|
Red Man Blue by John Passadino Published: 22 March 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Ken is written male, but could be played female at the discretion of the production. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short dramatic monologue. Minimal set.. US English. |
Synopsis | After missing his train, Ken sits in a bar contemplating the homeless folks he can see in Penn Station. After venting his distaste, he discovers he has been transformed into one of their number. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
50/50 [Short play] by Jamesine Cundell Walker Published: 15 March 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only. |
Synopsis | Jo is reluctant to look at the results of her pregnancy test, despite encouragement from her partner Danni. A short version of the one-act drama of the same name we have already published. A longer (one-act) version of this story can be found here: 50/50 [One-act Play] |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
Blackbird by Jamesine Cundell Walker Published: 15 March 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only. |
Synopsis | Overbearing mother Rosie drops off her anxious daughter Florence at the start of her first term at Oxford. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
The Donor by Jamesine Cundell Walker Published: 15 March 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only (the park bench again). |
Synopsis | The Donor: Graham is at his mother’s funeral when his ex-wife Cassie makes an appearance, with an unexpected request. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
Kippers Can’t Swim by Jamesine Cundell Walker Published: 15 March 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only. |
Synopsis | Teenager Alex gets talking to elderly Gladys in a hospital waiting room. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
Magic Marge by Jamesine Cundell Walker Published: 15 March 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Monologue from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only. |
Synopsis | Marjorie is an elderly lady who has lost interest in love and companionship and decided to spend her life in bed. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
Nice Out, Isn't It? by Jamesine Cundell Walker Published: 15 March 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, deckchairs only. |
Synopsis | Enthusiastic Ken and disillusioned Brian sit by the seaside and reminisce about their lives, their favourite comedy duos, and lost loves. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
Snakes and Ladders by Jamesine Cundell Walker Published: 15 March 2024 |
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 | Short drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, 'furniture' only. |
Synopsis | After a secret liaison, Malcolm and Karen find themselves trapped in the office storeroom. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
Accessory to a Murder by Richard Smithson Published: 26 February 2024 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male but Gallstone could be cast female. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A novel take on the police genre provides some good jokes. Very easily stageable - two actors and a desk with chairs. |
Synopsis | Police officers Gallstone and Stott are serving the end of their careers in a retirement community. Frustrated that nothing ever happens, Gallstone demands that Stott become a maverick - just like on telly. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
BARF by Richard Moon Published: 26 February 2024 BARF was one of the eight winners of the 2022 Ilkley Playhouse 8x8x8 Playwriting Festivaland was performed at the Ilkley Playhouse in April 2023. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A funny sketch with a nicely grim twist. |
Synopsis | Pauline's dishwasher is broken and Joe is confident he is the man to fix it for her. But why is Pauline so interested in Joe's private life? |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|