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Uneven Surfaces by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play for two female actors (and an off-stage male).
SynopsisVisiting her widowed grandmother Grace, who lives alone by the sea, Emily discovers the meaning of true love as Grace expounds on her vast collection of sea shells.
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up & down by Rob Ricards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. There is one speaking character. A second character makes two appearances to bring on props. (This might be done by a member of the stage crew.) The character is written as male, but could be played female with just a couple of name changes.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen minute play - essentially a monologue - set on the step ladder that is life!
SynopsisA character reviews the events of his (or her) life, using a handy step ladder as a metaphor.
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Voice of a Flea by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleThe fifth in Gill Medway's series of monologues about cleaning lady, Violet Brimley. Minimal set (a chair).
SynopsisViolet's latest job finds her at the house of a celebrated actor, whose chances of a prestigious TV award are in serious jeopardy when he appears to jump into some very hot water. Can Violet's famous tact and diplomacy save the day?
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Waiting for the Unicorns by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 14 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy, requiring little more than a clipboard, a large rock and two actors. (The two animals of every kind are optional.)
SynopsisNoah seems very well organised. He's built the boat thing, all the animals are more or less in alphabetical order, and he's got a list. All that's missing are those infuriating unicorns. Fortunately, his wife has the good sense to grasp the concept of myth and legend.
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We All Make Plans, Don't We? by George Freek
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 11 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short, one act farce, with a single (living room) setting.
SynopsisEarl is devastated to learn that his very large investment in a financial scheme has been lost, when the scheme turns out to be a scam. His friend the vicar has also been swindled by the same scheme, in which he had invested the church funds. Earl's teenage daughter exacerbates Earl's distress with some news of her own involving the scheme's perpetrator.
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We Have To Talk by Don Lowry
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. If the three scenes were to be played separately, the three couples could be played by the same pair of actors with changes of costume and style.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort play comprising three short sketches on one theme. Written to be played continuously, but the three could be spaced out through an evening of short pieces. No set, so could be played front-of-curtain.
SynopsisThree relationships have reached the point where the couples need to talk. It's curtains for two pairs, but the third might just make it... even if it's for the strangest of reasons.
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Whatta Nut! by Ethan Bortman
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 14 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short, light comedy play
SynopsisThe first and only rehearsal for a performed reading of a play entitled ‘The Nut’ is being held just a few hours before the performance. Hazel, the playwright, has invited the actors to her house to rehearse. The rehearsal does not go smoothly.
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White Knight by P. B. Stenson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 11 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAn engaging horror drama which playfully explores the theme of gender-based assumptions. Some nicely written dialogue with an edge of dark comedy.
SynopsisAsh is walking home from the pub when he passes a woman, Christina, sitting alone. He stops to check she is alright, but his assumptions about her are way off.
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Whose Baby? by John Collings
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 14 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short comedy with a single (hospital waiting room) setting. Adult themes.
SynopsisThree pregnant women from very different backgrounds have come for a routine check-up. As they wait to be seen, they discuss their various experiences whilst conceiving. One of them goes into labour, with shocking results.
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Why Homo Erectus Died Out by Tony Best
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Optional gender for the Presenter role
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short one act comedy play, with a single simple setting.
SynopsisProfessor Anthony presents his imaginative theory as to why Homo-Erectus died out, as we watch the interaction between male and female played out in mime - and Ugs - before our very eyes.
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