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Box

Box

by Lindsay Price

Sometimes we choose the way the world sees us. Black box - indestructible. Jewelry box - plain on the outside, shiny on the inside. Sometimes our box is defined by others - our parents, our friends, our enemies. A box built by others can feel small, confined, impossible.

How do we handle the boxes imposed upon us because of our gender? Our race? From peer pressure? From parent pressure? Do we have to live with our box for the rest of our lives? Can we change?

Box is a middle school vignette play with flexible casting. It can be expanded for a large cast or reduced to a cast of 10 with doubling. Excellent small scene and monologue opportunities.

» Box is now available in Spanish! Click here for details. «

Dramedy Issue-Based Movement-based Vignettes

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This is a vignette play! What is a Vignette Play?
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
18 Characters
3 M | 6 F | 9 Any Gender
Simple set
35 pages
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Praise for Box

Emily Van Engen
Fowlerville Junior High School
This was an amazing play that my students could connect with and had a great message for adults too. My kids enjoyed putting this on! It had a great mix of comedy and drama. I would recommend this play to anyone who is thinking about doing performing it.
Stacey Boone
Jay M. Robinson Middle School
My students loved producing this play. They felt very connected to the message.
Cathy A Boyce
South Putnam Middle School
Box was a highly successful play at our small, rural middle school. The vignettes addressed lots of scenarios that student and their families could relate to. Our audience and administrators were overflowing with positive comments about the students' characters, the dialogue, and the themes interwoven throughout the show. I am so happy that we chose this play to perform at our school. It was one of the best plays we've ever presented at our school!

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