Better Than The Movie
by Jeffrey Harr
First dates can be the worst or the best. Especially when you're on a date with the guy or girl of your dreams.
About 20 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
3
1 M | 1 W | 1 Any Gender
Simple set
12 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Better Than The Movie can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
Productions of Better Than The Movie may be Livestreamed.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance is a traditional performance that is livestreamed to the Internet as the actors are performing. Instead of watching the show live in the theatre, the audience watches virtually from their home or other location.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance may be pre-recorded. Recordings for pre-recorded Livestreams may be made if the recording is destroyed at the conclusion of the production. Should the producing organization want to retain the recording for archival purposes, they must purchase a separate Videorecording License from Theatrefolk.
Theatrefolk charges no additional fees for permission to Livestream. However, BookTix will charge nominal fees to the producing organization. Theatrefolk does not have any financial interest in BookTix and does not receive any commission or fees from BookTix.
Theatrefolk cannot be held responsible for any issues, technical, financial, legal, or otherwise, arising from the producing organization’s relationship with BookTix.
Each time the show is Livestreamed (whether performed live or pre-recorded) constitutes one performance.
One license, three ways to use it
Each royalty you purchase can be used as a Traditional Live Stage Performance, Virtual Performance, or Livestream Performance. How you choose to use your performance license is up to you! Performances need not all be of the same type so long as the total number of performances given does not exceed the total number of performances ordered.
How to Order
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First dates can be the worst or the best. Especially when you're on a date with the guy or girl of your dreams.
Will the giant soda cause bladder issues? Will the Heimlich maneuver be needed over a popcorn kernel? Will the disgruntled guy in the back ruin everything? Read on to see how this date turns out!
Characters
3
1 Man, 1 Woman, 1 Any Gender
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Boy
[M]
28 lines
- First-date. Nervous.
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Girl
[W]
30 lines
- Equally nervous.
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Disgruntled Moviegoer
[A]
12 lines
- Just wants to see the movie. Can you blame them?
- Subgenres
- Romantic comedy
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Character study Physical comedy Variable gender breakdown
- Set
- Simple set Interior set
- Themes
- Adolescence Love Relationships
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Audition material
Prop List
booster seat, large soda, bag of popcorn
Production Photos
Related Titles
Purchase Orders accepted from US and Canadian Schools.
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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.
Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.
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About 20 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
3
1 M | 1 W | 1 Any Gender
Simple set
12 pages