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| Crusty Bloomers by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Customer definitely male. Shopkeeper probably male, but could be played female. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch. Not much set needed to indicate a shop, but quite a few (saleable) props. |
| Synopsis | A shopkeeper's patience is put to the test when he tries to serve a customer who seems to be at cross purposes. |
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| Cube Farming by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are both nominally male, but could easily be changed to female. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute comedy play. Single set, Simple props. |
| Synopsis | It is Marvin's first day at work, where Simon introduces him to his cubicle or PWE (Personal Work environment). |
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| Cupid's Pie by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The 2 F need to be same size. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a single (coffee bar) setting. |
| Synopsis | The local coffee bar has become known as a meeting place for blind dates and waitress Harriet has become familiar with the procedure. As Kelly arrives ready for her blind date, Harriet sees an opportunity to find herself a man with surprising results. |
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| Cut to the Chase by Peter May |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (vet’s waiting room) setting. No props or set decoration needed. |
| Synopsis | In the vet’s waiting room, two dogs, Cagney and Spot, strike up a conversation. Cagney eventually realises that his pastime of chasing female dogs has repercussions. |
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| The Da Vinci Raffle by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | A certain Mr Da Vinci is approached by a friend to see if he can knock out a quick painting to contribute to a raffle the man is holding at a social event the next day. |
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| Dad's Revenge by Archie Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch, single set (a living-room indicated by the presence of an armchair), simple props. |
| Synopsis | Natalie is sixteen and trying hard to drive her Dad round the bend. She wants him to drive her and her boyfriend out for their night's clubbing, but can he put a stop to it? |
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Daily Habits Mask Pain by Mildred Inez Lewis
Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. 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 with a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | Greta and Harry struggle with their differing feelings about their jailed son and his heinous crime. Their daily routines help them through their pain and help re-establish their fractured relationship. |
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| Dance Before Dark by Karen Ankers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act drama with a single, simple setting. |
| Synopsis | In a future world Anna has been imprisoned in solitary confinement for insisting that because of human abuse of the planet the world will end when the last leaf falls. Against regulations Robert, her guard, engages in conversation with her and they soon realise that they have more in common than they thought. |
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| Date Night by Dana Davies |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy, with adult language and mature themes. |
| Synopsis | Liam has hired Robert to kidnap his wife for a night of kinky passion, and to film it all for posterity. The only problem is, when the hood comes off, it’s not Liam’s wife handcuffed to the bed! |
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| The Date by Franco Ambriz |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Filomena may be dead, but she has a speaking part! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] First staged reading ran to 25 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A powerful, intriguing, American one act drama with a single (apartment room) set. Some strong, but appropriate language. |
| Synopsis | A psychological drama digging into a family's past and its effect on their present. |
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