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Fantasy Games by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as two children and their mother, but this is a comedy sketch, and could be equally funny played by all adults or all kids. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short skit. Single (minimal) set, but would be best costumed. |
Synopsis | Two teenage online gaming addicts are hassled to do their daily chores by their mother. |
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Five Minutes by Mike Plumbley |
Roles | Minimum 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 Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
Synopsis | Two teenagers are out late at night in the rain, they've missed the last bus and the only phone they have can't get a signal. Both their single parents are worried but can't agree on action. |
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Galileo & Co. by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for school age children, which might kick-start projects about the stars, about science, about history, or about religion. |
Synopsis | Galileo has been summoned before the Holy Office to renounce his heretical findings that the Earth rotates around the sun. In the few minutes before his hearing, some unusual characters try to convince him to stick to the truth. |
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The Ghost Letter by Mike Plumbley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for youth theatre. A few simple props to indicate location (a room). Also available as part of the Fright Size collection. |
Synopsis | Ellie has brought Tom to her late grandmother's house. In search of... what? |
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A Gift Horse by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy, part of the It's All Greek collection. |
Synopsis | Troy has been under siege for ten years and the nightshift for guards on the ramparts is very boring. At least, until an exciting development occurs and the Spartans are leaving. |
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Global Wetting by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. A mother and her three sons. The location of the piece is part of the joke, and the names of the protagonists make it obvious, however they can easily be withheld from the audience. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch based on a familiar story, though, in this case, not told with any particular moral. No set required. |
Synopsis | Tempers are running high between the three lads. So much so that they won't stop arguing to hear the good news their mother has for them. |
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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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The Haunting of Hardup Hall by David Lovesy & Steve Clark |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters are all adults, but could easily be played by kids. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short humorous ghost story told in verse |
Synopsis | Lord and Lady Hardup are at their wits end. Their mansion is being haunted by a fearsome spook and soon they will be forced to flee! Mystic Maureen, psychic extraordinaire is called to save them from the spirits! |
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Heading Home by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst the characters are nominally gendered, they are, when all's said and done, two pigeons and a cat! |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch. The author suggests it could be performed as a radio play so that the anthropomorphic twist is not revealed until the right moment, but it could be staged. No set or props required, though if it is staged, costumes would be a good idea! |
Synopsis | A pair of homing pigeons encounter difficulties finding their way home. A sketch from the 'Bright and Shiny Radio Show' collection |
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Help for Greek Heroes by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute comedy,, part of the It's All Greek collection. |
Synopsis | The Help for Greek Heroes counselling team are discussing their caseload, including Achilles' morbid fear of heel injuries and Oedipus being a mummy's boy. |
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