Vignette Plays
A vignette play is a collection of short scenes on a theme. You'll love working with the variety and flexibility of the scenes. Your actors will love the fast pace and fun characters.
There's more. Every Theatrefolk vignette play holds the unexpected. A showcase monologue. A dramatic moment. A change in form. A left turn.
Ideal for classwork, competitions, and more!
La Ansiedad es Naranja
by Lindsay Price
A Spanish translation of the vignette play Anxiety is Orange.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 7 W + 12 Any Gender, Doubling possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
- 24 pages
Anxiety is Orange
by Lindsay Price
Join the characters in this vignette play as they navigate the world, each other, and the greens, greys, blues, reds, pinks, yellows, and oranges around them.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 7 W + 12 Any Gender, Doubling possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
betweenity
by Lindsay Price
This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and neverending silences in conversation. An excellent class project with parts for everyone.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 4 W + 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
- 29 pages
Boat
by Lindsay Price
In this one-act middle school vignette play, characters come face-to-face with the fact that there are other people in their boat. Some are different. Some only seem different.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 7 W + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 32
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Box
by Lindsay Price
A middle school vignette play about the boxes we find ourselves in.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 6 W + 9 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Bungee Jump Bear Trap
by Lindsay Price
Sometimes you need to leap without knowing what the outcome will be.
- About 25 minutes
- 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Characters Behaving Badly
by Lindsay Price
This vignette play asks students to look at the concept of what it means to be “good” and “bad.”
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 2 W + 5 Any Gender + 1 Trans W
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
Claque Attack: a clapping contemplation on the nature of applause
by Lindsay Price
Do you control the audience or does the audience control you?
- About 35 minutes
- 37 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Completely, Absolutely Normal: Vignettes About LGBTQ+ Teens
by Bradley Walton
Ten interconnected vignettes with LGBTQ+ themes.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 5 W + 8 M or W + 1 Trans M
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
darklight
by Lindsay Price
An examination of depression and anxiety in teens.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W + 10 Any Gender, Plus THOUGHTS (10 to 20 actors)
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
Deck the Stage!
by Lindsay Price
A Christmas collection like no other. Six short plays, all inspired by Christmas carols and can be performed as a full-length or individually.
- About 70 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 47 pages
Fidget
by Bradley Hayward
Kids are constantly being told to hold still. But that’s impossible when all they want to do is move forward at warp speed.
- About 30 minutes
- 6 Any Gender, Expandable to 28
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Funhouse
by Lindsay Price
This middle school play looks at the bullied, the bully, and the bystander through mostly non-verbal vignettes.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 16 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Hairball
by Lindsay Price
A light vignette play about our obsession with hair. Flexible casting.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 5 W, Expandable to 14M+27W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Hoodie
by Lindsay Price
This middle school vignette play examines self-image and appearance.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 7 W, Expandable to 18W 13M
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 38 pages
The Merrie Christmas Show
by Lindsay Price
A group of lively travelling players take you on a spirited adventure through Christmas past and present. Flexible casting, and audience participation.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 3 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Moonbow Miraculous
by Kirk Shimano
If someone has a secret they’ve been clutching to their heart, the moonbow’s glow will give them the courage to share their true selves
- About 40 minutes
- 14 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Moonbow Miraculous: Competition-Length Version
by Kirk Shimano
If someone has a secret they’ve been clutching to their heart, the moonbow’s glow will give them the courage to share their true selves
- About 20 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 21 pages
neeT Teen
by Lindsay Price
A vignette play about teen life – backwards, forwards and inside-out. Told through a variety of forms: kitchen sink, absurd, movement and song.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
