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Relationship Counsellor by Hugh Smith
Published: 4 May 2022 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch in a simple domestic setting. |
| Synopsis | A man arrives home to be told by his wife that she's leaving him for George Clooney. The sort of thing that could happen to anybody. |
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Identity Theft by Hugh Smith
Published: 27 April 2022 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch in a living room setting. |
| Synopsis | A man arrives home to tell his wife that he's been the victim of identity theft. Moments later, a second man enters to tell the same story. |
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Three Across by Gill Medway
Published: 25 April 2022 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy on a single coffee shop set. |
| Synopsis | Nathan is hoping for a peaceful morning as he tackles the crossword in his local coffee shop. But when a total stranger, Joanna, decides to share his table, and her ex, Grant, takes the next table along, he is drawn into her romantic tangles. |
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Undercover Boss by Hugh Smith
Published: 22 April 2022 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A funny set-up makes for a good sketch that doesn't outstay its welcome. Needs a desk and two chairs. |
| Synopsis | The new owner of a ballet company and its principal male dancer meet to discuss a recent performance of Giselle, at which the boss had gone undercover. |
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Knight in Shining Armour by Jos Biggs
Published: 20 April 2022 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The dragon and the horse are nominally male, but they are, after all, a dragon and a horse (and the horse is made from two people), so casting aginst gender is the least of the production's problems. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch (a long sketch or a very short play!) with minimal set requirements (although it does require a rock and chains). |
| Synopsis | A not-so-heroic knight is on a quest, but when he finds a maiden to rescue, the prospect of going up a against an actual fire-breathing dragon is a bit much for him. Luckily for her, there's another option. |
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Tree Audition by Hugh Smith
Published: 13 April 2022 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | An actress uses underhand tactics to put off a rival while waiting to audition for the part of Lady Macbeth. |
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The Devil and Tom Walker by Gerald P. Murphy
Published: 28 March 2022 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short fantasy melodrama, adapted from the Washington Irving short story. Compèred by rhyming narrators. |
| Synopsis | Tom Walker meets the Devil, who offers him buried treasure in exchange for his soul. Eventually Tom agrees to the bargain and becomes a merciless moneylender, hoarding his great fortune. Later, Tom begins to fear damnation and makes a great show of being religious. Despite Tom's newfound piety, the Devil comes for him on a black horse, and Tom is never seen again. |
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