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| Spaced Out by Garry R. Keane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. All the crew of the Lolly Pop are aged 11 to 13. (There is a good reason for this in the script!) Mission control is considerably older, but is a voice-over. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Space-based comedy play for a cast of kids. |
| Synopsis | These are the voyages of the Intergalactic Confederation ship 'Lolly Pop'. It's mission - to search the stars, to boldly go where no child has gone before. To seek out... lunch. |
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| Sparkles by Michal Y Noah |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Additional non-speaking dancers could be added in. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short rhyming script for young children, with a minimal leafy scene set. |
| Synopsis | The stages of Sparkles' transformation - leaving her egg, spinning a cocoon, and emerging from the cocoon as a butterfly, are described in this simple rhyming script. There could be opportunities for non-speaking cast members to perform a dance or mime to make the transformation appear more spectacular. |
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| Sparring Partners by George Holmes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. One offstage voice - could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Music suggestions for 10 pieces, for scene changes, are provided with the Producer's copy. No singing is required. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length comedy play with music suggested, to add jollity for the scene changes. |
| Synopsis | It's a busy weekend at Jolly's Spa, and the owner and manager, William Jolly, is struggling to keep things running. The plumbing is backing-up and the guests are coming to blows. Worse still, his mother is 'helping' him! |
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| The Spartan Conspiracy by Vithal Rajan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act satire. |
| Synopsis | Menelaus, Ulysses and Agamemnon meet with Achilles to discuss the disastrous rise in the price of Olive Oil, instigated by the Trojans. How can they prompt a war with Troy to combat the oil price? Then they send for Helen... |
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| The Spasm by Tony Best |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. Flexible chorus size |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A play in five short acts. |
| Synopsis | Based loosely on the short story by Guy de Maupassant, the play explores manservant Prosper's journey to heaven, and his discovery that his heaven may become his hell. |
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| Speak Your Mind by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A family drama (with comic moments). Single set. Structurally in two acts, but at 70 minutes, it offers the options of standing alone or being paired with a shorter piece. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Ever since her father died, Ruth has been concerned about her mother Mildred. Ruth's husband Richard has his worries too, as Ruth's reverence for her father's memory seems to cloud her judgment. An unexpected guest in the form of Richard's boss Harry turns a simple dinner party into a stage for confessions and accusations. |
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| Speakeasy by Jane Quill |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama in a single (minimal set). |
| Synopsis | Spend a few evenings with the Speakeasy group, an informal talking session where people can deal with their issues, helped by Gary, the founder. Michael is struggling with depression, Rachel is alcoholic and Bettina is really Johnathan, but they all have the group in common. |
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| Special Occasions by Roger Hodge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act play adapted from the middle act of Roger Hodge's full-length Eating Out. |
| Synopsis | Three very different couples eat at the same restaurant. It's a special occasion for all of them - or will turn out to be. |
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| A Spell of Bad Weather by Giles Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. The Giant is an offstage voice, so could be recorded or live. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act fairytale/fantasy for kids. Several settings, but each intended to be indicated by a single item of stage furniture. |
| Synopsis | The village of Winsome has been suffering from continuous storms. Something must be done. Preferably something heroic. Fortunately, there's a hero to hand, not to mention a teacher, a weather forecaster, and a policeman. They set off on a quest to find the cause. A quest involving a giant, an invisible wall, The Wizard of Nastiness, a good fairy and The Princess Delightful (a delightful princess). |
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| Spelled by Adrian Cale |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 75-minute comic murder mystery play in a single set. Structurally in two acts, but could be paired with a much shorter play to create a longer entertainment. |
| Synopsis | Zelda is the head witch of a modern-day coven, but is despised by its members - she's plagiarised Florence's Big Book of Spells, turned Ethel's owl into vol-au-vents, and made Dora quack like a duck. When Zelda is found dead, the Council of Witches send an investigator to solve the case. |
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