Anxiety is Orange

Colours can be symbolic. Red is fiery. Purple is royal. Blue is calming. Sometimes, colours can take on too much meaning. I can’t date you - you wear wenge! He sent yellow flowers! Orange gives my brother anxiety!

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. Does orange make you anxious?

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Vignettes

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time

About 25 minutes

Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes

Cast

21 Characters

2 M 7 F 12 Any Gender

Doubling possible

Set

Simple set

Length

23 pages

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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.

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21 Characters

2 Males
7 Females
12 Any Gender
Doubling possible

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.

Tyler Male 20 lines
Chloe Female 22 lines
Black Any gender 16 lines
Pink Female 16 lines
Milan Female 19 lines
Scout Any gender 22 lines
Rory Any gender 20 lines
Ethan Male 25 lines
Jealousy Any gender

One monologue
Belle Female 17 lines
Nada Female 13 lines
Wyn Female 18 lines
Blue Any gender 21 lines
Dee Any gender 23 lines
Brittany Female

One monologue
Presley Any gender 9 lines
Harper Any gender 16 lines
Tal Any gender 9 lines
Jem Any gender 13 lines
Yellow Any gender 21 lines
Grey Any gender 20 lines

Praise for Anxiety is Orange

Meg Hirman

Lakes International Language Academy

My cast really enjoyed the subject matter and the character work.

Victoria Wittmaier

Warrensburg Middle School

It went well and we enjoyed the vignette approach.

Chelsye Ginn

Switzerland Point Middle School

This vignette-style is divided into monologues and small group scenes, so it is easy to rehearse, even if you are missing a student or two, and allows you to showcase many performers.