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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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Gentleman Moll by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen minute dramatic monologue. Single set (furniture only, and not much of that). |
Synopsis | It 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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Gerri And The Atrics by Charles Alverson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One offstage voice, M or F |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act comedy. |
Synopsis | A group of entertainers nearing the end of their career prepare for yet another show, with friendly but sometimes barbed banter. This is interrupted not only by the call to go on stage, but the sudden death of one of their number. |
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Getting On by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for one actor - a good, subtle character piece. Minimal set requirements (a chair). |
Synopsis | Sixty-something Joyce is a lonely widow, but she remains remarkably tolerant despite being neglected by her ambitious son. |
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The Glass Spider by Cressida Peever |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play |
Synopsis | After years of separation, Matthew visits his dying mother, looking for some kind of connection. |
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The Gloves Are Off by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama with a single (kitchen) setting. |
Synopsis | What looks like marital bliss to the outside world is a facade to a hidden world of domestic violence, one that Jack and Natalie live with every day. |
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Going Digital by E. C. Chapman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A monologue set in an armchair surrounded by remote controls. |
Synopsis | Patricia, in her eighties, struggles to adapt to the increasingly complex technology which threatens to leave her generation behind. |
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Good Advice by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama with a single (coffee shop) setting. |
Synopsis | Encouraged by her worldly friend Alice, ageing spinster Norma starts to think about her love life, or the lack of it, when former sweetheart Bill comes into the café. |
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