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A Second Hand by Lucy Cooper |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The character is written as a male in his forties but could be played at a different age and, conceivably, could switch gender. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short telephone monologue, delivering dead-pan comedy. No set. Simple props. |
Synopsis | A salesman tries to buy a second hand car and ends up considering taking a second look at his chosen career. Originally published in 2009, revised in 2017. |
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The Secret of Giving Up Smoking by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The script is written with the characters as two women and one man, however other mixes are possible. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play. Contemporary realism. Simple set, simple props. |
Synopsis | Barry and Nancy attend Celia's 'Give up smoking' seminar, but will it be the painless solution they're both looking for, or just another expensive con? |
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Secrets by Bob Tucker |
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 comedy play. Single interior set. (Contains a little swearing.) |
Synopsis | A case of mistaken identity leads D.I. Dourbridge and Daphne, his probationary constable, to the home of Dafydd Jones, a home which Jones seems to be in a hurry to depart. |
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Sherbet Lemons and Bon Bons by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch set in a sweet shop. |
Synopsis | Pat and her daughter Janet are buying sweets in an old fashioned sweet shop. Pat expects everything to be old fashioned and voices her opinions. |
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Shit Happens by Elizabeth Riley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. The producer's script includes an alternate ending featuring two additional (gender non-specific) characters. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A dark comedy monologue on a kitchen set. |
Synopsis | Kath’s up earlier than usual to ensure her packages reach Australia for Valentine’s Day. It’s important to her, because her husband always set great store by Valentine’s Day. Shame he won’t see it this year... |
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Shoe Horn by Henry P. Gravelle |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch with a single (shoe repair shop) setting. |
Synopsis | An elderly man examines the shoe repair shop he's inherited from his estranged brother and learns from a mentally challenged employee how to repair more than shoes. |
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Shoes by Robert M. Barr |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama with a single (park bench) setting. US English. |
Synopsis | When an older man meets a homeless, shoeless, middle-aged man in a park, the older one makes an offer that is both comforting and insulting. But when the younger one finds out the reason for the offer, he is intrigued. |
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The Shootout by Kenneth P. Langer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with no set requirements. |
Synopsis | In the town of Deadrock, two gunfighters agree to a duel to settle their families’ age-old feud, but playing by the rules was never for either gunslinger and the resulting showdown goes terribly awry. |
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Short Break by Andrew Bawn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The travel agent is written female but could be male. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch set in a travel agent's shop. |
Synopsis | Dorothy and Norman want to book a holiday, and the strangely behaved travel agent offers them a fantastic deal. |
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Silver-Tongued by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch set in a bar. |
Synopsis | Dave and George are spending a night out at the local pub. George is seeking advice from Dave about his silver wedding anniversary. |
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