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Help Me Get Over You by Rollin Jewett Finalist - 2018 Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF), NYC. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy duologue sketch with a simple set. |
Synopsis | Having ended his relationship with Phyllis, John is having withdrawal difficulties. Much to Phyllis’ initial annoyance and incredulity, John enlists her help with his problem. |
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Henry VIII by Archie Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute historical romp! (The history is rough-and-ready rather that scrupulously accurate!) |
Synopsis | Henry The Eighth walks amongst his people and is struck by the lewd advances of Anne Boleyn, leading him to split from the Catholic church to obtain his divorce from Katherine of Aragon. |
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Hi Santa, Remember Me? by Trevor Suthers Winner of the 'Pint-Sized Plays' competition, 2008 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The (silent) barman is written male, but need not be. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute dark comedy play. Single (simple barroom) set. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Trying to have a quiet drink in his off-season, Santa is accosted by someone claiming to be his biggest fan, but who actually has a complaint to make... |
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Holding Up A Mirror by Wally Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play. No set requirements (unless three chairs count as a set - in this case, I would count them as props). Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | A discussion about theatre and the nature of drama... but are you watching them, or are they watching you? |
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How On Earth by Patricia Gay |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fifteen minute sketch for four actors. |
Synopsis | How (short for Howard) has been told by his mum that he was given to her by a celestial being. Now, the workman building the house extension reveals that the greater power in question actually works for The Opposition. How is left to consider his place in the astral conflict. |
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How Will I Know You? by Gill Medway |
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 comedy sketch with a single (park bench) setting. |
Synopsis | Armed with a red rose and a book of poetry, eternal spinster Rosalie hopes to meet the man of her dreams. His on-screen photo may look like Brad Pitt, but will the real guy measure up? And can a chance meeting on a park bench save Rosalie from a Date Worse then Death? |
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Human Relations by Mark Niel Winner in the Marie Curie One Page Play Competition competition, 2008 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The waiter is written male, but could easily be a waitress. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute comedy play, single (restaurant table) set, simple props. |
Synopsis | Paula thinks she's just meeting her boyfriend for a pleasant evening out together, but he's an HR manager, and its been a year since they started going out, so there's got to be an annual review! |
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Hunting Yetis by Andy Haynes |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Michael is definitely male. The Yeti seems to be male, but it's hard to tell owing to the Yeti costume. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy play, single set (mainly a couch). Simple, funny and touching. |
Synopsis | Michael wasn't expecting anyone to call, certainly not wearing a yeti suit. But this yeti comes bearing gifts - a pair of binoculars, a butterfly net and a letter Michael wrote when he was small, about how he was off to hunt yetis. Oh, and there’s a ticket to the Himalayas too... |
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I Googled You by Jonathan Edgington Selected for and performed at the 2017 Salisbury Fringe 'Short Cuts' playwriting festival. Shortlisted for the 2018 Actor Awareness Intergenerational Night. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play for two actors. Can be performed on a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Felix and Truly meet for the first time on a blind date. Felix is at first taken aback by Truly’s antics in her garden but the date goes ahead. Afterwards, the pair give a surprising final assessment. |
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I'm Not One To Gossip But... by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | Brenda has met up with her old friend Sharon for lunch and a friendly gossip at Phillip's café. Through the gossip, a few skeletons in Phillip's cupboard are revealed. |
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