Body Body
by Lindsay Price
Madeline has body issues. So much so that her different body parts are coming to life and talking back. But Madeline is tired of feeling bad about her body.
About 60 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
6
2 M | 4 W
Simple Set
54 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Body Body 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 Body Body 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.
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"You want me to sign on the dotted line: I, Maddie, resign myself to being Fatty Flather for the rest of my life."
Madeline's got body image trouble.
So much so that different body parts are starting to come to life! Her tummy, butt, and thighs (personified as characters in the play) want Madeline to stay insecure and dependent on the food they tempt her with.
But Madeline doesn't want to feel bad about her body anymore. Tonight's the night she starts fighting back.
Awards and Accolades
- Awarded Silver at The 2011 Singapore Youth Festival.
Characters
6
2 Men, 4 Women
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Madeline Flather
[W]
372 lines
- 17 years old. Wants to be an actress.
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Tummy
[W]
168 lines
- Nurturing figure.
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Butt
[W]
125 lines
- Petite. Younger than other fats.
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Chin
[W]
166 lines
- Plays beautiful sister. Should be tall.
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Right Thigh
[M]
113 lines
- Comedic.
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Left Thigh
[M]
133 lines
- Could be good looking. Intense.
- Subgenres
- Experimental form Character study Movement-based
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Mime Character study Movement-based
- Set
- Simple set Interior set
- Cautions
- Adult themes
- Themes
- Adolescence Bullying Body image Illness/Health Parenting/Family Individuality Jealousy Self-image Women's issues Depression
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Audition material Class work
- Awards & Accolades
- Plays with Awards & Accolades
Prop List
Romeo and Juliet script, bag, journal, magazine, hairbrush
Production Photos
Multimedia
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Customer Comments
Our plan is to produce the whole show (Shout!) in the fall next year. The concept is perfect for our new program.
Thank you so much for your generosity and for the fantastic material you provide. It is perfect for high school students.
We are taking Body Body and Power Play to competition this year. We'll keep our fingers crossed!
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 60 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
6
2 M | 4 W
Simple Set
54 pages