- Rushford-Peterson High School - Section 1A champions and State Participant, Minnesota.
- New Town High School, ND - State participant
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