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Sixth Wife by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two live characters plus a voicemail announcement which is assumed to be prerecorded (as is the nature of such things).
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA nice twist on the monologue format as the script jumps between Roy and Cathy's reflections on Roy's past wives and their upcoming marriage. A simple set, two good characters with fun, witty dialogue would make a good challenge for a pair of actors.
SynopsisNo, not that sixth wife. Roy is about to get married for the sixth time. But do he and the bookish Cathy have that much in common?
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Sleeping Off Hell by Carolyn Copeland
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen minute drama. Single set (hotel concierge desk - as simple as you like!), simple props.
SynopsisFour very different characters find they're stranded at the concierge desk of a hotel, with no one to give them their room keys. They begin to talk and discover they all have different reasons for wanting to stay there...or maybe it's the same reason after all.
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The Slim Blonde Beauty by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. All characters are young adults.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short romantic comedy with two simple settings.
SynopsisIt starts with an ad in the free paper... Insecure Jack's search for the woman of his dreams has hit troubled waters. His friend Tom persuades him to try speed dating with hilarious (but ultimately satisfying) consequences.
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Smoke and Mirrors by E. C. Chapman
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleDramatic monologue recounted by a theatre director.
Synopsis A director talks through the trials and tribulations on an outdoor production of one of Shakespeare's most celebrated plays.
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Someday I'll Find You by Charles Alverson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Main two characters in late middle age
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one act comedy set in the office or waiting room of a retirement village in America.
SynopsisJack and Helen meet by chance at a retirement village some forty years after he abandoned her for her best friend. They discuss what has happened to them in the intervening forty years and whilst nothing is resolved, who knows what their future will be?
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Sponge Cake And Leopard Skin by Jane Hilliard
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fifteen minute comedy monologue
SynopsisA middle aged woman relates a somewhat stale, routine marriage and an exciting illicit adventure only to discover her husband’s amazing secret life which breathes new life into their life together.
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The Staff Room by Juliet Devon
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Seven on-stage teachers and two off-stage pupil's voices (which could be recordings). The Headteacher is written as female, but can be played as male with the necessary minimal changes to the script.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort drama, set in a primary school (with a set requiring furniture only).
SynopsisUnable to escape the staff room in time, a number of teachers are trapped by the Head and must - volunteer - for some unpopular duties.
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Take a Seat by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen minute light comedy monologue with poignant moments.
SynopsisFreda loves her favourite bench in the park, where she can watch the world go by. But nothing has prepared her for the sudden appearance of a runaway bride. What advice if any can Freda give, especially when a desperate young man appears on the scene?
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Taking An Interest by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy sketch for three actors, with minimal or no set.
SynopsisOlder ladies Mary and Alice are in a long queue at the bank and they pass the time in idle conversation full of malapropisms, when young Ben joins the queue. The ladies' interest in Ben grows as they wait, until Mary comes to a startling and somewhat irritating realisation.
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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe adapted Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleStage adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short (Gothic Horror) story. Single figurative set.
SynopsisLucas takes a homeless man into his home. Convinced the homeless man posesses 'the evil eye', Lucas waits until the dead of night and murders him. Driven mad by guilt and the memory of the evil eye, Lucas is haunted by the homeless man's heart, beating under the floorboards...
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