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When Darkness Falls by Sam Simkin On the evidence of this script, the author won the award for Most Promising Young Playwright, Trinity College London's International Playwriting Competition, 2013-14 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. Intended for performance by a Youth Theatre company or by a mix of adults and teenagers. |
Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama, very much from the perspective of the central character. |
Synopsis | Teenager Alex lives with his dysfunctional family in a state of teenage confusion and angst. His witnessing of a murder has a profound effect on his already troubled mind leading to his leaving home. His encounter with homeless people is inspirational and leads him down the right path. |
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When Fairy Tales Collide by Charles Alverson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play for kids. |
Synopsis | Hansel and Gretel are busy not getting fatter, but their lonely life in the witch's cottage is interrupted by a constant stream of visitors - Goldilocks, two princes, a Wicked Queen, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf... This is going to take some work to get to Happily Ever After. |
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When Life Hands You Lemons by Kate Phimy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A mother and her teenage daughter. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play. Single domestic setting (which need not be elaborate, but does involve a Christmas tree). Contains very mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Chloe isn't that interested in decorating the tree this year, but her Mum is determined that they'll do things just as they always have. Chloe has a better idea for this year, though. |
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When Rob Met Artie by Richard Crawley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An enjoyable comedy which offers good roles to a well-balanced cast. |
Synopsis | April has lived with her AI partner Rob for five years, and the time has come to replace him with a newer model, Artie. But Artie's ability to replicate male behaviour causes more problems than expected, while Rob finds happiness in his new home with April’s employee Lisa. |
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When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom by Steven A. Shapiro |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama set around a park bench. |
Synopsis | Unfit Morty meets athletic Sandy when he has a coronary while out for a run. Over a series of encounters at the same park bench, the two bond and eventually share their secrets. |
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When The Hurly-Burly's Done by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Male cameo - offstage voice - could be pre-recorded. |
Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act comedic play, with a 'blasted heath' setting. |
Synopsis | Three very familiar hags are gathered around a cauldron on a blasted heath, but a certain Thane is running late. The ladies discuss their options and possible plans, before finally getting down to the business of the night. |
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When We Were Young by Allan Williams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama (with minimum staging requirements) set in World War One. |
Synopsis | Six monologues from three different characters, set during the First World War. Two soldiers who were childhood friends, recound their wartime experiences, as does a nurse who meets one of the men when he becomes one of the many casualties of the Great War |
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When You Wish Upon a Star... Fish by Sherrill S. Cannon & Kerry E. Gallagher |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Most of the characters are sea creatures. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Simple play for young children. Partly in verse, and with song suggestions. |
Synopsis | A little girl finds a starfish and is transported to the sea bed, where she meets many wondrous creatures who speak to her in rhyme about their life underwater. |
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Where Babies Come From by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are played by people older than the stated age. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | Two children, seven and seven and three quarters, discuss the big mystery of where babies come from. |
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Where Have You Been? by Steve Menary |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are a mother and son, but it is intended as a youth theatre piece. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for youth theatre. A few simple props to indicate location. Also available as part of the Fright Size collection. |
Synopsis | On the surface, this is a routine conversation between a mother and her teenage son after a night out... But appearances can be deceptive. |
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