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The Innkeeper and the Donkey Man by Mike Sparks |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play from a New Testament parable, relying on minimum props and no scenery, so could be performed instead of a sermon or as a precursor to a discussion. |
Synopsis | The story of the Good Samaritan told from the point of view of the man who owns the inn where the Samaritan brings the robbery victim. |
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The Innkeeper's Christmas by Mike Sparks |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. An Innkeeper tells us of the frantic time he and his staff have had during the Roman Census in Judea. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Modern version of a medieval mystery play. Single, minimal set, basic props. |
Synopsis | An Innkeeper tells us of the frantic time he and his staff have had during the Roman Census in Judea. |
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Invisible Fingerprints by Howard Lipson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both the characters are written male, but could probably be played female with a few minor tweaks. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play with a Christian theme. Minimal staging requirements. |
Synopsis | Ben has spent four years battling depression and addiction, but thanks to his new-found faith he's back at his screenwriting job with a new script. Sadly for Ben, Stan the Producer isn't blown away by the script. He talks Ben into trying more worldly material, but has sinister reasons... |
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Jamie Freel's Halloween by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. 'Fairies' may be played by m or f, or a combination. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short adaptation of an Irish folk tale, with two simple settings. |
Synopsis | In this adaptation the wicked fairies kidnap Gracie, to imprison her in the castle. Jamie intervenes, and as a ransom Gracie is struck deaf and dumb. With a little magic and many travails, Jamie is at last able to re-unite Gracie with her parents. |
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The Jewel Of Lamjung by Richard Ward |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The cast includes an on-stage sound effects operator. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] (The original production, including dances, ran to 22 minutes.) |
Music | None. |
Style | Short Melodrama with a comedic edge (suitable for inclusion in a Music Hall evening, for example). Set in a regimental ballroom in Nepal in the days of British rule. |
Synopsis | The Music Hall Chairman takes us through the action as smooth blackguard Major Ponsonby adds the theft of the jewel of Lamjung to his many dastardly misdemeanours. He is finally undone as, following his daughter's lead, the Colonel sees that Ponsonby really is a cad, a bounder and a disgrace to the regiment. |
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A Job Lot by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fun short comedy with a good set of characters, with a minimal kitchen set required, this should fit nicely into sketch nights. |
Synopsis | Wheeler-dealer Terry has mistakenly bought five thousand plastic ducks and won't be able to sell them or get his money back. While explaining the situation to his family, he hatches a cunning plan. |
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The Joke Centre 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 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen minute skit. Single office setting. |
Synopsis | It is Sylvia's first day in the new job. All she has been told is that it is a sort of call centre and that she'll pick it up as she goes along... |
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Jonah And The Giant Fish by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short biblical story play, in three scenes, for children. |
Synopsis | A re-telling of Jonah and his reluctance to preach to the people of Ninevah. Or - The one that didn't get away! |
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Josh's Wall by Ian Elmslie |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Teenage cast recommended. |
Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A thought-provoking short play, for GCSE level students. |
Synopsis | Three friends meet up on Christmas Day to discuss the death of their friend. What does it mean, and why did they not know it was coming? And what would people say about them if they died? |
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Just Stop It by Katharine Earley and Hugh Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch that crosses modern satire with an edge of surrealism. Easily staged (the art gallery can be an empty stage) with a good balance of roles. |
Synopsis | A man with a grievance against self-service tills arrives at an art exhibition armed with a tin of tomato soup. Does anyone have a tin opener? Can his daughter stop him damaging a valuable abstract painting? And, in any case, what’s it supposed to be? |
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