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| Signs of Grace by Sarah Howard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Friends and narrators parts may be doubled, at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play with simple (or no) set. |
| Synopsis | In a modern setting and using narration with action, the Old and New Testaments of the Bible are brought together - to provide a parable, showing why Jesus died for our sins. |
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| Silver Linings by Bob Hammond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act drama with a single (clifftop bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A young man has had an argument with his girlfriend and has spent the night on a bench. The old tramp who usually uses the bench, in a fatherly fashion, draws out the difficulties the young man has had throughout his life and identifies a silver lining for himself. |
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| Silver-Tongued by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch set in a bar. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George are spending a night out at the local pub. George is seeking advice from Dave about his silver wedding anniversary. |
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| Simpleton and the Queen Bee by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short fantasy play for children. |
| Synopsis | Grimm's fairy tale is brought to life as the animals help Simpleton complete the tasks which will bring him his true love. |
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| Sin by C Henchley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The play is written for two characters, but there is an option of adding a crowd of silent extras. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Unusual, short holocaust drama in a single minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Two men on their way to Belsen debate the morality of lying to a couple wanting to marry. Is the joy they can impart before the horror of the camps worth the cost to the liar’s immortal soul? |
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A Single Moment by Tony Domaille
Runner up UK Community Drama Festivals Federation Geoffrey Whitworth competition for Best Original Script, 2015 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play with a single (Betting Shop) setting. Part I of the author's 'Changes' trilogy. |
| Synopsis | Danny's gambling has finally brought him to rock bottom. He has lost everything and now finds himself in the bookmaker’s shop learning lessons from a bag lady and a bookmaker. Whilst salvation is offered from surprising sources, it is a single moment that saves him when his most unlikely bet is won because on 5th June 2009 snow fell across parts of the UK. |
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| Singulatitis by Troy Shearer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Dr. Swanson is written male but could be reassigned! |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute surreal comedy sketch, set in a doctor's surgery. |
| Synopsis | A man with extreme hiccups receives a strange and fateful diagnosis from his doctor. |
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| The Sinister Mrs Eaves by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act play, single set (Sherlock Holmes' study). |
| Synopsis | Holmes and Watson tackle the bizarre case of the Sinister Mrs Eaves and twenty-one-and-a-half Harper Street without leaving their comfortable rooms at 221b Baker Street. A fine Holmes mystery with more than a touch of humour. |
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| The Sisters Grimm by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A sketch for young teenagers, with a minimal set. |
| Synopsis | The four witches Hubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble try to agree on the best way of dealing with Twitter trolls who are giving witches a bad name. Unfortunately there is little agreement... |
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| Sixth Wife by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two live characters plus a voicemail announcement which is assumed to be prerecorded (as is the nature of such things). |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A nice twist on the monologue format as the script jumps between Roy and Cathy's reflections on Roy's past wives and their upcoming marriage. A simple set, two good characters with fun, witty dialogue would make a good challenge for a pair of actors. |
| Synopsis | No, not that sixth wife. Roy is about to get married for the sixth time. But do he and the bookish Cathy have that much in common? |
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