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The Dominatrix Solution by Jonathan Edgington Long-listed for 2017 Pint-Sized Plays Writing Competition. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with adult themes |
Synopsis | George has writer’s block, and resorts to an unconventional solution. He recruits hapless Kim and Laura who discover what his little problem is and in a surprise final twist solve a much bigger problem for him as well. |
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Don't Get Me Started... by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Poignant comedy monologue set in the aftermath of a party. |
Synopsis | Marilyn, a middle-aged domestic goddess, has an expensive lifestyle to maintain. |
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Don't Shout by Steve Menary A Winner of the Lost Theatre Company Five Minute Festival, 2009 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.) |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short play. Single set, no requirement for props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
Synopsis | A brother and sister (who may have done something wrong) run rings around their parents in this funny short that will have kids and parents nodding in recognition. |
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Don't Stand on Ceremony by Peter May |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (church) setting. |
Synopsis | Two elderly ladies, distant members of the groom’s family, are waiting in the church before the wedding ceremony, and discussing proceedings. |
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Don't Touch the King by Anna Russon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama with a single (living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Recovering from psychiatric difficulties, Danny finds solace in playing chess with his friend Aiden. As the game progresses, it becomes clear that Aiden is not the person Danny thought he was. |
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Don't You Get It? by Herb Hasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the central character is written (addressed as) male, it is the author's intention that all the characters could be played by either gender. The characters are two adults, two children, though all could be played by secondary school students. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A complex short (in that it has three locations - though each could be created by minimal indications) with lots of scope for interpretation. |
Synopsis | A schoolchild encounters a few examples of communication failure during a typical day. |
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The Donor by Jamesine Cundell Walker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama from the Three Little Words collection. Single set, furniture only (the park bench again). |
Synopsis | The Donor: Graham is at his mother’s funeral when his ex-wife Cassie makes an appearance, with an unexpected request. |
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Double Deck Of Cards by Robert Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch with a minimal set (but requiring two bus drivers' uniforms). |
Synopsis | Two bus drivers discuss why people say 'If he was run down by a bus' and nearly come to blows over some bad jokes. |
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Double Walker by Henry P. Gravelle Best Short Screenplay - Independent Horror Movie Awards, Online script competition, July 9, 2016. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play, single interior (psychiatrist's office) set. |
Synopsis | Bruce Arnold is referred to Psychiatrist Maria Dobbs after being linked to a series of deaths. He claims it is his shadow, his doppelganger that kills people who make him angry. Can the Doctor get to the truth... or is it already too late? |
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Awards | Click here to see the awards won by (productions of) this script. |
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A Double-Decker For Santa Claus by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play, a modern Christmas Carol without the ghosts! Single set. |
Synopsis | Christmas doesn't mean much to Mr Howard - he just wants people to buy his cars, whatever the time of year. But now there's a customer in a red suit, looking to for something to replace his old sleigh... |
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