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That's Amore by Arnold Kane Winner of the Cambridge Theatre Challenge, International Playwriting Competition, 2014 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy in a single (hotel bedroom) set. |
Synopsis | A couple have retreated to a hotel room - a Film Director and a meek Librarian. There is playful banter, flirting, and plenty of champagne... Who can doubt what will come next? Apart from the phone call, of course. |
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Them by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the junior member of the main trio is nominally male, he's a juvenile bird, so the gender of the casting is entirely down to the actors you have available! Whilst there is no chorus, there is an option for a flock of juvenile birds! |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch, taking a birds-eye view of humanity. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | A family of birds discuss the peculiar creatures on the ground below them before they set off on their migration. |
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Therapy by George J. Bryjak |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy with a single (therapist’s office) setting. US English. Adult content. |
Synopsis | Dr. Kellogg finds herself functioning more as a referee than a marriage counsellor as she attempts to reconcile the monumental differences between her dysfunctional clients, Phoenicia and Wilbur. Unbeknownst to the flabbergasted therapist, the quarrelsome couple are pursuing a secret agenda. |
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There's More to Love than Dog Meets Bitch by Rupert Haigh Shortlisted in the pint sized plays competition, 2014. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A satirical comedy sketch with a single (bar) setting. |
Synopsis | Two laddish dogs, Rex and Fido, are enjoying a pint or two in their local, when their boy's night out is interrupted by the glamorous and mysterious Paula. Her feminine guiles have a surprising effect on the lads' relationship - with unexpected results. |
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Thesaurians by Graham Jones |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 1 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A very short comedy sketch of words set in an office. |
Synopsis | An interviewer attempts to conduct an interview with a candidate who appears to have swallowed a Thesaurus. |
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Three Across by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy on a single coffee shop set. |
Synopsis | Nathan is hoping for a peaceful morning as he tackles the crossword in his local coffee shop. But when a total stranger, Joanna, decides to share his table, and her ex, Grant, takes the next table along, he is drawn into her romantic tangles. |
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Three Billy Goats Cyber by Richard L. Sanders |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A politically satirical take on the classic fairy tale. |
Synopsis | Three Billy Goats discuss strategies to get past the troll under the bridge and munch the lovely grass on the other side. The use of present day cyber technologies becomes part of the scheming. |
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The Three Wise 'Men' by Croft & Barnett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A simple sketch requiring a minimal set. |
Synopsis | The three wise men arrive at Bethlehem and pick up their gifts, but one is less manly than expected. Could one of them be a wise... woman? |
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Tilapia by Rosemary Frisino Toohey Tilapia was named Finalist in the Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition in 2009. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are middle-aged or above. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play. Single dinner table set (only needs to be indicative). |
Synopsis | An elegant couple discuss their meal, the recent past and some very peculiar events that took place during an abortive dinner party that very evening. What the protagonists don't understand soon becomes clear to the audience! |
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Time Travel Agent by Tony Domaille Best Seller Winner 2018 international Pint Size Plays script writing competition |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (travel agent shop) setting. |
Synopsis | Brian would like to book a time travel holiday, but can't decide where and when to go. Meanwhile, Mr Jennings arrives back from his holiday with complaints. |
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