One-act Plays by Anthony S. Maulucci are available for production. These plays are protected by copyright and you will need permission to perform them. A modest fee is required. Please contact us for more information.

Here’s a list of the plays that are currently available for performance:

HELEN AND MENELAOS
In modern-day Troy, New York, a medium-sized upstate city, a beauty named Helen is being held for ransom by a group of women who are outraged by her immoral behavior. Helen is the lover of Paris, the governor’s son and the man responsible for bringing her to their city. Led by Paris’ mother Hecuba, they’ve kidnapped her to protect their husbands and teenage children from her morally corruptive influence. Helen’s husband Menelaos is contacted and he arrives with the ransom money and the desire to punish her for betraying him. Will he follow through on his promise to kill her or will he be seduced by her beauty into setting her free? A modern take on a classic story. Three characters, 30 minutes.

FUGUE FOR A MAN AND A WOMAN
First performed in Montreal in the 1970’s and then broadcast on Connecticut Public Radio with Academy Award winning actress Frances McDormand, this poetic drama about a marriage on the rocks is timeless. It’s appeal reaches across generations and cultures. Many people have responded to the drama’s power to raise issues about the reasons for the breakdown of relationships. It was recently presented in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Script has been published twice, in Boston College’s Post Road Magazine and Connecticut Artists magazine.  Two characters, 20-30 minutes.

DANTE & BEATRICE 2010
A modernized version of an imaginary scene from Dante’s Inferno with Dante and Virgil encountering Satan as they wait for Beatrice to appear with a message for the Pilgrim Dante. Beatrice arrives and banishes Satan, who returns at the end of the play. She and Dante talk about what could have been if they had become lovers. Script has been published in Boston College’s Post Road Magazine (2011). Four characters, 15-20 minutes.

THE NEW DIONYSUS
Dionysus tells his priestess that he wants her to change the way she worships him. No more bloody sacrifices, no more wild orgiastic revels in the woods. The priestess protests but times have changed and Dionysus wants to be worshiped in a new temple called the theatre. Ariadne appears and Dionysus has some explaining to do about why Theseus abandoned her and why she has not received the honors she believes are hers. Five essential characters, with optional musicians and dancers, 20 minutes.

PRISONER 341
A non-combatant prisoner of war in the Middle East is examined by a Western military doctor. The doctor questions him about his life and attempted suicide with genuine concern but the prisoner is defiant and uncooperative. Presented in Connecticut at the Stonington Player’s festival of one act plays for 2010. Two characters, 15 minutes.

THE HOSTAGE
An American engineer is interrogated by a Middle East military commander and condemned to death for his role in constructing a communications network. He is a non-combatant casualty who has been caught up in the war and as such he believes he will be freed. A holy man related to the commander pleads for his life and a harlot flirts with him during his ordeal. Ten characters, including a musician, guard, and a boy, 30 minutes.

DEMOCRACY
A taxi driver and a hooker have a drink together in the bar of a rundown New England seafood restaurant. It is the 1970’s and their appearance provokes the bartender and waitress into insulting them. The taxi driver, a “little guy” and former Elvis impersonator, is shamed by the hooker into standing up for himself. Rising to the occasion, he delivers a short speech on the rights of the common people. Four characters, with extras at the director’s discretion. 15-20 minutes.