Boat
by Lindsay Price
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.
About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
14
4 M | 7 W | 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 32
Simple set
35 pages
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?
This is a vignette play! What is a Vignette Play?
Characters
14
4 Men, 7 Women, 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.
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Parker
[M]
41 lines
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Chad
[M]
3 lines
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Benny
[M]
20 lines
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Solomon
[M]
44 lines
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Logan
[M]
15 lines
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Pace
[M]
6 lines
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Toby
[M]
7 lines
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Ras
[M]
4 lines
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Hector
[M]
12 lines
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Brad
[M]
9 lines
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Adam
[M]
1 line
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Bob
[M]
13 lines
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Tam
[W]
29 lines
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Dory
[W]
5 lines
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Krysta
[W]
29 lines
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Noel
[W]
2 lines
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Jean
[W]
15 lines
- One monologue
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Lei
[W]
5 lines
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Ruby
[W]
31 lines
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Opel
[W]
1 line
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Amy
[W]
6 lines
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Chelsea
[W]
7 lines
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Aisha
[W]
3 lines
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Helen
[W]
7 lines
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Destiny
[W]
1 line
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Cora
[W]
6 lines
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Joelynn
[W]
23 lines
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Nada
[W]
13 lines
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Neda
[W]
6 lines
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Allison
[W]
7 lines
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Ad
[A]
38 lines
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Vo
[A]
38 lines
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Cate
[A]
19 lines
- Subgenres
- Character study Issue-based
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes Simple costumes
- Audience
- Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Mime Tableau Character study Movement-based Physical comedy Student directors Variable gender breakdown Ensemble
Prop List
Whistle, Shoes (for sharing)
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Boat
by Lindsay Price
About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
14
4 M | 7 W | 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 32
Simple set
35 pages