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| Dare to Love A Dream by Rob Wellington & Linda McKinlay |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes piano and vocal scores for overture plus 15 songs. |
| Style | Romantic Comedy Musical - a modern fantasia on Alice in Wonderland. |
| Synopsis | Teenager Alice Wandaland lives with Uncle Lewis and Aunt Caroll and longs for a knight in shining armour to come and whisk her away. Her dreams come to life as she searches for her true love assisted by Dee Tweedle and son Dumphrey. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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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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| David and Goliath by Ian Sharrock |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two onstage actors and one offstage voice, which could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedic sketch based on the Biblical tale. |
| Synopsis | David and Goliath as observed from a tent in the camp of the Philistines. Dagon is a loyal, battle hardened warrior who's fed up of waiting for something, anything, to happen. Sandra is one of the girls concerned with feeding the army and also tired of the prolonged period of inactivity. For forty days, Goliath has called out his challenge to the Hebrew army and no champion has stepped up to face him... until now. |
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| A Day At A Spa Resort by David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch |
| Synopsis | Two long-time friends meet to discuss their respective lifestyles. |
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| A Day at the Races by Will van der Lande |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short, absurd sketch. No set requirements, a few props. |
| Synopsis | It's the Duck Derby and an Aristocrat is exchanging small talk with the owner of today's favourite, Dangerous Dennis. Surely nothing can prevent a win for Dennis today? |
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| A Day at the Vets by Helen Bradley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedic sketch on a single set. |
| Synopsis | Mr Chalmers the vet has a bad day, as his three least favourite customers - and their imaginary pets - show up in succession. |
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Day Job by Janet S. Tiger
First Place, 2016 Script Tease of Short Plays |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short, dark comedy in a single set. |
| Synopsis | A teacher is marking papers when he is interrupted by a drunk student with suicidal intent. |
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| Dead Loss by Richard Charles |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy play in a single set. |
| Synopsis | Trevor Loss, an aging ex rock star, is in trouble with a drugs gang, having purloined from them one-million dollars of heroin. With the gang after him and police surveillance, he must resort to drastic measures to secure his future. Then fate intervenes before his plan comes to fruition, with hilarious results. |
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| Dead Weight by Rob Ricards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. All the characters are written male, but, as the author put it, 'there is no reason why one or two could not be female'. In theory, it could be done by a cast of three, but two of them would have to do a quick change from undertakers to tramps. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen minute absurd comedy (with more than a nod to Samuel Beckett). Single, minimal set and a coffin. (Contains swearing.) |
| Synopsis | Two undertakers, sick of carrying the coffin after their hearse has broken down, ditch the corpse out to lighten their load. The corpse is happily reanimated by a couple of passing tramps.
(The author provides hints as to the identity of the corpse, but also provides alternative hints - with the option of choosing a death to suit the production!) |
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| The Deal by Jos Biggs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy wih minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Two conmen meet by chance, and strike a deal over a weed, a pigeon and a bicycle. But who is conning who? |
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