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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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The Nobodies by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Additional or fewer voices may be used to adapt to a desired cast size. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for primary (junior) school children with simple settings. |
Synopsis | In Nobody Land there are no stories, no reading, no dreaming, no nothing! In a manner reminiscent of the Thought Police, the Voices make sure that the rules are enforced. In the end the Storytellers prevail and The Nobodies at last become Somebodies. |
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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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Party Games by Alan J. Laing |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Characters are children plus two teachers (assumed to be played by children) |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute classroom comedy play for kids, with a moral. |
Synopsis | The day before the Christmas Holidays, and the class are filling their spare time with various activities. Penny has a surprise for the school, but it's spoilt kids Amber and Jade who are the most surprised. |
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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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Rhyming Nativity by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. The character numbers are flexible - many have only a single line, so doubling is easy. Equally, the narration could be split and additional non-speaking parts can be added. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Simple nativity play told in rhyme. No specific requirements for set or props. |
Synopsis | See the Gospels according to St. Luke and St. Matthew (chapter 2 in each case). Taxation, Bethlehem overcrowded, no room at the inn, baby laid in a manger, shepherds in the fields, wise men bringing gifts. All of that - and a stable of talking animals. |
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Rhyming Two Sisters by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include a talking cow and, even more unusually, a talking tree! |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short morality tale, told as a verse play. |
Synopsis | Joan and Jill are sisters, one helpful, one unkind To seek their fortunes in the world is what they have in mind But though they set out boldly, alas there is a hitch Whilst out to see what they can do, they meet a wicked witch! |
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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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