PLAY DIRECTORY
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10-MINUTE PLAYS
A SISTER THING
COMEDY (1 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
Two sisters fight over the same sexy, sexy man. Who will take things too far first?
ANON
DRAMA (1 MALE/ 1 FEMALE)
A man and a woman meet outside an Alcoholics Anonymous support group meeting. They don't know each other, but get to talking. The woman quickly reveals that she's an addict, but drinking isn't her problem. An exploration of what it means to suffer from an addiction.
BREAST PUN EVER
COMEDY (1 MALE, 1 FEMALE, 1 FLEXIBLE)
Con the condom and Tammy the tampon talk about their livelihoods and Con's new idea for a play about a pair of breasts. When the puns get too overbearing, they are visited by a very fed-up Cockgina, who is here from the Union of Body Parts to put an end to bad puns in theatre.
CHECKOUT
DRAMA (4 FEMALE)
Best Play, Short+Sweet Canberra 2013
A 10 minute monologue for a woman. Corinne works for Coles. You might think she hates her job, but she's done far worse. Coles is the top of the bottom. But she's nothing but a robot being phased out by other robots.
EXODUS
COMEDY (8 FEMALE)
A group of girls are waiting to see the results of a fixed sporting match. After a few minutes they realise that whenever one of them ducks out of the room, they don't return. One by one they disappear. Who will survive the exodus and how?
FEBRUARY 3RD
DRAMA (4 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
Bill wakes up after spending hundreds years experiencing the same day over and over again, just like Groundhog Day. Except that this time, it's tomorrow, and he's just spent the day doing every bad thing he could think of.
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FEMINOCRACY
COMEDY (1 MALE, 6 FEMALE)
Dave Zwartenovsky is the last man alive on Earth. He lives with a group of women and he's still not getting laid. This play might be sexist - just a little.
FORECLOSURE
COMEDY (2 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
Published by Little Gems
Cammy and Joe-Joe are in debt. They have more bills than they can handle and no way of paying them off. As they argue over whether to sell Joe-Joe's car or Cammy's fashion accessories, a mortgage broker and his older partner come in to foreclose on a mortgage. But it's not the mortgage for their apartment...
GOING DOWN
DRAMA (5 MALE, 3 FEMALE)
Eight people are stuck in a broken-down elevator. When security announces there are only a few minutes of oxygen remaining, humanity ensues.
HAPPILY HOW LONG AFTER
COMEDY (2 FEMALE)
Disney Princesses Ariel and Jasmine were meant to live "happily ever after," but it was more like three and a bit years. The Little Mermaid's husband Prince Eric died from crabs and Aladdin's wife uncovers her husband has a history with his pet monkey Abu. You don't need to know the Disney stories to enjoy this play.
HAUNTED
COMEDY/DRAMA (2 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
Two plays layered together. Lisa accuses her boyfriend of cheating on her when she finds a saucy text message on his phone, which Damien claims is perfectly innocent. As they argue, Ricardo and Jane - a couple of ghosts - wander in to enjoy the scene.
HAYLEY GETS MARRIED
COMEDY (2 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
Jono is about to get engaged. Problem is, he's about to get engaged to the wrong girl. If his mate Ross can't save him, his girlfriend and his mistress are going to have him for dinner.
HOW TO NAIL A CLIENT
COMEDY (2 MALE, 3 FEMALE)
Richard has lunch with his new boss and a prospective client. They really need to nail her. Or someone really needs to nail someone.
HOW TO PICK UP CHICKS
AND SCORE, BABY!
COMEDY (1 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
HOW TO WRITE A TEN
MINUTE PLAY, THE
TEN MINUTE PLAY
COMEDY (2 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
A ten minute play that demonstrates how to write a ten minute play. Edutainment at its best
I LOVE YOU
DRAMA (2 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
Leon loves Theresa. She makes his sun rise. She's the bubbles in his champagne. What will he do to make her his?
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE-ZOMBIE
COMEDY (2-3 MALE)
A satire of the horrid movie. We've all seen vampires, we've all seen zombies, but have we seen vampire-zombies?
JAMES RANDI DEBUNKS: PAWPAW TOM
COMEDY (2 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
The legendary exposer of frauds and ex-magician, James Randi, meets an Australian man who has discovered a miracle cure in the form of a cream made from pawpaw. Ever the sceptic, James Randi gets his TV presenter to bring in his guest and put him to the test. Will Pawpaw Tom put his hand in the George Foreman grill or does he have a better idea?
