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I Have A Vision by Stewart Boston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Drama in two acts, informed by the three years the author spent working on two reserves in Saskatchewan. |
Synopsis | Two years on a reservation in Canada, as the elections bring a new chief with a new vision, but Richard can't offer the people the same good times his predecessor Gerald did. He wants them to think long term and to make changes for their children's future. A moving play, throwing new light on an old struggle. |
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I Love You When It's Raining, Roy G Biv by Martin R. Collin |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The chorus covers a school class, a choir and a funeral congregation, so very flexible numbers! The structure of the story implies a mixture of adults and children, but of course it could be performed by a youth company. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A couple of public domain songs are suggested for use in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play with various simple settings. |
Synopsis | Roy is that inspirational teacher everyone remembers. He arrives at a small school in Ohio and immediately makes a mark on every pupil he comes into contact with. His death is sudden and unexpected but his spirit lives on as his pupils move into adulthood. |
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I Really Need This Job by Iris Winston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage female characters and the off-stage voice of the male would-be employer. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama exploring issues younger and older women face in the world of work. Set in Canada (but permissible change of a word or two could put it anywhere else). |
Synopsis | A new graduate and an older woman, who's been out of the job market for a number of years, have applied for the same job and meet while they are waiting to be interviewed. Will either be employed? |
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I Stand Alone by Kevin Broughton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Drama in two acts. Four locations, but designed for minimal staging. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | An allegorical play. In the far future, Britain has been ravaged by an external conflict and a civil war between the returning Celts, who restored the country, and the native Saxons who feel they have been pushed aside. |
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I Will Pass My Jeans On by Patricia Gay |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play. |
Synopsis | Tara and Abbie are washing and ironing their mum’s old clothes, getting ready to pass them on to charity. Mum can’t resist giving them advice, but she is not all there. |
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I'm Not One To Gossip But... by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | Brenda has met up with her old friend Sharon for lunch and a friendly gossip at Phillip's café. Through the gossip, a few skeletons in Phillip's cupboard are revealed. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Idiot Spaz by Eddie Coleman One of the finallists in the 2016 'British Theatre Challenge' play 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 14 minutes. [Estimated!] Performance at the British Theatre Challenge showcase ran to 17 minutes. |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play, set at a fair - by or in - the hall of mirrors. |
Synopsis | Peter has cerebral palsy and his carer knows him well. Today, however, she must leave for a new job, and the supervisor believes he knows what Peter needs... But Peter knows better. |
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If The Shoe Fits by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play, with a rehearsal room setting. |
Synopsis | Vicky and Sam are both trained dancers and actresses, auditioning for the part of Cinderella in a production called 'Cinderella Ballerina'. When they meet each other inside the audition room they begin to have doubts. Will they get the part they have always coveted? Will they actually want the part - once the director has revealed his ideas? |
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Illusion/Delusion by David Pollard |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of three one-act plays, all of which are also available separately. |
Synopsis | Three stories which question the reality of their situations. In 'Can Malone Die?', a best-selling author is confronted by his character brought to life. In 'Aspects of a Betrayal', Dolly is visited by a colleague of her late husband, who was a spy and defector. And in 'Clause Fourteen', aging actor Clifford finds himself playing opposite his ex-wife in a production which, against all probability, is a smash hit. |
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Imaginary Friends by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as two female, one male, but other divisions would be possible. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play. No set requirements, simple props (two chairs and a book). |
Synopsis | Two people thrown into a room have to come to terms with the way of preserving sanity adopted by the existing occupant. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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