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| Meet the Inventor by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written male, but could be played male or female. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very short sketch. Set requirements: two chairs |
| Synopsis | An interview with the inventor of a time machine explores just some of the paradoxes inherent in time travel. |
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| A Meeting on a Train by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written as young adults. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play, based on the short story 'An Enigmatic Nature' by Anton Chekhov. Single set (train carriage, with no specific furnishings), minimal props. |
| Synopsis | Meeting on a train, Ian tries to impress his travelling companion Ana. As it turns out, Ana impresses him in an unexpected way. |
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| Merc-y by Michelle Drapeau |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A married couple. (Currently.) |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with a sharp edge. |
| Synopsis | Andrew is trying to tell his wife what's so special about the car he's drooling over. Trouble is, he's not listening to what she's saying to him until it's too late. |
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| Message For Sophie by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The Doctor should be considerably older than Sophie. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch, with minimal (a chair) set. |
| Synopsis | Sophie is really, really attached to her mobile and the Doctor thinks it's time for drastic measures. |
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| Miranda Finds Herself by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch with a single domestic setting. |
| Synopsis | Geoffrey is somewhat bemused to learn that his wife Miranda needs to find herself. |
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| Missed the Last Bus by Robert Black |
| 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 short comedy sketch with no set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Peter and Mary spoil a pleasant night out as they miss the last bus home and the blame game begins. |
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| Monkeying Around by Peter May |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (zoo enclosure) setting. |
| Synopsis | Two of the older residents of the zoo’s monkey enclosure are watching the public from a high tree branch. |
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| Mortal Fears by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A husband and wife. No particular age. |
| Run Time | Around 1 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short (slightly dark) comedy sketch. In theory a domestic setting, but no real requirement for set or props. Requires some sound effects. |
| Synopsis | Geoff, a rather neurotic hypochondriac discusses his latest symptoms with his wife, Susan. |
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| Mother of the Bride by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Either a rhyming monologue or a piece for a cast of five! No set requirements, no props. |
| Synopsis | A mother of four (unwed) daughters bewails the lack of matrimonial bliss in her family. |
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| Motor Mouth by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male, but could be either |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch, requiring something to represent a dentist's chair. Family-friendly, light-hearted humour. Would fit easily into a community revue evening or an event of similar tone. |
| Synopsis | A man shows-up for a dental appointment only to find that his usual dentist is participating in a government-sponsored job swap... |
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