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| The Interview by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy play. An unusually updated, piece of Dickens. |
| Synopsis | An excerpt from David Copperfield - except that a lot has changed since the nineteenth century. David takes his good friend Traddles to discuss with the Misses Spenlow the matter of his engagement to their niece, Dora. |
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It Never Rains But It Pours by Cheryl Barrett
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. One (gender non-specific) character can be a pre-recorded voice. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One song, to be played over the closing actions, is suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | The ark has sprung a few leaks and Noah and his family have been bailing out water. Noah’s wife tells Noah to ask God to stop the floods. They soon discover that they need to make an appointment to speak to God, which isn’t as easy as they first thought. |
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| It's About Time by James P Brosnahan & Joseph S Kubu |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice, optionally recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act, light comedy, play. |
| Synopsis | Nick has brought Kim to the museum to look at art, but also to propose. Unfortunately they are interrupted by Nicholas who seems to know a lot about art and the two of them. He is actually a future version of Nick, and has his own plans for the evening. |
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| Jackpot Joy by Karen Doling |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for four songs (with adjusted lyrics to one of them). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act comedy play (with a few songs thrown-in). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | After apparently winning the lottery one night, Joy's life is plagued by sycophantic family members angling for a portion of her seven-figure jackpot. When Joy hides her winning ticket, others are determined to take matters (and the ticket itself) into their own hands! |
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| Jiggy Jiggy by John Chambers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act adult comedy (that's definitely 'adult' in the sense of 'contains rude bits'), in a single set - a bed and a bedside table. |
| Synopsis | Mark's not happy with his life. He's come up with a novel plan to thrust himself and his wife Kaz into the limelight where he thinks they belong. And all it will take is a performance in their bedroom in front of three cameras... |
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| Jilted Lovers Helpline by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy set in a call-centre office (two workstations with phones). |
| Synopsis | Along with organisations such as Beyond Blue and The Samaritans Helpline, there’s another lesser know organisation providing service to the community. The 'Jilted Lovers Community Help Centre' is a recent addition to the Government's 'Family Care and Planning Network', providing an avenue for 'dumped lovers' to re-build their broken hearts. |
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| Jim Jam by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy on a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Jim, his wife Mary, and one of their sons, are all stuck in a traffic jam. Jim’s frustrated, his wife is trying to stay serene, and their son is desperate for the loo. |
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| John's Mother by Helen Boyce |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | Jenny knows that John’s mother isn’t her biggest fan, but when the put-downs and asides get too much, she confides to her best friend that she’d love Diane out of the way. But then Diane dies and the real trouble starts. |
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| John's Wife by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Characters are four women one of whom appears at the start, another at the end (giving room for doubling). |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. |
| Synopsis | When Chris's happy life is devastated by the accidental death of her beloved Husband, she feels that it has turned into a nightmare. Sara, her good friend tries to convince her that given time, things will improve, but is she correct, or, with the arrival of Maria, is the nightmare just beginning? |
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| The Journey of the Magi [Prose] by Martin Kirkland |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 31. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Play morphing smoothly from a comedy introduction to the three wise men into a more reverend Biblical account. Includes the use of shadow theatre. (Structurally in two acts, one-act in length!) |
| Synopsis | Caspar, Balthazar and Melchior are held in high regard by everyone except their wives, who would love a holiday. The appearance of a new star and the sudden interest of the Romans inspires an astrological journey, ending at a certain stable in Bethlehem. |
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