short play
One-act theatrical piece
A short play is a dramatic work brief enough to be performed in under an hour, often much less.
One-act plays and ten-minute plays fall into this category.
Short plays frequently appear in festivals or as part of evenings featuring multiple works: The theater company staged an evening of short plays by local writers.
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- dramatic monologuePoem as character's speech
- solo performanceUnaccompanied artistic presentation
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- pasoSpanish word for step
stage · black box theater · line · set · opening night · playlet · comedy · comic relief · sketch · interlude · morality tale · fringe theater · dinner theater · skit · microdrama · vignette · curtain raiser · scene
- short playsone-act, playlet, sketch, skit, curtain raiser
- openersbottle opener, can opener, corkscrew, church key, churchkey
- preludesprelude, overture, chorale prelude, introduction, intro
length/duration
short playthree-act play
Drama in three sections
epic drama · opera · musical · trilogy · double bill