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For The Greater Good by Aviva Philipp-Muller
Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play. |
| Synopsis | Charles and Jonah share their memories of a single day, a day they experienced in very different ways, though at the end they connected. A powerful piece about the Holocaust. |
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| Galileo & Co. by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play for school age children, which might kick-start projects about the stars, about science, about history, or about religion. |
| Synopsis | Galileo has been summoned before the Holy Office to renounce his heretical findings that the Earth rotates around the sun. In the few minutes before his hearing, some unusual characters try to convince him to stick to the truth. |
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| The Game by Mary Stone |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, highlighting relationships and friendships. |
| Synopsis | In different social circles at school, Gem and Katy are horrified to discover that their parents are dating. They resolve to break the couple up, but don’t seem to anticipate the results of having to work together on the project. |
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| The Generation Gap by Sheena Weitzel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play. |
| Synopsis | Rachael's mum and dad are going out, leaving her to look after Grandad. She's not happy about that, or much else, but Grandad knows more than she thinks and they end up sorting a good deal out between them. |
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| Gerri And The Atrics by Charles Alverson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One offstage voice, M or F |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy. |
| Synopsis | A group of entertainers nearing the end of their career prepare for yet another show, with friendly but sometimes barbed banter. This is interrupted not only by the call to go on stage, but the sudden death of one of their number. |
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| The Gloves Are Off by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short drama with a single (kitchen) setting. |
| Synopsis | What looks like marital bliss to the outside world is a facade to a hidden world of domestic violence, one that Jack and Natalie live with every day. |
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| Going Digital by E. C. Chapman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A monologue set in an armchair surrounded by remote controls. |
| Synopsis | Patricia, in her eighties, struggles to adapt to the increasingly complex technology which threatens to leave her generation behind. |
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| Guilt by Robbie Flowers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One of the characters is nominally a child, but the role is unlikely to be within the range of many children of the appropriate age. The author suggests that it should be played with 'an obvious air of innocence'. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short emotional, possibly edgy, play. Minimal set, but a significant prop (a chest). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Angela is suffering for something she did. Until she agrees to talk about it, Sally won't let her out of the box. As Angela opens up, we find that Sally has more than a passing involvement in Angela's suffering. |
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| H for Halloween by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A children's introduction to the traditions of Halloween. No set required. |
| Synopsis | Mrs Pumpkin, Jack O'Lantern and Miss Witch assisted by some of their creepy, scary friends tell the story of the origins of Halloween. |
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| Halloween in the Lighthouse by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. All the characters are teenagers |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short spooky play for a cast of teenagers. Single set, halloween props and costumes. |
| Synopsis | Seven girls plan a creepy Halloween party in a lighthouse, but it gets creepier still when a bunch of boys turn up dressed as Pirates. Their captain is creepier than they are, and things take a chilling turn when he meets the girl dressed as a princess... |
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