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Double Walker by Henry P. Gravelle
Honorable Mention - Show Off! Festival 2007, Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, CA |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play, single interior (psychiatrist's office) set. |
| Synopsis | Bruce Arnold is referred to Psychiatrist Maria Dobbs after being linked to a series of deaths. He claims it is his shadow, his doppelganger that kills people who make him angry. Can the Doctor get to the truth... or is it already too late? |
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| End of the Road Pub - a play about Hell by David Webb |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as Australians, though there is no reason that they couldn't come from other places. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play with a Christian perspective on the riskier areas of the afterlife. (Single public bar setting, simple props.) |
| Synopsis | Marty and Jim stagger into a pub after a nasty car crash. They have a drink to steady their nerves but soon notice something strange about the pub. It turns out that crash was nastier than they thought and they've got their own lock-in, forever! |
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| Escape From Garden Grove by Mathilde Dratwa |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters of different ages |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy duologue set on a bus stop bench. Set in America, but with a universal theme. Includes (appropriate) strong language. |
| Synopsis | Teenager Sophie and her grandmother Faye are about to set off on an adventurous trip. With pathos and comedy, and her sagacity, Faye helps Sophie see the world in a different light. |
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| Everything's Coming Up Roses by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A romantic comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | Hayfever sufferer Rose has been advised to relieve her work stress by sitting and smelling the roses. Her visit to the park does little to relieve her stress until she meets gardener Brad and romance blooms. |
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| Eye Phone 64 by John Harper |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act futuristic drama with a single (studio apartment) set. |
| Synopsis | In the not too distant future, Nokia lives with his android butler. A mobile phone salesman arrives to update Nokia's phone - with devastating results. |
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| The Fire Pit by John Harper |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One adult male, three teenagers with playing ages of around 14. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Hard-hitting, thought- (and discussion-) provoking short play. |
| Synopsis | Church elder Nigel takes his 14 year old daughter Jessica and two of her male friends on a weekend camping trip. Jessica doesn't want to share a tent with Nigel, and only one of her friends can spot the telltale signs of child abuse. |
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The Florist by Iris Winston
Winner of the Ottawa Little Theatre national playwriting competition. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act play. Single set (florist's shop). |
| Synopsis | George Bernard Shaw drops into a Flower shop run by a lady called Liza and they talk of her old friends, and the life she has led. |
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For The Greater Good by Aviva Philipp-Muller
Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play. |
| Synopsis | Charles and Jonah share their memories of a single day, a day they experienced in very different ways, though at the end they connected. A powerful piece about the Holocaust. |
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| The Game by Mary Stone |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short sketch, highlighting relationships and friendships. |
| Synopsis | In different social circles at school, Gem and Katy are horrified to discover that their parents are dating. They resolve to break the couple up, but don’t seem to anticipate the results of having to work together on the project. |
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| The Generation Gap by Sheena Weitzel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play. |
| Synopsis | Rachael's mum and dad are going out, leaving her to look after Grandad. She's not happy about that, or much else, but Grandad knows more than she thinks and they end up sorting a good deal out between them. |
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