One-Act Plays
Abby’s Place
Drama. One Act (50 minutes). 2 males, 1 female.
FemFest, 2006
Published by the Playwrights Guild of Canada
Rodney fixes up a northern lake cabin as a healing place for Abby, but it becomes his own salvation.
Available from Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Beatty
Comedy. One Act (10 minutes). 1 male, 2 female.
In Instant Applause (Playwrights Canada Press, 2004); Workshop West Springboards
Beatty wants out of the basement but Ma, who is in a wheelchair, won’t go.
Cowboy Boots and a Corsage
Drama. One Act (50 minutes). 3 males, 3 females.
Edmonton Fringe Festival, 1991; CBC radio, 1992; FemFest, 2003
Excerpted in Taking the Stage Playwrights Canada Press
Also published by the Playwrights Guild of Canada
Roxanne wants out of small town southern Alberta but she can’t leave her mom, Jeannie, yelling at cows on the prairie.
Available from Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Food is Love
Comedy. One Act (1o minutes). 1 male, 1 female.
King’s Shorts, 2011; Littlefest, 2009
Crystal challenges her son, Cash, on his new girlfriend, who has “eating differences.”
Intimacy, Inc.
Comedy. One Act ( 20 minutes). 1 male, 1 female.
Alumnae Theatre, 2007
At Intimacy, Inc., all your relationships are fully guaranteed, or your money back, but Eugenie, the proprietor, has never met a customer like Joseph.
Jane’s Second Date
Comedy. One Act (10 minutes). 1 male, 1 female.
Dramaworks, 2005; Littlefest, 2004
Forced to try a dating cafe, Jane and Simplicio meet on the first round, and escape before the second bell rings.
Magpie
Drama. One Act (50 minutes). 3 males, 1 female.
FemFest, 2011; Jagged Edge Theatre, 2001; CBC radio, 1995
Published by the Playwrights Guild of Canada
Magpie, a parole surveillance officer, runs a halfway house with an agenda of her own.
Magpie (stage) by Katherine Koller ISBN 978-1-55290-131-1
Available from Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Perdu
Comedy. One Act (30 minutes). 3 males, 1 female.
Walterdale Playhouse, 2007
Pea is dying of malaise as a clerk in the dogfood aisle of Supersave until she is offered the gift of life, a dog named Perdu, from an old man named Konstanty.
Sebastian’s First Flight
Comedy. One Act (10 minutes). 2 males, 1 female.
Littlefest, 2008; Postscripts, 2005; Littlefest, 2005; One Night Stand, 2002
Janet gets seated beside Sebastian, 5, on his first flight to visit his father across the country.
Starter Home
Comedy. One Act (50 minutes). 1 male, 2 females.
Jagged Edge Theatre, 2001
In Three on the Boards, edited by Kit Brennan, Signature Editions, 2007
Also published by the Playwrights Guild of Canada
Vanessa and Wayne are in love, and the want to live together. They find the perfect starter home for rent, but they’re not so sure about the landlady.
Available from Playwrights Guild of Canada.
The Early Worm Club
Comedy. One Act (50 minutes). 2 males, 1 female.
Jagged Edge Theatre, 2000
Published by the Playwrights Guild of Canada
Millie, a devout birdwatcher, unexpectedly finds Jarret and Randy early one morning in the woods.
Available from Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Thumbelina
Children’s. One Act (50 minutes). 2 males, 2 females.
Edmonton Fringe Festival, 1990
An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale, with a romantic twist.
Katherine Koller lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and writes for radio, stage and screen. Her one-acts, including Cowboy Boots and a Corsage, have been produced at the Edmonton Fringe Festival, on CBC radio, and across the country.
Some of her full-length plays concern the pressures of science and technology on family relationships, often with the land or some element of nature playing a character part. Coal Valley: the Making of a Miner (2005) is included in The Alberta Advantage, published by Playwrights Canada Press. The Seed Savers (2009) received its premiere at Workshop West Theatre.
Katherine teaches in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.