Boat

Sometimes it’s easy to see the world as your own personal sinking ship. It’s way easier to look into our own whirlpool than look out at what’s going on with others. I don’t care about them. Why should I? They’re not like me. They’re wrong.

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.

Who will learn to paddle together? Who will spin in circles? Who will realize we’re all in the same boat and we always have been?

Issue-Based Student Directors Vignettes

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

This is a vignette play!

Recommended for Middle Schools

Running Time

About 35 minutes

Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes

Cast

14 Characters

4 M 7 F 3 Any Gender

Expandable to 32

Set

Simple set

Length

35 pages

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14 Characters

4 Males
7 Females
3 Any Gender
Expandable to 32

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.

Parker Male 41 lines
Chad Male 3 lines
Benny Male 20 lines
Solomon Male 44 lines
Logan Male 15 lines
Pace Male 6 lines
Toby Male 7 lines
Ras Male 4 lines
Hector Male 12 lines
Brad Male 9 lines
Adam Male 1 line
Bob Male 13 lines
Tam Female 29 lines
Dory Female 5 lines
Krysta Female 29 lines
Noel Female 3 lines
Jean Female 15 lines

One monologue
Lei Female 5 lines
Ruby Female 31 lines
Opel Female 1 line
Amy Female 6 lines
Chelsea Female 7 lines
Aisha Female 3 lines
Helen Female 7 lines
Destiny Female 1 line
Cora Female 6 lines
Joelynn Female 23 lines
Nada Female 13 lines
Neda Female 6 lines
Allison Female 7 lines
Ad Any gender 26 lines
Vo Any gender 38 lines
Cate Any gender 19 lines
Martina Female 14 lines
Mike Male 1 line

Praise for Boat

Geoff Whitesell

Rocky Heights Middle School

Fantastic show. Large ensemble, great message. The pop-out lines are perfect for young actors who are still learning, and the vignette scenes worked beautifully. Simple props and costumes, easy staging, a 35-minute run time, and a true crowd pleaser. Thanks, Lindsay Price!