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That’s what are Friends for Genre Comedy Cast Size 1 Female2 Male Duration 45 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Setting Present day.  In a Canadian city Synopsis When Larry Deker gets laid off from his job at the factory, his friend Charlton offers a somewhat bizarre and unconventional opportunity …

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Husband, What Husband (Radio Version) Genre Comedy Cast Size 3 Female 2 Male Duration 90 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Synopsis Sisters Bea and Elizabeth live together, eking out a modest existence. Things heat up when Elizabeth’s ex arrives after escaping from a prison farm and then moments later, …

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Husband, What Husband (Stage Play) Genre Comedy Cast Size 3 Female 2 Male Duration 90 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Synopsis Sisters Bea and Elizabeth live together, eking out a modest existence. Things heat up when Elizabeth’s ex arrives after escaping from a prison farm and then moments later, …

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Tough as Nails Genre Comedy Cast Size 3 Males Duration 10 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Setting The play takes place in the service department of a Canadian car dealership. Synopsis This play is a ten-minute comedy based on a story told by Rowan Atkinson on the Graham Norton …

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The Rooftop Guy A Virtual Theatre Play Genre Comedy Cast Size 2 Females1 Male Duration 40 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Setting Present day.  In a major Canadian city. Synopsis It’s Monday morning.  Dave Bourning, a despondent employee at the Department of Instruments and Measurements (DIM) is believed to …

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Miracle on 34th Street Genre Drama Cast Size Minimum 10 Maximum 27 Duration 75 minutes Target Audience All ages Setting 1947.  New York City. Synopsis This is a radio play, where the theatre audience is transported back to the Golden Age of radio, where words, music and sound effects alone tell the story. Miracle on …

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The Rooftop Guy Genre Comedy Cast Size 1 Female2 Male Duration 40 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Setting Present day.  In a major Canadian city. Synopsis It’s Monday morning.  Dave Bourning, a despondent employee at the Department of Instruments and Measurements (DIM) is believed to have jumped off the …

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Portrait of a Murder Genre Drama Cast Size 7 Female6 Male Duration 120 Minutes Target Audience Suitable for students aged 14+ Setting Spring, 1924.  A small village outside a major city, somewhere in Canada. Synopsis A young, wealthy opera singer has come to a small country town looking for “hidden treasurers”, (i.e., common folk who …

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Crackers Genre Comedy Cast Size 1 Female5 Male Duration 45 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Setting Present day.  In a major Canadian city. Synopsis Eric, a fifty-year-old scarlet macaw enjoys reading the paper that lines his cage and watching his favourite daytime soap opera. Then young green amazon parrot …

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The Gift of the Magi Genre Drama Cast Size 4 Female5 Male Duration 15 Minutes Target Audience This play is appropriate for ages 13 + Setting Christmas, 1905.  In a Canadian city.  This story was adapted for a theatre production, where the audience is transported back in time to the Golden Age of radio.  Just …

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