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Characters Behaving Badly

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

If you saw a wallet on the ground, bulging with money, and no one around, would you take it?

What’s the worst thing a person can do? Is it murder? Is it lying? Is it getting an A-? What defines “good” and “bad” behaviour? Can “good” people have “bad” thoughts?

This vignette play, perfect for class performances, asks students to look at the concept of what it means to be “good” and “bad” and what it means to play a character with whom they might not agree.

Dramedy Character Study Issue-Based Vignettes

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
10 Characters
2 M 2 F 5 Any Gender 1 Trans Woman
Set
Simple set
Length
34 pages
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10 Characters

2 M, 2 F, 5 Any Gender, 1 Trans Woman

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.

COM [A] 17 lines
Introduction, Monologue One, Ten
KOI [A] 40 lines
Introduction, Two, Monologue Two, Ten
VAC [A] 68 lines
Introduction, Two, Six, Nine
NAR [F] 35 lines
Introduction, Five, Eight
PALLA [Trans W] 60 lines
Introduction, One, Five, Nine
GAZ [M] 48 lines
Introduction, Four, Eight, Ten
FEEJEE [F] 35 lines
Introduction, Four, Ten
SID [M] 46 lines
Introduction, Three, Seven
KLO [A] 45 lines
Introduction, Three, Seven
LAN [F] 44 lines
Introduction, One, Six

Praise for Characters Behaving Badly

5 out of 5 stars
Jennifer Bunnell
Milton High School
My students wanted to put on a play to raise funds for our state theatre festival trip. With just three weeks to prepare, we needed something with minimal costume and set investment. Luckily, this show was perfect.

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