This series is made up of 4 books/Volumes:  Vol 1:  (this book) contains  comedic plays for   1 Male & 1 Female Vol 2:  contains  dramatic plays for   1 Male & 1 Female Vol 3:  contains  comedic plays for   2 Females Vol 4:  contains  dramatic plays for 2  Females   Inside you'll find thirty-five original comedic duets for one male and one female with unique characters, hilarious situations, and fresh material. Since these plays were specifically written for competitions, the language is acceptable, no props are necessary, and they can be done with or without blocking. And, they fit within the 8- to 10-minute time limit! This book is a gold mine for acting students and their teachers. **All of the plays in this book/volume are for 1M/1F and are comedic. Plays inside include:   ShipShape  - All Tai'd Up  - Cryptic Vibes  - Ready Steady  - Spare Somethin'?  - Opposite Spirits  - Shhhh! - The Evil Fluff Ball  - Hypneurosis - Style with Grace  - To Be in Your Shoes  - Fly Rudolph, Fly! - Housing to Share  - The Pinnacle - FYI - Cuddles and Wacky and the Little Car  - Eating for Two - Personally Speaking  - Career Match - Back to School  - Honeymoon Heist - Quiet Misty Meadows  - Asking too Much - Pu Pu Surprise - Returning Caresses  - Cat-tastrophy - A Bad Week for Therapy  - Ebenezer Who? - Monologue Madness  - The Cup - The Welcome Mat  - Smack it to the Moon  - Facade Face-off - Sniff, Sniff, Ahh, Ahh - Thtick 'Em Up "A must-read for forensics coaches and students at all levels of competition." -- Dr. James M. Brandon, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Speech, Director of Forensics, Hillsdale College "Coaches of forensics dramatic duo competition will find this packed with challenging material which invites students to excel." -- Monthly theatre and film book selections from Midwest Book Review. "Lhota and Milstein present us with this treasure trove of quality scenes for performance and rehearsal. Thank you!" -- Merel K. Marine, Award-Winning Dramatic & Speech Coach (Retired), Victor J. Andrew High School "Lhota and Milstein's scenes are a forensics coach's and drama teacher's dream: intelligent, well-crafted, and most importantly, original." -- Dan Foss, Forensics Judge and Former Assistant, Sandwich High School Do you spend more time trying to find and cut a selection for forensics duo competition than you spend rehearsing it? Those days are over! Inside you’ll find thirty-five original comedic duets with unique characters, hilarious situations, and fresh material sure to make even the toughest judges split a gut or at least crack a smile. Since these plays were specifically written for competitions, the language is acceptable, no props are necessary, and they can be done with or without blocking. And best of all, they fit within the 8-10 minute time limit! This book is also a gold mine for acting students and their teachers. So start rehearsing…and be sure to check out all of the books in our Forensics Series! All of the duets in this book are for 1M/1F and are comedic. Forensics Series Volume 1 Duo Practic and Competition Thirty-five 8-10 Minute Original Comedic Plays Barbara Lhota is an award-winning playwright as well as a screenwriter. The Studio’s production of her play, Third Person, was selected by the Boston Herald as one of the top ten plays of the 1993-94 season. She was awarded the Harold and Mimi Steinberg for Hanging by a Thread at the Crawford Theater at Brandeis University. Green Skin, her most recent collaboration, was staged at the Producers’ Club with Theatre Asylum in New York. Her plays have been produced at various theaters across the country including the Ritz Theater in New Jersey, the American Stage Festival in New Hampshire, the New England Theater Conference, and the Wang Center in Boston. In addition, her shows have been performed at several off-off Broadway Theaters including Tribeca Lab, Madison Avenue Theater, Love Creek Productions at the Nat Horne Theatre and the Phil Bosakowski Theater. She received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from Brandeis University, where she was an artist-in-residence and taught playwriting. Barbara now lives in Chicago, where she has had the opportunity to see Strangers and Romance at the Athenaeum Theatre with Jupiter Theater Company, Family Portrait performed at the Bailiwick’s Directors’ Festival, Third Person through Symposium at National Pastime, Flyin' High with Artistic Home and Morbid Curiosity with Women’s Theater Alliance at Chicago Dramatists and with Writers’ Block at The Theater Building. At present, Barbara is collaborating with Ira Brodsky on a screenplay, The Long Shot. Barbara’s plays, Strangers and Romance, can be found in Smith and Kraus’ Women Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2001. She can be reached at blhota@aol.com. Janet B. Milstein is an actor, acting teacher, and private monologue coach. She received her MFA in Acting from Binghamton University in New York, and her BA in Theatre with Distinction from the Un