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Each winter season, T.Co produces a one-act play for performance at school and as part of the the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild State Drama Festival.
Each winter season, T.Co produces a one-act play for performance at school and as part of the the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild State Drama Festival.
The 2025-2026 Winter One Act Production:
The Hundred Dresses
By Mary Hall
Adapted from the book by Eleanor Estes
Wanda Petronski just wants to join the fun of having friends like everyone else. But in 1930′s small town America, a Polish immigrant doesn’t easily fit in. When Maddie’s best friend Peggy starts to tease Wanda, Maddie knows it isn’t right. When the teasing doesn’t stop, Maddie is wracked with guilt. She soon realizes that allowing her friend to be a bully can be just as bad as acting that way herself. Determined not to let her fear get the best of her again, Maddie braves the scorn of her classmates and stands up to them, making an unlikely friend in the process.
http://www.playsforyoungaudiences.org/scripts/the-hundred-dresses
Character List:
Setting: 1938, a small homogeneous town in Connecticut (could be any small, predominantly white, middle-class town in America.)
Characters: 11 characters, plus a small ensemble. 15 total actors, approximately.
Wanda Petronski: female, 10-11 years old, shy, soft-spoken child of a Polish immigrant. Polish accent.
Peggy Thomas: female, 10-11 years old, attractive, most popular girl in the school. Very verbal, powerful
Madeline Reeves: female, 10-11 years old, imaginative. Playful. Peggy’s best friend.
Cecile Allen: female, 10-11 years old, well-dressed, well-spoken, but on the giggle side.
Jack Beggles: male, 10-11 years old, fun, smart, motor-boat designer whiz. Dreams big.
Willie Bounce: male, 10-11 years old, a boaster, full of adventure and dares.
Miss Mason: female, 30s/40s. The classroom teacher. Compassionate, clear-spoken.
Shelly Reeves: female, 40ish. Madeline’s Mom. Kind, industrious in the face of hard times.
Mr. Petronski: male, 40ish. Wanda’s father, a Polish immigrant, speaks broken English and has Polish accent. Hard worker, supports his children.
Jacob Petronski: male, 13-14 years old. Wanda’s brother. More hardened to life. Polish accent.
Mr. Svenson: male, 50s/60s. Lives alone on Boggins Heights. Reclusive. Lonely
Ensemble: approx. 5 actors. The ensemble will play additional students at the school, as well as bring Maddie’s imaginations to life. The ensemble will be integral in completing scene changes and creating the “magic” of the Hundred Dresses reveal moment.
Important Dates:
Info meetings: Tuesday, December 2nd OR Thursday, December 4th; 3:15-3:45pm, WHS Auditorium
Auditions: Thursday, December 10th - Friday, December 12th, 3:30-5:30pm, Black Box
Performances:
Thursday, February 26th and Friday, February 27th @ 7:00pm, WHS Auditorium
DRAMA FESTIVAL DATES: All students involved in the production MUST be available all day on the following dates:
Prelims: Saturday, February 28th, snow date February 29th
Semis: Saturday, March 14th, snow date March 15th
Finals: Thursday, March 26 - Saturday, March 28th
Past Productions:
Past Productions:
2025: Museum by TIna Howe
2024: June, July, August by Sinead Daly
METG Drama Festival State Semi-Finalist
2023: The Illusion by Tony Kushner
METG Drama Festival State Semi-Finalist
2022: Scenes from The Secret in the Wings by Mary Zimmerman
2021: She Kills Monsters, Virtual Realms by Qui Nguyen AND Puffs: or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic by Matt Cox (VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS)
2020: Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory
2019: Sideways Stories from Wayside School - A Play Adapted by John Olive From Louis Sachar’s Wayside School
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