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| Dance of the Seven Teatowels by Mike Brennan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy on 2 simple (kitchen and street) sets. |
| Synopsis | Jess is struggling to make ends meet, what with her husband Ryan being out of work, but the idea of Uncle Idris moving in with them in return for being remembered in his will doesn’t thrill her. |
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Dance Story by Frank Gibbons
Shortlisted in the SCDA Play on Words competition 2011.
Performance by Cardigan Theatre won the 'best actress' award at the Pembrokeshire one-act festival, 2012. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The announcer is written male (and sounds male, but need not be). PJs group of dancers are assumed female, but need not be. There are four of them but there could be more or fewer. Two parts written adult, the rest are of high school age. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Not a musical (in the sense that it does not include songs), but the backdrop is rival dance troupes, so dance could be a major element. |
| Synopsis | The Dragon Belles dance team are through to the finals of the competition, but one of the members is too ill to dance. In fact, she has a heart condition that can only be cured at a hospital in Canada. Now they need the prize money to send her there, but will her replacement be good enough? |
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| Dangerous Dolls - The Battle for Santy's Toyshop by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of this script contains suggestions for 5 songs Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act play suitable for all ages, with various settings and music. |
| Synopsis | When the elves take over the toy shop and attempt to replace all the old-fashioned toys with clones of themselves, it is down to a group of rejected dolls to outwit them, and show Santy that they are worthy of a place in the front window. |
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A Dangerous Game by Geoff Rose-Michael
Nominated for New Writing Award and Best Actor Award (Chris) at the Leatherhead Drama Festival 2015, and for Stage Presentation Award and Best Actress Award (Ellie) at Southern Counties Drama Festival 2015. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama in a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | Ellie and her partner, Fi, have an on-going dilemma, with no foreseeable way out, but they are prepared to play a dangerous game that could have serious consequences should the truth come out... |
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A Darker Shade Of Closure by Richard Charles
Finalist in the Cambridge Theatre Challenge (International play-writing competition) 2014 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characers plus (probably recorded) radio voice. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act thriller, single (apartment) set. |
| Synopsis | Tina is in a tight spot, blackmailed over drug use that could make her ill father worse if revealed. Perhaps her friend Karen can really help her, by getting evidence of the blackmail? But Karen brings a gun too, and everything goes wrong. |
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Darra's Coffin [One-Act Version] by Roger Woodcock
Won the Audience Appreciation award, Best Overall Production award and best actor award at the 2017 Teignmouth Drama Festival of One Act Plays performed by the teignmouth touring theatre company. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play in a funereal shade of black! Single set. |
| Synopsis | The proprietor of a traditional undertaker's has died and his carpenters are discussing their future. Will his maneater of a wife keep the business on, or sell them out? When she arrives, things get a little out of hand, and desperate measures are called for. |
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| A Date With Dracula by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 57 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 6 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one act musical comedy, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | Florence is so desperate for a date that she turns to Dateze, the internet dating site, and finds she's set up with Count... sorry, Colin. Eager to meet a young woman, Colin, is also on the web. Luckily Florence's sister Tuna, takes Colin in hand, and even sorts out Florence's next date - Frankie. |
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| The Dating Circus by Robin Fusco |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple-to-stage, short one-act comedy. American English. |
| Synopsis | Showman and dating expert P.T. Bailey teaches the audience how to make a first date successful. He guides hapless volunteer Gary through a mock date with his glamorous assistant Veronica. But Veronica becomes more attracted to the true Gary than P.T. intended, and has her own take on how to date. |
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| Dave, Who's Dave? by Robin Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, with a single (studio apartment) set. |
| Synopsis | Jessica is appalled when Dave walks into her twenty-first century apartment demanding that she leaves, as it belongs to him. She is confused when he claims that the year is 1946, and that Phyllis, his cleaning lady supports that claim. Dave declares that he works at the police station... But who is this unwelcome guest and what is he really up to? |
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| Dawn Of A New Day by Richard Hills |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single setting. |
| Synopsis | During the second world war a disparate group of people find themselves entering an amorphous place, somewhere between life and death. Meaningful relationships develop as they await their destiny and the futility of war becomes clear. |
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