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The Contestant by Allan Williams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy monologue with a simple (TV studio) set or can be played with no set. |
Synopsis | Jake is a contestant on a TV quiz show. He obviously has a high opinion of himself and his abilities, but it soon becomes clear he is not as smart as he thinks he is. |
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A Cracking Pear by Barry Wood |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. 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 minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Richard is at his first art class, and he’s nervous, but fellow student Steph tries to put him at ease. The trouble is, Richard is used to a very different type of subject for his drawings, and has problems adjusting. |
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The Crime Done in Rhyme by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Rhyming skit (parody of Dr. Seuss) no set requirements, a few common props. |
Synopsis | There's been murder afoot, but who can have done it? If there's a prize for rhymed mystery, this one has won it! The victim's a cat, but much more than that, He's a cat that has often been seen in a hat. A detective is called and a Mistress is found, (while the corpse of the cat is left there on the ground). It's funny, irreverent and won't take much time, and the best of it is, every line is in rhyme! |
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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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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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The Deal by Jos Biggs |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy wih minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Two conmen meet by chance, and strike a deal over a weed, a pigeon and a bicycle. But who is conning who? |
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Dear Diet Diary by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. A middle-aged lady who feels she needs to lose weight. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy play for one. |
Synopsis | A woman who has been struggling with her weight addresses the issue of dieting through a monologue directed at her diary. |
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Desperate Gallery by Sophie Chapman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy play set in an art gallery. Contains mild swearing (and art). |
Synopsis | Camelia is a young artist is displaying her work in a local art gallery in the hope of achieving her first sale. Two inept art thieves are the only 'customers' and in her desperation for artistic fame she explores various strategies with them. The arrival of snooty art critic Jorgen Tyson interrupts their planning and his disparaging remarks become increasingly annoying - with fatal consequences! However in a witty final twist his presence may help Camelia to achieve her goal after all. |
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Diary Of A Squirrel Hunter by Peter Stallard |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. This is essentially a monologue. The final offstage police voice could easily be a recording. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch - exhibiting the comedy of bad taste! Minimal set (could easily be done as a front-of-curtain piece). |
Synopsis | Dave the squirrel hunter has passed on, under unusual circumstances, but his friend Tyrone has found Dave's diary and is taking the opportunity to read out some of the final passages at the funeral. |
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