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Carrie's Lions by Amelia Armande |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. 'Carrie' appears in three guises - as a narrator/protagonist, as a child and as an adult. 'Michael' appears as narrator/protagonist and as an adult. There are two small non-speaking roles. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play with plenty of technical and acting challenges! Whilst it is not formally divided into scenes, there are five locations - indicated symbolically by props and furniture. |
Synopsis | Through a series of conversations with her guardian angel, Carrie tries to come to terms with the death of her father. |
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Chance Encounters by Jamesine Cundell Walker Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Can be played with a different cast in every scene, or with the same cast throughout. |
Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play comprised of nine connected playlets with a single (park bench) setting. |
Synopsis | Nine encounters take place on a park bench during the course of a day in September. Some are dramatic, some comedic. |
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Chariot by Chad Bearden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. The original production used adults to play the roles of Lenny and Margo. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script suggests five pieces of background music to be used during the course of the play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full length play, intended for two young pincipal actors (and various adult roles). |
Synopsis | Lenny and Margo are left orphaned when their mother dies, but their Uncle Joe sneaks them away from government care and takes them on a wild road trip towards San Diego (where he claims to have a job). The kids use their imaginations to stay calm and happy on the trip. The family meet various personalities along America's highways who try to help the lost siblings and the loyal Joe set aside their fantasies and confront reality. |
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Chekhov's Shorts by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of five short plays based on short stories by Anton Chekhov. |
Synopsis | A Lottery Ticket adapted from the story of the same title A Meeting on a Train Loosely adapted from 'An Enigmatic Nature' Difficult People adapted from the story of the same title Natalie’s Vacation adapted from 'A Tripping Tongue' I’m Famous based on 'Joy' |
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The Chimes by Christopher Brechypt |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 107 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length adaptation of Charles Dickens' festive novella (no, the other one). An engaging story, full of the social critique you'd expect from Dickens. |
Synopsis | The elderly porter Toby Veck is struggling to make ends meet. One New Year's Eve, he shows kindness to an accused vagrant and his young daughter, inviting them into his household. But he then meets with a fatal accident. Goblins show him what becomes of his impoverished family seven years later - as well as an alternative, happier New Year. |
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Christ's Passion by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 21. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 76. Chorus. Casting very flexible (the Producer's Copy of the script includes a doubling table to demonstrate how the minimum casting can be achieved). |
Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Exactly what it says - a large cast passion play. |
Synopsis | The story of Jesus, from birth to death and resurrection. |
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The Christmas Carol [Version 4] by Anthony Paul Lashley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. The number of carol singers is unspecified. The author suggests (but does not insist) that when Scrooge is reformed, he might be played by a different actor to emphesise the change! Something for productions to play with. |
Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics to a number of (out-of-copyright) carols are embedded in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play with songs. Multiple locations, but indicated by lighting and furniture rather than full-stage sets. |
Synopsis | Dickens' Christmas tale of redemption is given a little comic twist and run at a smarter pace, but still delivers the required moral lesson along with the laughs. |
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A Christmas Carol In 60 Minutes Or Less! by Martin Prest |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. Various doubling alternatives suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. |
Run Time | Around 51 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play in various settings. |
Synopsis | Staying as true to the original Dickens story as time allows, it unfolds neatly through narration and action. Originally published in 2014, revised edition published September 2017. |
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The Christmas Nativity By Class 3B by Andrew Hull |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedic take on the Nativity story - adults play the children. |
Synopsis | It's time for the class production of The Christmas Nativity, but things are as difficult as always for a teacher of young children. The Shepherds have the giggles, the Angel is rushing her lines and one of the Wise Men won't come out of the loo! |
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Christmas Present by Jim and Jane Jeffries |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 41. Minimum total without doubling = 51. No chorus. Aimed at a mixed company of adults and children. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Nativity play, but not one for young kids! A large cast piece, probably for a church group. Elements of comedy, but a serious core. |
Synopsis | A modern retelling of the Nativity - a faithfull following of the biblical accounts, give or take a couple of thousand years, featuring business tycoons, mobsters, fast food workers and homeless people, plus assorted Trekkies! |
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