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Cowboy by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The mugger is probably male, but need not be. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very silly comedy sketch. No set requirements, but does require a singular costume. |
Synopsis | A rather unconventional super hero vigilante stops a mugger. |
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The Crime Done in Rhyme by tlc Creative Best Seller |
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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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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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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David and Goliath by Ian Sharrock |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two onstage actors and one offstage voice, which could be pre-recorded. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedic sketch based on the Biblical tale. |
Synopsis | David and Goliath as observed from a tent in the camp of the Philistines. Dagon is a loyal, battle hardened warrior who's fed up of waiting for something, anything, to happen. Sandra is one of the girls concerned with feeding the army and also tired of the prolonged period of inactivity. For forty days, Goliath has called out his challenge to the Hebrew army and no champion has stepped up to face him... until now. |
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A Day at the Races by Will van der Lande |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short, absurd sketch. No set requirements, a few props. |
Synopsis | It's the Duck Derby and an Aristocrat is exchanging small talk with the owner of today's favourite, Dangerous Dennis. Surely nothing can prevent a win for Dennis today? |
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A Day at the Vets by Helen Bradley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedic sketch on a single set. |
Synopsis | Mr Chalmers the vet has a bad day, as his three least favourite customers - and their imaginary pets - show up in succession. |
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