Bungee Jump Bear Trap by Lindsay Price - Theatrefolk

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Bungee Jump Bear Trap

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Bungee Jump Bear Trap

by Lindsay Price

Sometimes you need to leap without knowing what the outcome will be.

 About 25 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks

 16
16 Any Gender

Simple set

 31 pages

Dramedy Vignettes

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.

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

Subgenres
Issue-based Adventure

Settings
Present day

Dress
Contemporary costumes Simple costumes

Audience
Pre-teen Teen

Features
Ensemble Gender neutral cast Movement-based Dance Duets Music Opportunity for spectacle Physical comedy Student directors Tableau Variable gender breakdown Variable length

Set
Simple set

Cautions
Adult themes Alcohol Drugs

Themes
Adolescence Friendship Gender issues Happiness Individuality Obedience Overcoming odds Peer pressure Personal responsibility Self-image Morality

Cross-Curricular Uses
Social studies

Other uses
Competition Scene work Audition material Class work Monologues

Multimedia

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