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Substance Abuse by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Two British expats reminisce on what they miss from the old country. |
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Sunny Side Up by Stephen Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both character written male but could be changed to female. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch. A dark comedy sketch. Simple set. |
Synopsis | Mr Cruthers is looking to sort out his stay at the Sunny-Side-Up campsite, but it's more than a little unusual. Not least because some of the helpful staff are a bit on the - er - dead side. |
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The Swan Queen by Frank Canino |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. There is one speaking voice, Lenore. She addresses the audience as a friend, but also addresses two other people (1M, 1F) who might appear on stage. There is also an option for a group of male dancers. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two pieces (associated with classical ballet) are suggested as accompaniment. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Powerful, brilliantly-written one act play. Single set with simple furniture representing multiple locations. |
Synopsis | A former Prima Ballerina navigates the final months of her life, balancing her health concerns with those of her stepson, an artist with AIDS. Despite some stark differences at first, the pair find common ground and become allies as they each cope with their diagnoses. |
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Talk in the Park by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch set around a park bench. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | A chance meeting of old friends and a chance for a catch-up on family gossip. (Or a chance for some daft jokes, depending on how you look at it.) |
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Transplants by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. George and Wally are written male, but need not be. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. No set requirements. Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
Synopsis | An absurd look at the world of medical advances. |
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Two Cops by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Fixed number, flexible gender! |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy skit with no set or prop requirements - therefore suitable for performing front-of-curtain to cover a scene change during a sketch show. |
Synopsis | Two police officers meet and indulge in a sort of bragging contest for who has the funniest police stories. |
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Two Farmers by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are farmers, hence the title. (Could be male or female.) |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch with no set and no props (give or take an implicit farm gate!) |
Synopsis | Two farmers converse! A thinly disguised string of dreadful farmyard-related jokes! |
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Two Surgeons by Damian Trasler & Steve Clark |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. 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 | Ten-minute comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | Two surgeons converse while performing an operation. Cue a string of dreadful medical jokes! |
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Unrelated Women by Daniel M. Wolpe |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The production notes contain suggestions for six classical pieces of music that feature in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A two act drama (though could be performed in one). Set in the US, though the play explores universal themes. |
Synopsis | At her husband’s funeral, hard-bitten widow Fiona meets Laura, her husband’s young pregnant mistress, having been previously unaware of her existence. Their relationship, at first bitter, evolves into a profound and loving affiliation. |
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up & down by Rob Ricards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. There is one speaking character. A second character makes two appearances to bring on props. (This might be done by a member of the stage crew.) The character is written as male, but could be played female with just a couple of name changes. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen minute play - essentially a monologue - set on the step ladder that is life! |
Synopsis | A character reviews the events of his (or her) life, using a handy step ladder as a metaphor. |
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