The Lottery | One Act 2025

One Act Play:

The Lottery

By Brainerd Duffield, adapted from the short story by Shirley Jackson

Produced by Special Arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Company of

Woodstock, Illinois

Performance Dates:  

January 16 at 3 pm and 7 pm at Kasson-Mantorville High School

January 18 at Lourdes High School (HVL Tournament; performance time TBA)  

January 23 at KMHS (1-AA MSHSL Subsection competition; performance time TBA)

This unusual play with its shattering last scene was originally published in The New Yorker magazine. The story produced an unprecedented reaction, and this dramatization captures the story that has become an internationally known classic. Like the story, the play starts as people are assembling for the lottery in conjunction with a town festival. What family will it be this time? Which member? Only gradually do we begin to suspect the nature of the lottery as the play builds swiftly to its crucial and moving climax. The tension and thrill of the play are built into its very structure.

THIS PLAY IS RATED PG-13.