Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools
This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and neverending silences in conversation. An excellent class project with parts for everyone.
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
12
4 M | 4 W | 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
29 pages
“It’s the grace in-between. It’s the breath left unseen. It’s the catch and the break and the hole in the screen.”
We’ve all been there. The awkward pause. The silence where you just can’t think of something to say. The space in-between words where nothing is said and yet so much is spoken. The state of being between.
This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and never-ending silences in conversation. The girl who tries to tell her best friend she wants to date him. The boy who creates the wrong kind of pause. The sister who is dealing with the silent treatment. The guy who wants to confess but can’t open his mouth. The daughter who doesn’t want to talk because talking makes her remember.
An excellent class project play with parts for everyone at all levels with a great technique exploration. How do you act in a pause?
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A Spanish translation of the middle school vignette play Box.
A middle school vignette play about the boxes we find ourselves in.
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Catherine is a beauty queen. Cosette is a homeschooled spelling bee champion. Two sisters could not be farther apart. When their worlds collide, sparks fly.
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.
We all wear a mask. What will happen when the world sees who you really are?
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This middle school play looks at the bullied, the bully, and the bystander through mostly non-verbal vignettes.
A modern take on the classic Dickens tale. Eddie Scrooge is a 17-year-old Bah Humbug of a guy. Till one Christmas Eve when three ghosts change his life.
Addresses anxiety and depression in teens.
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
12
4 M | 4 W | 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
29 pages
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A performance is defined as any presentation of the play (in whole or in part) for any audience. This includes competitions, invited dress rehearsals, and in-class performances for any audience comprised of five or more individuals who are not participants in the class.
In-class performances, where the audience consists entirely of students in the same class, are not subject to royalty.
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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!
