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The Cast Is Die by Peter Robbie
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort one-act play with a great self-referential twist on drama about drama. It has some silly comedy while retaining a strong thriller element, and the dialogue is snappy and characterful.
SynopsisFive members of an amateur drama group meet to plan their next production. Tensions, bitchiness and backstabbing abound. Their script is about five members of a drama group, who meet to plan their next production - a meeting which ends in madness and murder. Can the cast bring life to the script or does, as it seems, the script have a life of its own?
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The Cat and The Monkey by Charlotte Court
Production by Jinx Theatre Company scooped the Daniel Penfilled Award for Best Actress at the BC Drama Festival in 2016
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 22 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedic-drama in one act, with a simple set.
SynopsisAt first it appears that a marriage guidance session for Sophie and James is in progress - using the audience as the counsellor. But as all of their simmering grievances come to the fore, it gradually becomes clear that something completely different and poignant is happening.
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Catch As Catch Can by George Freek
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort one-act play, in a single set. A comedy, which is not what one expects from Othello.
SynopsisAn alternative history of Othello, playing with our preconceptions of Shakespeare's characters. A worldly wise Iago is giving advice about women to a distraught Cassio, who cannot bear to see Desdemona married to Othello. But Iago's wife seems to be openly flirting with the General, and Desdemona isn't happy...
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Chain Reaction by Geoff Parker
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The author describes all the characters as 'of a similar age, which would ideally be around forty, give or take a decade or two.'
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy with two scenes (hotel bar and a living room) exploring adult themes with an intriguing mix of monologue and action.
SynopsisA group of singles attempting to find partners with varying levels of desperation, happily resulting in reconciliation for at least one couple.
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Changing Rooms by Jackie Carreira
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne act comedy with a single, simple (department store changing rooms) setting.
SynopsisBride-to-be Sophia and her prospective mother-in-law Rosa are having difficulty choosing a mutually acceptable wedding gown. Meanwhile, Jo is trying to find a pair of Jeans to fit, Gemma is struggling with a top and her boyfriend Sam is wondering why he's spending so long waiting outside the cubicles. Fortunately, there's Maggie, the ever-smiling shop assistant, always on hand to offer some very pointed advice.
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A Chaotic Christmas Carol by Richard Coleman
RolesMinimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 27 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act verse play, rearranging Dickens.
Synopsis'A Christmas Carol' is given a huge twist to show Scrooge as a determined do-gooder, despite the machinations of wicked embezzler Bob Cratchit and the forlorn ghost of grasping Jacob Marley, plus assorted spirits.
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Charlie to the Checkout Please by Robert Scott
Charlie To The Checkout Please - Best Play Legacy High School Theater, Las Vegas (2018)
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. All roles are gender non-specific.
Run TimeAround 22 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne act comedy set in a supermarket with minimal set requirements.
SynopsisIt’s Riley’s first day on the checkout, and things are not going well: product returns, complaints, queue-jumping and an armed robbery! Charlie said he’d be on hand, but he’s not answering the PA. So Riley steps up.
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Chasing the Zodiac by Roger Lee
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 59 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy (with a few serious moments) on a split set. (Contains strong language.)
SynopsisGemma has signed up for a new TV show that finds out how different star signs deal with traumatic events, and they've tracked down Bob, her long-lost father. Bob runs an umbrella factory with his surrogate nephew Matt, whose idea of an umbrella-drone hybrid is unlikely to save their business.
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Checkout by Johnny Grim
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst there isn't a formal chorus, there is scope to add extra shoppers in the supermarket.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy. Single set (mainly indicated by the sounds of a supermarket!) Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisThe latest technology to hit supermarkets and department stores is the self-serve checkout. Marketed as a 'time-saving bonus for customers without time to spare', the public en masse appear to embrace the message. But will this perceived timesaving be worth the hidden cost?
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Chekhov's Shorts by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 48 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA collection of five short plays based on short stories by Anton Chekhov.
SynopsisA Lottery Ticket adapted from the story of the same title
A Meeting on a Train Loosely adapted from 'An Enigmatic Nature'
Difficult People adapted from the story of the same title
Natalie’s Vacation adapted from 'A Tripping Tongue'
I’m Famous based on 'Joy'
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