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Alternate Reality by Jonathan Edgington Short-listed (out of over 1,500 scripts submitted) for the Short&Sweet Sydney 2022 Playwriting Festival and (out of nearly 700 scripts submitted) for the Short&Sweet Dubai 2023 Playwriting Festival. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. There are three roles, but Paula and Desirae are played by the same person. (Read the script to see why.) |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Sci-fi or fantasy (it depends on where you draw the boundary) set in an unusual shop. |
Synopsis | Long suffering Paula is rapidly running out of patience with her nice but predictable and boring husband - so how will she react when he steps out of his comfort zone and buys her the most unusual birthday present ever? |
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