LIKE, TOTALLY
COMEDY (2 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
MONOTYPES
COMEDY (1 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
NAMED SECOND
DRAMA (1 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
Dane meets Madeleine, the love of his life, in a ThyssenKrupp elevator. Madeleine wants to know what Krupp did. Why isn't the elevator company called KruppThyssen? Why is Krupp named second?
NOT TO SCALE
DRAMA (1 MALE/2-6 FEMALE)
Marky Masonic, a stand up comedian, comes under fire when he makes some tasteless jokes about ladyboys and an unattractive woman. As the social media wildfire spreads, "Not To Scale" explores the balance between censorship and free speech and the extreme reactions seen in current times.
PET HATE
COMEDY (2 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
Zoe and Chris have the worst landlord ever. Their rental apartment is falling apart and he wants to charge them to fix things they never broke. They're just hoping he doesn't uncover their big secret.
PRIVATISE THIS!
COMEDY (2 MALE)
The premier decides to up the privatisation ante and sell off the government. A neat little satire.
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SOLAR
COMEDY (1 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
Global warming is heating up and the polar bear could soon be facing extinction. A solution is needed. And, the good news is, a solution is coming, in the form of a marketing guy with a pair of sunnies and a visor.
STARS AND SCIENCE
COMEDY (1 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
Brad hates Jen. She's his girlfriend, sure, but she's such an annoying person. She believes in chakras and astral travel and astrology. Brad believes in science. A play about a relationship that simply had to happen.
THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD
DRAMA (1 MALE, ENSEMBLE)
An expose of the porn industry. A porn star interviews a group of potential adult film actors and weeds out the unsuitable ones. A frank look at what it takes to do the 'best job in the world' - not for the faint hearted (and certainly not for a family audience).
THE HERO
COMEDY (2 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
Winner, judges' vote and audience vote, Crash Test Drama, Apr 2010
Wayne takes his friend out on a date. The view is perfect, the WRX is perfect, the music is perfect. All he needs to do is seduce her. The only problem is, he isn't quite the hero he makes himself out to be. Written collaboratively by the 2010 Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Community College Creative Writing Class, run by Pete Malicki.
THE (MOSTLY) SLEEPING PRINCESS
COMEDY (2 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
After being cursed by a witch, the Sleeping Princess is only able to stay awake for 4 hours per day. Snow White's stepmother rushes in to tell her she's found a prince who can break the curse. Only problem is, he's a were-prince. By day, he's charming and composed, but at night...
Based on a fairy tale by children's book author Geraldine Aegerter.
THE MYSTERIOUS QUEST
COMEDY (3 MALE, 1 FEMALE, 1 NARRATOR)
Paul is your everyday man. He's married with two kids, works in accounting, watches the cricket and loves a good chutney. When he (accidentally) goes to a gay bar and meets Ian, a dangerous obsession starts to grow.
THE NEW CRACK
COMEDY (2 MALE, 2 FEMALE)
A Christian is given porn on his 18th birthday and undergoes a shocking transformation.
THE ONE WITH THE MONSTERS
COMEDY (3 MALE, 1 FEMALE, 1 INVISIBLE MUTE)
Inspired by Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The goings-on in a flat full of monsters. Wolfman is in love with Laetitia but his flatmate X-calibre69 wants to ruin his life using nothing more than the powers of his internet. Their flatmate Gary, an invisible mute, also has a plan.
TO JUMP FROM A BURNING BUILDING
DRAMA, A MONOLOUGE WITH MIME (2 MALE, 3 FEMALE)
A psychotic spouse, a son called Edgard, a high-powered client, a stolen bicycle, the five-year-old-girl next door who will murder you for touching her bicycle, and a toothless Uber driver. Each event is more unexpected than the last.
WHAT IF?
COMEDY (3 MALE, 1 FEMALE)
Have you ever wondered "What if...?" Thousands have hypothesised alternate histories. Thousands have wasted countless hours of their lives wondering what would have happened if something in the past had happened differently. Since we can never know what might have happened if things had been different, we can only take a guess. So this is what I imagined would have happened if Adolf Hitler had been accepted into art school due to an administrative error.
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