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| Going Out by Sarah Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One of the characters is an adult, but the piece is intended to be played by teenagers. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play for teenagers. No set requirements. |
| Synopsis | A father struggle to understand the confusing pressure of not going out with someone as his son prepares for the school disco. |
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| Goodbye, Again by Molly McCluskey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch/short play. Single simple (restaurant) set - one table. Simple props, although the waiter brings two pasta dishes to the table! |
| Synopsis | He thinks he knows what he wants... She knows. |
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| The Gossip by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The characters are adults, intended to be played by children. (Two of the female characters could be switched to male by changing two words.) |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple play in rhyming couplets. No specific set requirements. One prop (a wedding cake!) |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined. |
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| Grandma at the Village Fete by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Five-minute comedy monologue. Contains ripeness. |
| Synopsis | A humourous monologue about the excitement at this year's village fete, with Grandma's fortune telling, the exploits of Camp Claude and a host of other village characters. |
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| Grandma's Day Out by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy monologue, no set or props. |
| Synopsis | The story of Grandma's eventful day out with the Over-Seventies' Club. |
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| The Great Divide by Howard Lipson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Cast is five adults and two children. (The children are non-speaking - and a minimal production might leave them out, with the other characters were to mime meeting them. As written, they perform a brief musical entertainment.) |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play with a Christian theme. Minimal staging requirements. |
| Synopsis | Binky and Astrid are shocked to see that they are at a dinner party with three smelly, badly dressed people. It turns out one of them was once a famous author, and another is a poet. Can Astrid accept the message their host is trying to send? |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 1 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical skit in three short scenes. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | The Norman Conquest. Up-to-the-minute news reports from the Battle of Hastings, using state-of-the-art news-gathering tapestry... |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 2 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical skit in one short scene. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) Contains mild swearing and a telescope. |
| Synopsis | The Spanish Armadillo. A Lady finds a fully paid-up Fool on look-out duty. |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 3 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Script includes a parody of the title song from Oklahoma. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Musical skit, parodying the creative process! (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | The Rogers and Frankenstein Story! Richard Rogers and his collaborator, Oscar Frankenstein III, ponder the creation of a new Broadway musical, whilst eating pizza. |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 4 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. 1 (female) Angel and Three Shepherds |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute skit. Contains mild swearing. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | Christmas - The Untold Story. In which an angel takes a wrong turning... |
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