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The Amateur Killer by Robert Scott Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length murder mystery thriller with multiple endings. |
Synopsis | Theatre director Daniel is letting his personal history with Lucas affect their relationship as he directs the production of Adieu in the local Dramatic Society. But it’s his knowledge of Lucas’ affair with Natalie that will lead to murder. |
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The Amazing Adventures of Frog Man by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with aquatic characters, no specific set. |
Synopsis | Super Hero Frog Man and his trusted sidekick face their nemesis... |
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The Amazing America Roadtrip by Rob Roznowski |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. 4 main roles (2M, 2F) and 18 further roles designed to be split between 2 actors (1M, 1F). |
Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy adaptable to small or large casts. US English. |
Synopsis | After a particularly challenging presidential election, a family decides they need to take a driving vacation across America. Along the way they meet a collection of colorful characters who restore their faith in the country. This surprisingly patriotic yet non-partisan comedy showcases the best of the American spirit. |
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Ambition by Tony Best |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Could be performed by children or a mixture of adults and children. (Or even, for more comic effect, with the children's roles taken by adults.) It might be possible for Mr James, the teacher, to double as the fairy! |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Simple, short comedy play. No set, simple props (a chair, a magic wand...) Arguably a moral play - be careful what you wish for... |
Synopsis | Three schoolgirls are given the chance to have their fondest wish come true, but things don't quite work out the way they hope, and soon they're all having second thoughts. |
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Amy's Brief Visit To The Garden Of Earthly Delight by Tony Best |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. There are 22 speaking roles (15 female, 7 male) plus four non-speaking rugby players (*) but it could be played with a lot of doubling by a cast of six. * For speakers of US English, these would be 'jocks'. |
Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play for a youth theatre or high school company. A bold play, dealing with peer-pressure, and teenage bravado. Contains swearing and teenage themes. |
Synopsis | Determined to catch up with her friends, Amy loses her virginity to her friend's brother at a drunken party. Unfortunately she doesn't use any protection and finds herself not only pregnant, but sadly wrong about what her friends have been doing. |
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And A Happy New Year! by Gwen Stevens |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 113 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy with a split set - lounge, bedroom and hallway. |
Synopsis | Susan and Nigel bring the children to her parents' home for Christmas. Little do they know how disastrous their stay will be. Mother is ill in bed and her Father is suffering with Alzheimer's. Then the heating won't work, the telephone is dead, and they are snowed in - leaving them stranded... |
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And Now, For My Next Trick by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | The Great Marvelloso, an ageing and incompetent Magician, is training a rather star-struck and talkative young woman to be his assistant. Taciturn and pessimistic by nature, his patience is pushed to the very limits. |
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And The Bride Wore... by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play set in exclusive bridal shop, Bella Sposa. |
Synopsis | A young bride-to-be has an appointment at the shop to look at wedding dresses. Whilst this should be a special moment in her life, arguments and family jealousies surface much to the dismay of the shop owner. For some of the older women it is a time to reminisce about their own wedding day, providing touching moments amongst the comedy. An all female cast of characters play out the conflicts and tensions between the bride and groom's mismatched families as they try to reach agreement on what bride Tayla, and her bridesmaids, are to wear. |
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And Then There Were Three! by John F. Glen Performance by Young Portonians won the SCDA National Youth Drama Final, 2009. Performance by Greenock Players Youth won the Inverclyde District Festival and SCDA Western Division Finals in 2012. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One of the listed characters is a voice-over which is used at the start of the piece and could be pre-recorded. Whilst the characters are named in the script (for readability) they are presented to the audience anonymously. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act play for teenagers. Single set (which changes slightly through the play). Contains swearing. |
Synopsis | A disparate group of children meet up in the aftermath of a disaster with a biological weapon that has killed all the adults. Can they learn to co-operate and survive? And what will happen when they reach adulthood? |
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Androcles and the Lion by Peter Bond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The chorus - of soldiers, slaves, Christians and lions - is optional. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming fable for kids. |
Synopsis | Androcles is a man who loves all living things - he's even reluctant to kill a lamb to feed himself. So when a lion appears, he's less worried about it eating his sheep and more concerned that there's a thorn in it's paw. Helping this lion turns out to be a good move in the long term... |
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