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Snakes and Ladders by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 15 March 2024
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| 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. |
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Something Old by Shari Gledhill
Published: 12 March 2024
New |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy with a good mix of humour and drama, with effective twists. Easy to stage, with one setting and a few standard items of furniture. |
| Synopsis | On the morning of her wedding day, Amy wakes up in a dark and dingy cellar. She's been kidnapped by Jack, who admired Amy at school and is determined to make up for his past failure to connect with her. |
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Three Little Words by Jamesine Cundell Walker
Published: 14 March 2024
New |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A collection of eight short plays, loosely on the theme of love. Multiple settings, but simple sets requiring just furniture (and not much of that). |
| Synopsis | Malcolm and Karen find themselves trapped in the office storeroom.
Ken and disillusioned Brian reminisce about life, comedy duos, and lost loves.
Elderly Marjorie has lost interest and decided to spend her life in bed.
Overbearing Rosie drops off daughter Florence at the start of her first Oxford term.
Graham's ex-wife appears at his mother's funeral.
Teenager Alex gets talking to elderly Gladys in a hospital waiting room.
Despite Danni's encouragement, Jo is reluctant to look at the results of her pregnancy test.
Malcolm hopes to appear at the wedding of his ex-girlfriend, but her sister has something to say about it. (Featuring returning characters from three previous scenes.) |
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Tiny House by John Passadino
Published: 25 March 2024
New |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Bernice is (male to female) transgender. How you cast this depends on your company. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act in a single split-level set.. A comedy drama with a surreal edge. US English. |
| Synopsis | Three old friends are trying to get their lives back on track by returning to their days of sharing a house - in this case, a tiny house in the wilds of New York State. But lots of things have changed and the house is very tiny. |
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