Trifles
Genre: One-Act Musical Drama
Keywords: historical drama, musical mystery/whodunit, early 1900s America, true-crime story, feminist classic, domestic isolation, quiet rebellion, two-woman ensemble, moral reckoning
Cast Size: 4 actors (2F / 2M)
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Time Period: 1869, Upstate New York
Cautions: Murder (discussed, not depicted), animal death (offstage), death of a child (referenced), implied domestic abuse
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Winter, 1916. In an abandoned farmhouse kitchen, police search for evidence to convict Minnie Wright for strangling her husband. Unseen elsewhere, two women piece together the story the men never thought to look for. What they find would hang her...yet they keep quiet.
A one-act musical adaptation of Glaspell's landmark 1916 drama, Trifles pairs two rich singing roles for its female leads with a lean cast of four and a single kitchen set, a natural fit for one-act festivals and ensembles built around strong actresses.
How We Price
Our pricing is simple and transparent. Each play includes two parts: a one-time script fee of $150, which grants you immediate access to the play and permission to copy and share it within your program; and a performance license of $65 per performance, which covers your live productions for the selected license duration.
How You License
At checkout, select your license duration (for example, the current or next school year) and the number of performances you plan to give. Each license covers live, in-person performances.
What You Get
You’ll receive an instant download of the following:
- the book (script)
- rehearsal and performance tracks
- rehearsal demo tracks
- piano sheet music
- Author Insights article
- free classroom lesson plans
During your license period, you’re free to copy, print, and share the script within your school or theatre program for rehearsal and performance use—no per-script fees or copy limits.
