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Alvin And The Queen by Don Lowry Published: 16 December 2011 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The characters are high school kids plus (nominally) adult narrator. Whilst there is no formal chorus, it's a cafe setting, so there is plenty of opportunity for extras milling around the cafe. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act play for youth. Single (US School) cafe setting. (One of those things we have difficulty classifying. A comedy in the sense of a happy ending. A light morality play, possibly!) Anyway, the trials of adolescenece. |
Synopsis | Alvin is your typical high school nerd, and he's desperately in love with Barbie, the homecoming queen and beauty. She's got everything but good grades. Can Alvin make her see him as boyfriend material, or should he look elsewhere? |
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Always...? by Alexander Browne Published: 23 September 2014 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy set in a North American High School Library. |
Synopsis | Students Hank and Cindy use the library every day at the same time as a romantic rendezvous, much to the frustration of librarian Mrs Troutman. Her efforts to keep them apart go to extreme lengths as nerdy student Berv intervenes. His motives are gradually revealed |
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The Amateur Killer by Robert Scott Published: 20 July 2016 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 Published: 6 May 2015 |
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 Published: 19 February 2018 |
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 Published: 6 April 2011 |
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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American Dreaming by David Pemberton Published: 22 July 2016 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Nominally 12 characters: 5 male, 5 female and 2 of either gender. At least 2 character parts could be doubled. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy drama. |
Synopsis | Sam is hoping that the DNA registry of American Dreaming will finally prove his family connection to rich old Great Uncle Franklyn and allow him to inherit his fortune. The results are not as he expected, and the revelation is made even worse when he finds out that his long-suffering wife has the most amazing American ancestry. It’s great to have a family tree, but don’t try climbing it unless the branches are strong. |
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Amore by David Pemberton Published: 2 June 2017 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Actors are intended to be doubled up across both acts. |
Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A two act play, adapted from the plays that in turn inspired Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night. (Plautus’ The Menaechmi and Siena Academy's The Deceived Ones) |
Synopsis | When two sets of identical twins are separated, one of them weaves a sticky web of romance and deception in which the other becomes unwittingly entangled. In Act One, Deception, one of the twins is lost as a child and is discovered by his twin brother ten years later, leading a life of love and deceit in a far-off town.In Act Two, Disguise, a twin sister disguises herself as a boy to get the man she loves, only to find that when her identical twin brother shows up, he is mistaken for her. Each individual act is available separately. |
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Amy's Brief Visit To The Garden Of Earthly Delight by Tony Best Published: 24 June 2012 |
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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Ancient Greek Assembly by Sue Russell Published: 3 August 2007 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 64. Chorus. Immortals, Mortals, legendary characters, cartoon characters and the Minotaur. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suggestions for 10 pieces of music to accompany the script are included in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full class assembly piece - essentially a series of linked, themed, skits, summarising Ancient Greek civilisation and myth! Aimed at the English National Curriculum Key Stage 2 topic on Ancient Greece. |
Synopsis | A variety of characters from History and Mythology appear on the stage for the entertainment and education of the audience, occasionally with musical accompaniment. |
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