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Baciato Dalla Grazia by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. All characters are teenagers.
Run TimeAround 5 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFive-minute play for teenagers. No set requirements. Contains swearing (as some teenagers do).
SynopsisPainfully shy around girls he fancies, Jon gets some useful advice from his cool friend Pete to help him talk to a girl. It still doesn't turn out Jon's way.
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Blushes by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 15 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort youth theatre drama about shyness. Two sets, but both needed only in outline, so minimum scenery and simple props.
SynopsisJon is shy and easily embarrassed, especially around girls. He's unable to control his terrible blushing, and his friends tease him about it. Then one magical night he meets a special girl who gives him some simple, but life-changing advice.
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A Different League by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy on three simple sets. This is the sequel to Three Nil Down At Half Time, also published by Lazy Bee Scripts. The two can be performed individually or together.
SynopsisA football team are looking forward to the new season when disaster strikes and the girls' league they are due to play in is disbanded. Fortunately (although much to the consternation of several parents), the team receive an unexpected invitation to play in a boy's league.
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Not Easy by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two adults and two children (could be played by four kids.)
Run TimeAround 5 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleVery short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts.
SynopsisDoes Dad have a favourite child? Is Mum too overprotective of her son? This short play shows how family politics can change in the course of a phone call.
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The Shy Prince and the Dragon by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 9 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play for young children. Two locations, but minimal sets.
SynopsisTwo knights, a pirate, a cowboy (or a cowgirl) and Superboy (or Supergirl) all fail to rescue a princess from a dragon. Will a shy, insecure, young prince succeed where the others have failed?
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Three Nil Down at Half Time by Jonathan Edgington
A production by Watlington Young Players won Best Youth Production at the 2013 Hunstanton Drama Festival and a production by Cathal Ferry School (in a translated version) won the all Ireland Gaelic language schools drama competition in 2007.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. The characters are a mixture of adults and children (could be played by that mix, or all played by kids). There is opportunity for up to 11 additional characters (non-speaking), all female - the other members of the girls' football team.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleSingle set (the touchline of a soccer game) Minimal set and props. Chiefly British English, though the play has been successfully adapted for American performers.
SynopsisThe girls' soccer team is on a losing streak - until a half-time bet leads to a change of management!
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Vamping It Up by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two vampires and a human.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort play, set in a cemetary. Part of the Bite Size collection of Vampire plays
SynopsisVince and Vernon have just got up - it's sundown, and they're breakfasting on synthetic blood. It's raining and the nightclub has started up early, and, to cap it all Vanessa's party has been cancelled because she turned to ashes that morning. But here comes Veronica to cheer them up!
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The Wow Factor by Jonathan Edgington
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short one act play for youth theatre or schools.
Part of the Aliens collection of short plays for youth people.
SynopsisTwo officials conduct an unusual interview with a newly-arrived alien...
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