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Are You Watching Me? by Tony Frier |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play - ostensibly a comedy, though with a dark twist ending that befits a thriller. |
Synopsis | Ali is close to giving birth, and desperate to leave the dingy apartment where she and her husband Jon are living until her mother’s house sells. All the while, there’s a man watching them from another block of flats. When Ali receives a disturbing text, Jon decides to confront the voyeur - it's at this point a dark secret is revealed. |
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The Ballet of Fervour or Perhaps Bingo by Jos Biggs |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy-drama set on a stage or in a rehearsal room. |
Synopsis | A director is sadly disappointed in the calibre of actors available for his masterwork. But though they may not fit the requirements of his play, his assistant happens to have another script they're perfect for - if the director will also act. |
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Balloons in the Bar by Louise Wade |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy drama on a single (hotel bar) set. |
Synopsis | Jessica has sneaked away from her own hen party, and found the quieter hotel bar tended by Jake. She’s just collecting her thoughts when Rob, the man hired as a stripper for the hens, staggers in, also having second thoughts. |
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Brief Lives by Andrew Beattie |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama for young actors. Traces of black comedy and strong language. Two simple settings. |
Synopsis | Two teenage boys are presented with a difficult situation when, arriving for his regular music lesson, one of them discovers the dead body of his elderly music teacher. |
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Chekhov's Shorts by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of five short plays based on short stories by Anton Chekhov. |
Synopsis | A Lottery Ticket adapted from the story of the same title A Meeting on a Train Loosely adapted from 'An Enigmatic Nature' Difficult People adapted from the story of the same title Natalie’s Vacation adapted from 'A Tripping Tongue' I’m Famous based on 'Joy' |
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Doggy Noire by Jamie Hope |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. All the characters are animals. (All literally, some figuratively.) The characters are nominally 4M, 1F, but in the context, there's a lot of flexibility. |
Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play in a single setting. Contains adult themes and language (although in the context of dogs, 'bitch' is not necessarily a term of abuse). Noire as in 'bête noire' rather than 'film noir'. (No hard-boiled detectives.) |
Synopsis | Bonzo the enforcer has brought Paulette the Poodle to the bridge, as arranged, but who is being set up for a fall? When Big Fido arrives, it turns out there may not be any winners, since the rats that come with him have grudges of their own. |
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It's About Time by James P Brosnahan & Joseph S Kubu |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice, optionally recorded. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act, light comedy, play. |
Synopsis | Nick has brought Kim to the museum to look at art, but also to propose. Unfortunately they are interrupted by Nicholas who seems to know a lot about art and the two of them. He is actually a future version of Nick, and has his own plans for the evening. |
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Jim Jam by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy on a simple set. |
Synopsis | Jim, his wife Mary, and one of their sons, are all stuck in a traffic jam. Jim’s frustrated, his wife is trying to stay serene, and their son is desperate for the loo. |
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Me And You by Tony Domaille Journeyman Theatre Productions - Best Director, Best actor, Best actress and Best Supporting actor, Avon Short Play Festival 2020 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 31 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy drama. Part II of the author's Changes trilogy. |
Synopsis | Phil and his mates have bungled a robbery and he and his friend, Mikey, have run to the only safe place they can think of: The 'Me & You Café', owned by Phil’s daughter. Whilst they wait to see if the police are on to them, Phil and his daughter find themselves exploring how it all came to this, and whether their relationship can withstand past and present pressures. |
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No Strings Attached by Johnny Grim |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for two songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act play with music, set in a puppet tent. |
Synopsis | Flip and Scratch are fairground puppets, once big stars but now fallen on hard times. Faced with the inevitable decline of their audiences, they discuss their various options. |
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