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New Plays for Mature Actors: The Challenge of Bureaucracy

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An older lady has not received her last Social Security check so she calls a bureaucrat for help. Short, easy and best of all, it’s a ‘never fail’ script!

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SKU: 9063825 Categories: Plays, Senior Theatre Classic Plays Tags: 10-20 Minute Play, A Senior Theatre Classic, Comedy, Short Plays, Skits and Sketches
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Carole Glickfeld

7-10 minute comedy sketch
1 woman, 1 voice, several phone attendees can be male or female

An older lady has not received her last Social Security check so she calls a bureaucrat for help. Short, easy to produce as a reading and best of all, directors, actors, and audiences love it. This is a ‘never fail’ script!

This play  is found in the collection, New Plays for Mature Actors.

Additional information

playwright

Carole Glickfeld

genre

Comedy

run time

11-19 Minutes

women

1, 2, 3

royalty

Contact Information Inside the Book

cast-size

Flexible Cast Size

theme

Bureaucracy, Telephone or Video Call

men

1, 2, 3

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