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The Not-So Ordinaries… by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Built around actors playing multiple roles (and ocasionally across gender), so plenty of flexibility in who does what! |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama for kids. Multiple locations but intended to be played with minimal sets. |
Synopsis | Jack is suffering from bullying at school until he and fellow victim Erin are asked to join The Top Secret Society of Not So Ordinary Agents Fighting Against Bullies and Bad People. After a shaky start, the agents manage to turn things around and arrange a happy ending. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** PDF file featuring games and exercises aimed at helping a cast develop their roles in 'The Not So Ordinaries' by Jon Boustead. (The material might also be used or adapted for other youth theatre scripts.)
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The Other Side by Iris Winston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for youth theatre, a story, but with a strong moral core. |
Synopsis | Ruth is visiting an Art Gallery as part of the school field trip, when she sees a picture of a cabin that looks familiar. She falls into the painting and meets Narg, who takes her back to something she doesn't want to remember. |
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Pantomime Academy by Helen Spencer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 52. No chorus. The script as written features 52 speaking roles and 3 non-speaking roles but can easily be adapted to suit larger or smaller groups. Most roles are gender-neutral. |
Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producers' copy of the script contains suggestions for well-known songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act pantomime ideal for performance by Key Stage 2 students. |
Synopsis | The Pantomime Academy is putting on a big show to celebrate its centenery, but poor Maurice seems destined to always play the back of the cow. Follow him on his journey to be recognised as someone greater. |
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Same Difference by Louise Roche |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A list of suggested songs is given in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play (with music) for kids. Multiple settings, but designed to be staged simply. |
Synopsis | Penny is a new girl, desperate to fit in with her peer-group. The other kids, led by Danni, dare her to enter a mysterious house that has been unoccupied for years. There she meets Amelia.. A tale of exclusion, bullying, ghosts and reconciliation. |
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Same, But Different by Pat Edwards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 32. No chorus. Flexible cast size at the Producer's discretion |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play. |
Synopsis | Two fans of opposing football teams make friends, and then have to get their fellow supporters to understand there's nothing wrong with that. |
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Shadowdancer by Wesley A. Knoch |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for 9 songs and three instrumentals are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Musical for teenagers. (Structured in two acts, but of one-act length.) Minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Rocky, the bullying leader of his gang, is led into a scary world of shadows, where he learns that he needs to pay his dues... |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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Ugly Duckling by Ann Taylor |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play for schools with a single (playground) setting. |
Synopsis | This anti-bullying play tells the story of a child who is bullied because he looks different. A resolution is reached when classmates step in to help. |
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Wheels by Chloe C.D. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. Doctors, patients and extras can be doubled if need be. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for three pieces of background music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act drama for schools and youth theatre, with a simple set and flexible casting. |
Synopsis | A one act play that follows the everyday struggles of a wheelchair-bound teenager, focusing on what is thought but not always said, and the aspects of life which an abled person may overlook. Issues and difficulties that often go unnoticed are brought to life in a story based on the author's own experiences. |
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