About New Directions: One Act Plays

Laundry and Bourbon by James McLure

Three gregarious Southern women sit on the front porch on a hot summer day in Texas. With biting humor, they gossip about small town secrets, their husbands and their deeply held convictions. A delightful hour-long comedy that was written to be performed alongside Lone Star, McLure’s other one-act play set in Texas.

Help Desk by Don Zolidis

When you call the help desk, you’re looking for a solution – but your problems might just be beginning. Whether you’re getting shamed about your inability to log in, giving your credit card information to a scammer, or having serious conversations with a clown, customer service calls spiral into absurdity for the customers and employees alike in this hilarious all-ages comedy. From playwright Don Zolidis comes a comedy perfect for anyone who’s ever wondered what hilarious, outrageous, awful person might be on the other end of the line. 

Dickens Condensed by James Armstrong

All fourteen (and a half) novels by Charles Dickens performed in a single hour, you say? Impossible? Not for the Crummles Company! Join five intrepid performers portraying more than fifty characters as they perform a comic rendition of all the books by England's most famous novelist, from The Pickwick Papers to the unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood. This Dickens of a play will have audiences rolling in the aisles while introducing them to the works of a classic and timeless author.

The Candidate by Brent Holland

Four people wake up in a room with no memory of who they are or how they got there – and no way out. As they’re put through a series of increasingly dangerous trials, they start to realize they’re actually part of a secret interview process. 

Gaslight-Baker Theatre