one-act
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The company’s initial performance contains two one-act plays, modern interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
For the occasion, artistic director Susan Jaffe astutely chose 11 one-act ballets and four pas de deux.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
“Blue Moon” is essentially a one-act play, which is to say it’s all talk, and likely to bore those who are primarily interested in spectacle, or even high drama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Alfie, who’s either being willfully obtuse or radically uncompromising, sees nothing sacrilegious in Wilde’s one-act tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
As we wrap up, we’re discussing one-act plays.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
