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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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| The Theatrical Dead by Bart Meehan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy with a single (theatre) setting. |
| Synopsis | A frustrated stage manager is desperately dealing with last minute frustrations as he prepares for opening night. However, the ghost of a famous actor appears quoting Hamlet on stage and proves impossible to remove. |
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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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| 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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A Tour In The Vaults by Olivia Arieti
New |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short light-comedy/drama. |
| Synopsis | A couple of tourists are waiting to take their tour in the city's vaults, unaware that the place is still haunted. |
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| Traffic Stop by Herb Hasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short comedy play. Single set (or almost complete lack of set - the couple are, in theory, in a car, but this need only be indicated by a little movement), |
| Synopsis | An argumentative couple have difficulties with each other and a traffic cop on their way to an important appointment. |
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| Transplants by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. George and Wally are written male, but need not be. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. No set requirements.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | An absurd look at the world of medical advances. |
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| Tree Audition by Hugh Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | An actress uses underhand tactics to put off a rival while waiting to audition for the part of Lady Macbeth. |
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| Try To Get It On Like Once Before by Kirsty Walker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A ten minute play with adult themes. |
| Synopsis | In the far future, a man and a woman are being taught how to procreate the old-fashioned way, but the instructional video is somewhat odd. |
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| A TV With Just One Button by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two men and a child. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. Set indicative of a living room (seating, a television).
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
| Synopsis | Mark and Bob grapple with a new television. |
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