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Anxiety is Orange

Anxiety is Orange

by Lindsay Price

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?

» Anxiety is Orange is now available in Spanish! Click here for details. «

Vignettes

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This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
21 Characters
2 M | 7 F | 12 Any Gender, Doubling possible
Simple set
23 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.

21 Characters
2 M, 7 F, 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 [M] 20 lines
Chloe [F] 22 lines
Black [A] 16 lines
Pink [F] 16 lines
Milan [F] 19 lines
Scout [A] 22 lines
Rory [A] 20 lines
Ethan [M] 25 lines
Jealousy [A]
One monologue
Belle [F] 17 lines
Nada [F] 13 lines
Wyn [F] 18 lines
Blue [A] 21 lines
Dee [A] 23 lines
Brittany [F]
One monologue
Presley [A] 9 lines
Harper [A] 16 lines
Tal [A] 9 lines
Jem [A] 13 lines
Yellow [A] 21 lines
Grey [A] 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.

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