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On A Street Corner by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are 'Man, Boy and Girl' with an implication of relative ages, but not absolute ages! |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play. Single set (representing a street corner, but no real set requirements). |
Synopsis | Street corner preaching meets the Da Vinci code in a brief examination of religious truth and meaning. |
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On Our Own by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters are in their late teens - at an age to be leaving home. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute romantic comedy play. Single interior set (which can be kept to a minimum of a couple of pieces of furniture). |
Synopsis | Josh and Debbie are finally moving in together, despite their mothers' misgivings. They're confident that they're ready for this step in their relationship, but before the boxes are unpacked, they run into some problems. |
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One Foot Under by Jordan Handford |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Reverend Goodwinks is presumed male but could be female. |
Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy with a single living-room set. |
Synopsis | Michael's already tense relationship with his in-laws is put under further strain at a funeral with a surprising finale. |
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One, Two... One by Alexis Coward |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act drama |
Synopsis | Two homeless people are sleeping rough in an alleyway. They pass the time in conversation which becomes ever more intimate and emotional. Their relationship comes to an abrupt end when the immense value of their meagre possessions is brought to life. |
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Opening Doors by Keith Badham |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Youth theatre drama played on an empty stage with one prop (a free standing door). An ensemble piece, with cast members taking multiple roles. |
Synopsis | As the doorkeepers open the door we experience cradle to grave aspects of the characters' lives. |
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The Other Side by Iris Winston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for youth theatre, a story, but with a strong moral core. |
Synopsis | Ruth is visiting an Art Gallery as part of the school field trip, when she sees a picture of a cabin that looks familiar. She falls into the painting and meets Narg, who takes her back to something she doesn't want to remember. |
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Out of the Trees by Jamie Hope |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two on-stage chracters and two off (who might be recordings). All the characters are written male, but, let's face it, they are all trees. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play with no requirements for set and props. |
Synopsis | Frank and Walt are a couple of trees who share tales of their conquests and pass the time bantering about tree life. They like to pick on the weeping willow on the edge of the forest, but will be friends to the end. Probably. |
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Over the Top by Geoff Parker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama set in a First World War trench. |
Synopsis | As a seasoned sergeant and a young recruit wait for the signal to go over the top they console each other about the position they are in. A sharp reminder of the folly of war with a very surprising ending. |
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Parallelodram by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short one-act play providing acting challenges and philosophical insight! |
Synopsis | The stage is divided into two parallel universes, the left reflecting the right. On both sides, four students discuss multiverse theory and, through a series of minor choices and actions, the two universes gradually diverge, affecting the relationship of mathemetician Rainier and his girlfriend Anna. |
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The Pardner's Tale by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play, single (saloon) set. (US English) |
Synopsis | A short stage adaptation of Chaucer's 'Pardoner's Tale', brought into the dying days of the Wild West. Three outlaws try to make a mint, but they cannot cheat Death! |
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