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| Behind Their Eyes by Taylor Seymour |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short two act drama set in a school. |
| Synopsis | The hidden personal lives of a group of students at an American High School are brought into the open in this poignant examination of teenagers coming of age. |
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| Behind You! by Sharon Hulm |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 53. No chorus. Maximum cast of 53, minimum of 12 |
| Run Time | Around 68 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for eleven songs are included with the producer's copy of this script: Ten interlude songs, and one intended for performance. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A pantomime revue (a comedy sketch show with a pantomime theme) |
| Synopsis | A collection of 18 panto-themed sketches, including three witches, an interview with a genie, and Robin Hood-themed speed dating. |
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Being Nice by Mark Niel
Performance by Ashrow Theatre Co. nominated for Best Production award at the Buxton Fringe Festival, 2011. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act, single set comedy play. (Contains swearing.) |
| Synopsis | Geoff, a divorcee pays his mortgage by renting out rooms to Emily and Alison, two girls in their twenties. Emily has a crush on Geoff and is mortified when Alison, a much more outgoing and earthy type, weighs in with advice and practical help. The three ponder the different dynamic and set out the boundaries of the potential relationship, but does Alison have a secret she's not sharing with Emily? |
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| Being of Sound Mind by Andrew Hull |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. (One character is - deliberately - uncredited in the script.) |
| Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length murder mystery. Single set. |
| Synopsis | Edward Goodchild has died, and the will is read. Penny and Stephen are hoping for cash. Rebecca wants the truth about her sister's death. Martin is surprised to be there, but to get a single penny, they must first survive a night in the house. |
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| Being Rose by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Requires 5 actresses of varying ages to play the title character. Every male character is intended to be played by the same actor, and every female character (aside from Rose) by the same actress. |
| Run Time | Around 39 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful one act play with various settings. |
| Synopsis | Rose looks back on her life from old age but as we see her memories replayed before us, differences emerge between her stories and reality. As her confusion increases, a doctor's diagnosis explains all. In this emotional look at the devastating effects of dementia, Rose is able to recollect momentous emotional events in her life which are vividly and evocatively played out on stage. |
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| The Bells of Saint Crispin's by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 46 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play with a novel twist. Set in a vicar's study and in two (remarkably similar) pubs, so could be presented in a split set. |
| Synopsis | The vicar's plan to restore the church bells has got some of the inhabitants of West Mottering up in arms, but soon he has more to concern him as his wife collapses. More tragedy follows, but perhaps things aren't what they seem to be? |
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| Below The Belt by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch, with a simple setting. |
| Synopsis | In the boxer's dressing room, a radio sports reporter finds talking does not reveal the whole nature of the sport. |
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| Bench by Janice Sampson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play. Single set, which is mainly one of the characters! Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | A village green bench tells us about his day and why everyone should sign the petition against moving him to another location. |
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| A Bench In The Park by Robin Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy thriller. |
| Synopsis | Joe's bed is a park bench, which - during the day, is used by a number of seemingly unconnected people. As conversations unfold, their relationships with each other and with Joe take a surprising twist. |
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| Bench Mark 2 by Emma Wise |
| 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 one act play with a single (park bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A man and a woman conduct an increasingly tense enigmatic conversation on a park bench, culminating in an abrupt, shocking ending. |
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