Bungee Jump Bear Trap

Risk comes in many forms (skateboarding without a helmet) and fears (raising your hand in class). There are dumb risks (don’t bungee jump into a bear trap) and smart risks. Sometimes you need to leap without knowing what the outcome will be.

Is safety really as simple as duct taping pillows all over your body and never going outside? Join the characters in this vignette play as they try to figure it all out.

Seriously though, stay away from bear traps.

Dramedy Vignettes

Average Producer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time

About 25 minutes

Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes

Cast

16 Characters

16 Any Gender

Productions

Produced by 30+ schools

Licensed by schools and youth theatres around the world

Set

Simple set

Length

31 pages

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16 Characters

16 Any Gender

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.

GAM Any gender 24 lines
PLU Any gender 14 lines
SIB Any gender 28 lines
PIT Any gender 28 lines
NESS Any gender 37 lines
STAB Any gender 15 lines
LYE Any gender 31 lines
LIA Any gender 24 lines
RIL Any gender 30 lines
TUNI Any gender 46 lines
INDIGO Any gender 51 lines
CERTA Any gender 27 lines
PROS Any gender 20 lines
DAN Any gender 32 lines
HAZ Any gender 42 lines
EXPO Any gender 35 lines
ALL Any gender 5 lines
LOUD OFFSTAGE VOICE Any gender 1 line

Praise for Bungee Jump Bear Trap

Lisa Martens

Aspengrove School

My students had a lot of fun putting this play together; it uses humorous situations to convey what is actually a very deep message about safety, risk, and self-discovery.