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| Noah's Ark [Version 2] by Steven Bergman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The cast includes a number of animals, with an optional crowd of all the animals available! |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act dramatisation. (The setting is described as a desert! Minimal staging is implied.) |
| Synopsis | The biblical story of Noah brought to life with contributions by a pigeon, a pig, a monkey and a cow. |
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| Not Another Nativity by Paul Cockcroft |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Genders for parts are nominated, but could be altered as required. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act nativity play with rehearsal settings. |
| Synopsis | Teacher becomes increasingly impatient (whilst retaining some, perhaps misplaced, optimism) as the cast rehearse for the forthcoming school nativity. Numerous interruptions and bored children abound in a refreshing new slant on the traditional. |
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| The Other Side by Iris Winston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play for youth theatre, a story, but with a strong moral core. |
| Synopsis | Ruth is visiting an Art Gallery as part of the school field trip, when she sees a picture of a cabin that looks familiar. She falls into the painting and meets Narg, who takes her back to something she doesn't want to remember. |
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| Rhyming Christmas Gift by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. All characters are adults. (Except the elves.) Opportunity for a chorus as a choir of carol singers. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A simple verse play. Assumed to be done with minimal set - imagination substituting for scenery. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | A liberal adaptation (updated and versified) of the O. Henry story 'The Gift of the Magi'. An arguing couple demonstrate their love through Christmas gifts. |
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| Same Difference by Louise Roche |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A list of suggested songs is given in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act play (with music) for kids. Multiple settings, but designed to be staged simply. |
| Synopsis | Penny is a new girl, desperate to fit in with her peer-group. The other kids, led by Danni, dare her to enter a mysterious house that has been unoccupied for years. There she meets Amelia..
A tale of exclusion, bullying, ghosts and reconciliation. |
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| Same, But Different by Pat Edwards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 32. No chorus. Flexible cast size at the Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play. |
| Synopsis | Two fans of opposing football teams make friends, and then have to get their fellow supporters to understand there's nothing wrong with that. |
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Samson - The Musical by Sue Gordon
Performance by Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts won the award for Best Junior Production at the Wilmslow Guild One Act Play Festival, 2008 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Whilst the script doesn't specify a chorus, there are groups of 'Israelites' and 'Philistines' and 'Delilah's friends' whose numbers could be expanded. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 8 original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script |
| Style | Humorous musical version of the story of Samson and Delilah. Simple sets, basic props (give or take the lion!). There is also a version of this script as a play. (The same script, without the songs.) |
| Synopsis | See the book of Judges, chapters 13 to 16 (give or take the bit where Delilah catches Samson with a jam jar, and with a cha-cha-cha for hairdressers). |
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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
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** High quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
** Zip file containing MP3 high quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Zip file of MP3 vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
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| Samson - The Play by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. Whilst the script doesn't specify a chorus, there are groups of 'Israelites' and 'Philistines' and 'Delilah's friends' whose numbers could be expanded. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Humorous version of the story of Samson and Delilah. Simple sets, basic props (give or take the lion!). This version is purely a play - there is also a musical version of the same script, with 8 original songs. |
| Synopsis | See the book of Judges, chapters 13 to 16 (give or take the bit where Delilah catches Samson with a jam jar). |
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| Signs of Grace by Sarah Howard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Friends and narrators parts may be doubled, at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play with simple (or no) set. |
| Synopsis | In a modern setting and using narration with action, the Old and New Testaments of the Bible are brought together - to provide a parable, showing why Jesus died for our sins. |
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| Small Miracles by Maureen Speller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 54. Chorus. Three short plays, one cast can perform all three or they can have separate casts. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Choral music to be played at various points in play, at discretion of director. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Collection of three short plays with Biblical themes. Suitable for performance by children. |
| Synopsis | A trio of short plays following the story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus from the end of most Nativity stories to the early days of Christianity in Rome. |
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