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Among Friends and Clutter: Competition Version

Among Friends and Clutter: Competition Version

by Lindsay Price

NEW Competition Version!

Among Friends and Clutter is a heartfelt, character-driven play that explores the messy, funny, and poignant moments that define relationships - friendships, families, and love. From childhood confessions to adult complications, seven characters navigate connection and change in scenes full of truth and humor.

Ideal for ensemble work and character study.

Dramedy Character Study Vignettes
This is a vignette play!
Also available in a one-act version here.

Recommended for High Schools

Running Time
About 30 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
16 Characters
5 M11 F
Set
Simple set
Length
31 pages
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Performance Royalty Fees

Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.

Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

16 Characters
5 M, 11 F

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

MELISSA [F] 28 lines
TREVOR [M] 35 lines
JOANNE [F] 35 lines
ASHLEY [F] 43 lines
ICABOD [M] 48 lines
KATHERINE [F] 48 lines
BOBBY [M] 27 lines
Ensemble (*= Non-speaking role)
ONE: *Millie, Mom, Mrs. Frost
TWO: *John, Dad, Joe
THREE: *Joan, Sarah, Mrs. Rosetti
FOUR: Jane, *Sister, Mrs. Browning
FIVE: Cass, *Sister, Mrs. Coleridge
SIX: Jada, Karen, *Lil
SEVEN: Suze, Anne
EIGHT: Kim, Jen
NINE: Grandpa, Bill, Darren, *Jim
MOM [F] 18 lines
MRS. FROST [F] 6 lines
DAD [M] 12 lines
JOE [M] 5 lines
SARAH [F] 18 lines
MRS. ROSETTI [F] 5 lines
JANE [F] 16 lines
MRS. BROWNING [F] 5 lines
CASS [F] 7 lines
MRS. COLERIDGE [F] 5 lines
JADA [F] 7 lines
KAREN [F] 12 lines
SUZE [F] 7 lines
ANNE [F] 14 lines
KIM [F] 24 lines
JEN [F] 5 lines
GRANDPA [M] 15 lines
BILL [M] 11 lines
DARREN [M] 18 lines

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