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| Big City by Wesley A. Knoch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. Mixture of adults and kids, intended to be played by a junior high school agegroup. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Producer's copy comes with sheet music (piano and vocal) for 10 songs and 2 instrumental pieces. |
| Style | One-act musical for a junior high school youth theatre group. |
| Synopsis | Dash Walker is determined to use his singing talent to escape his small town lifestyle. Entrusting his career to shifty talent scout Ricky T. Karr is his chance at fame - but is his trust misplaced? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| The Big Courtroom Drama by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. Chorus. The characters are a (male) teacher and his (mixed) class of (older teenage) students. The text assumes a chorus ('the rest of the class'), but it would be possible to play the piece without them. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, set in a modern drama classroom. Props are mainly tables and chairs. |
| Synopsis | A group of drama students improvise a courtroom scene, but when the teacher becomes the accused, can they tell where the make-believe ends? |
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| Bite-Size - Six Vampire Plays by 10 x 10 Writers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Three or four characters per piece. |
| Run Time | Around 37 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collecton of six sketches, generally comedic, but with the occasional sharp edge. |
| Synopsis | A collection of six short plays/sketches for teenagers with the theme of vampires. (All the plays are available individually, but are provided here as a collection at a discount.) |
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| Blond by Rob Wellington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters are all adults, but suitable for a teenage cast. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy comes with sheet music (piano and vocals) for 13 songs. |
| Style | Small-cast comedy musical, packed with manic zaniness. Few staging requirements, but some interesting sound effects (head struck by frying pan, that sort of thing). Includes mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Jackson Bligh isn't quite the brilliant detective he thinks he is, but he undertakes the job of safeguarding James Blond's amazing recipe from the dreaded Morticia De Bauch. She's in league with James' sister, and it'll take a miracle to save the world... |
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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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| Blushes by Jonathan Edgington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short youth theatre drama about shyness. Two sets, but both needed only in outline, so minimum scenery and simple props. |
| Synopsis | Jon is shy and easily embarrassed, especially around girls. He's unable to control his terrible blushing, and his friends tease him about it. Then one magical night he meets a special girl who gives him some simple, but life-changing advice. |
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| Boy Band by Margaret Histed |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The characters are all vampires and all members of a 'boy band'. (So, whilst there are only four of them, offstage there are hordes of screaming fans!) |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play for a teenage cast. Single (minimal) 'back-stage dressing room' set. Part of the Bite Size collection of Vampire plays |
| Synopsis | The four members ofO Positive are talking after their latest gig - should they be higher in the charts than number forty nine after two hundred years together? Should they wear something other than black? Should they have let their fifth member leave? Pop is hard on vampires too... |
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| Brief Lives by Andrew Beattie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama for young actors. Traces of black comedy and strong language. Two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Two teenage boys are presented with a difficult situation when, arriving for his regular music lesson, one of them discovers the dead body of his elderly music teacher. |
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Bully Dancers by Frank Gibbons
Winner of the Annual Derek Lomas Playwriting Competition (youth section), 2005. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Characters are teenagers with a range of ages, plus two adults (intended to be played by teenagers). |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | It is open to the Producer to select dance music appropriate for the script and the specific cast! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play for teenagers on the subject of bullying. |
| Synopsis | Two rival dance troupes are preparing for a local competition, but they have to share rehearsal space. Their proximity increases the rivalry until tragedy strikes, provoking unexpected changes. |
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Call To Duty by Nettie Baskcomb Brown
The original production won the Five Counties and Mercia division trophies and was a semi-finalist in 2014 All England Theatre Festival, winning adjudicator's award for excellence. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 31. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Award winning One Act play for youth theatre with various (simple) settings. |
| Synopsis | Sam is bored by his school history and drama lessons about the First World War, but through his brother's console games, he learns more than he expected.
The play vividly brings to life the bravery of ordinary soldiers who fought in World War One by merging modern virtual war games with the shocking reality of the WW1 trenches and using comedy and tragedy to take actors and audiences on an emotional, thought provoking journey. |
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| Can't Explain by Steve Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. A chorus of 4F, 4M is assumed. (This could be enlarged, particularly for the songs.) |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 17 rock/pop songs are included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Musical play set in a high school (or other form of secondary education establishment). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Lou Harris is trying to cope with his Dad walking out and has buried himself in the music collection he left behind. His friends want him to get a grip, but when he does shape up, they do'nt like the person he becomes. Can he find the right balance? |
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