Characters Behaving Badly

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

Running Time

About 35 minutes

Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes

Cast

10 Characters

2 M2 F5 Any Gender1 Trans Woman

Set

Simple set

Length

34 pages

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Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

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

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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