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| Tiny House by John Passadino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Bernice is (male to female) transgender. How you cast this depends on your company. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act in a single split-level set.. A comedy drama with a surreal edge. US English. |
| Synopsis | Three old friends are trying to get their lives back on track by returning to their days of sharing a house - in this case, a tiny house in the wilds of New York State. But lots of things have changed and the house is very tiny. |
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| Tissues and Wine by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single domestic setting. Set in Australia, though the situation is universal, and it could easily be moved. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | Sonia has just caught her husband having an affair, and has retreated to her mother's house for solace. That's not quite what she gets when Julia, the nosey neighbour, invites herself over to share in the bottle of wine and the advice. |
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| To Kill a Blackmailer by Ian McCutcheon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. 3 male and 3 female roles, plus the voice of a newsreader, which can be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 109 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length murder mystery play on a single drawing room set. |
| Synopsis | A ruthless blackmailer has instructed four potential victims to be at his home at a certain time, to 'discuss a business matter'. A short time after they have all arrived, the blackmailer's dead body is found in the study. The police are informed, and a murder investigation ensues. But all is not what it seems. |
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| To Know When My Time Will Come by Tony Frier |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy, with elements of murder mystery. (The comedy becomes darker as the murder mystery elements are introduced, but it retains its sense of humour and never becomes overly grim.) Single set. |
| Synopsis | Life trundles along at the Sunset Retirement Home - except when it comes to a sudden end. The matron offers residents an unusual bet: she predicts their date of death, and if she's right, she inherits all their wealth. Suspicious newcomer Emily decides to find out what's really going on. |
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| To Shut The Mouth Of Lions by Dave Clark |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 98 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play, containing strong adult language. |
| Synopsis | At a dysfunctional family’s Christmas gathering, head of the family William is facing a terminal illness. His wilful refusal to acknowledge his gay son's right to full humanity forces him to choose between dying alone or facing his homophobic feelings and their cause. |
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| The Toad Society by John Waterhouse |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four on-stage actors (two of whom each play two roles in Act 2) and an off-stage voice. |
| Run Time | Around 82 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy play in two acts (each with its own set). |
| Synopsis | The Harpington Toad Fanciers meet to share their fascination with amphibians, only to discover that they have more interests in common than just the common toad. This leads on to the formation of TARTS and a rather eventful camping expidition...
Act one is available as a stand-alone one-act play, The Harpington Toad Fanciers' Social |
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| A Toll Of Bells by Patricia Gay |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | With action jumping between time zones and crossing three generations, the play depicts people who are faced with huge events that are beyond their control. They must, however, continue the quest for survival in their more mundane lives. The three generations depicted in the play react in different ways to accomplish that goal. |
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| Tom and Huck by Steven Bergman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The characters are a mix of children and adults. The adult roles could be played by children or adults. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with a piano & vocal score for all the songs plus two (instrumental) chases. |
| Style | Musical for kids based on the classic story 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain, set around the Mississippi river in the late 19th century. |
| Synopsis | Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn get themselves and their friends into various scrapes, but ultimately emerge as heroes. |
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| Tomboy by Stuart Smithers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An efficient one-act drama with some well-placed twists. Deals sympathetically with the issues of bullying and gender transition. |
| Synopsis | Andy is attending his first school reunion since leaving 50 years ago, and meets reunion regulars Gerry and Val. Gerry has very fond memories of school, but doesn't remember Andy. Andy's memories aren't so fond, but he seems to know a lot about Gerry, and is determined to coax a secret out of him. |
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| Too Many Crooks by Mike Warrick |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 131 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length farce on a single living room set. |
| Synopsis | In an attempt to spice up his life, Colin is trying to be a crime fighter, but has trouble finding any crime. His wife and best friend try to set up a fake crime for him to fight, but end up involving real criminals and genuine peril. |
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