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Chair of Truth - Sir Neville Greville by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon in conversation with vereran fighter pilot Sir Neville Greville |
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Chair of Truth - Tabitha Tritt by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon explores the disordered life of heiress Tabitha Tritt. |
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Changes by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Two-handed comedy sketch. Single simple set (table and chairs). |
Synopsis | James arrives back from work to discover that his home has suddenly succumbed to an attack of minimalism! |
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Changing Rooms by Jackie Carreira |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act comedy with a single, simple (department store changing rooms) setting. |
Synopsis | Bride-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 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-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) |
Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act comedy set in a supermarket with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | It’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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Charlie's Last Lap by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters written male, but Charlie, the ventriloquist's dummy, could be played by a girl dressed as a boy. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Simple set - a chair. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | A ventriloquist settles down to watch Match of the Day, accompanied, as usual, by his dummy. |
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A Charming Affair by Robert Scott Best Seller Performance by American Theatre of Dubai was the Judges Award Winner, Short and Sweet Theatre Festival (Dubai) 2014 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The waiter is written male, but could easily become a waitress. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch with a simple (indicative) restaurant setting. |
Synopsis | Snow White and Cinderella meet for the first time in years and talk about their husbands, but soon notice a startling similarity. It's no fairy tale, but things get worse when Sleeping Beauty pops in to tell them about her new man... |
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Cheers by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short comedy play (or a long sketch) with a single West Country pub setting. [This sketch has nothing to do with the TV show of the same name.] |
Synopsis | Graham returns home after years away and goes looking for a pint. He asks the landlord what he recommends, and Annie the barmaid certainly gives him something to think about... |
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Chekhov's Shorts by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A collection of five short plays based on short stories by Anton Chekhov. |
Synopsis | A 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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