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The Final Eppy Log by Laurie Hornsby
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One on-stage character plus an offstage newsread (single line) which might be recorded.
Run TimeAround 17 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleDramatic monologue with a single bedroom set.
SynopsisOn the night he is destined to die of a drug overdose, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, reflects on his life and career.
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The Fisherman by Archie Wilson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 19 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA lengthy monologue with no set required.
SynopsisThe life of an East Coast fisherman, before and after the Second World War, is related in an evocative monologue.
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The Five Stages Of Grief by Danielle Vanasse
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 18 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short one act drama with several simple settings.
SynopsisLori experiences the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) after her father, Nathan, dies in a fire in his office building She is left with her mother Julie and her brother Ryan as they work together as a family to grieve and accept Nathan's death.
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The Florist by Iris Winston
Winner of the Ottawa Little Theatre national playwriting competition.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort one-act play. Single set (florist's shop).
SynopsisGeorge 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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The Fortune Teller by Noel Broderick
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 19 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short comedy with a single (traveller’s caravan) setting.
SynopsisThe Lisdoonvarna Match-making Festival in the West of Ireland is famous for pairing up bachelor farmers with single women hoping for a quiet life in the countryside, as well as 'sideshows' like Madam Bridget and her daughter Bridgeen, seventh daughters of seventh daughters who claim to have fortune-telling abilities. Their ‘powers’ are successful in re-uniting estranged couple Jim and Colette.
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A Frog Too Far by Nicholas Richards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children. Could be played by the same, or by a company of either.
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy play set in a classroom - represented by the teacher's chair and her story book.
SynopsisMiss Primrose tries to tell her class their daily story - a tale of princess meets frog - with the aid of a small troupe of mimes. The children, shall we say, have bright enquiring minds...
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Gentleman Moll by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. This is essentially a female monologue, but there's an offstage male voice with a single line (probably a recording).
Run TimeAround 16 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen minute dramatic monologue. Single set (furniture only, and not much of that).
SynopsisIt is 1749, and young Moll Tyler sits in a prison cell on the eve of her execution. She reflects on her career as a highwaywoman.
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Going Up? by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Alex is written as female, but with changes to pronouns in speeches, may be portrayed as male.
Run TimeAround 18 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fun, quirky comedy. Very easily staged, with no set or props required. Could fit into sketch nights and the like.
American English, so it takes place in an elevator, not a lift.
SynopsisIt's morning in a busy office building when an elevator suddenly stops between floors. Four strangers learn more than they'd like to about each other. And the big question... is the stoppage a mechanical problem, or are hostile forces at work?
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Gone by Jonathan Edgington
A winning entry in both Live Theatre's and Maskers Theatre Company's playwriting competitions in 2010. Didcot Phoenix Drama's filmed version won the Best Play and 2 other awards at the 2021 Spelthorne and Runnymede Virtual Drama Festival.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 16 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFifteen-minute play with an air of mystery! Single set which requires a garden seat and a half-finished pergola. Originally published 2010, revised 2018.
SynopsisGeorge's wife is missing. He knows where she went, but not where she is. Dare he tell the truth to anyone?
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Good Enough by Karen Ankers
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 19 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA hard-hitting one act drama
SynopsisSingle mother Janine struggles desperately with severe lack of confidence brought about by the derogatory voices of her parents, ex-husband and son which she relives in her head. These voices are played out on stage.
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