Chicken. Road.
by Lindsay Price
A group of teenagers grapple with unanswered questions as they try to understand why someone who has it all would kill themselves. Powerful monologues.
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
15
1 M | 1 W | 13 Any Gender
Simple Set
34 pages
Why did the chicken cross the road? Why is the sky blue? What’s two plus two? Why did he kill himself?
A group of teenagers grapple with unanswered questions as they struggle to understand why someone would run out on to the highway in front of semi. Especially when that someone seemed to have it all.
Here’s a chicken. Here’s the road. There’s the other side. What do you do when there is no answer?
Awards and Accolades
- CM Russell High School (Great Falls, Montana) won the Overall Outstanding Production (Drama) award at the 2015 Montana State Thespian Convention.
- Tecumseh Vista Academy - Award of Merit - Monologues, NTS Drama Festival - Regionals
- Tecumseh Vista Academy - Award of Merit - Ensemble Performance, NTS Drama Festival - Regionals
- O'Neill CVI - Outstanding Production, District Level, Ontario Theatre Festival
- Tecumseh Vista Academy Secondary - 2018 Ontario Drama Festival District Level: Award of Distinction for Choreography: Kaitlyn Pecaski, Award of Distinction for Ensemble: Tecumseh Vista Academy, Award of Excellence for Acting: Chloe Dudley as "One", Outstanding Production 2018
Characters
15
1 Man, 1 Woman, 13 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.
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ONE
[A]
50 lines
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TWO
[A]
35 lines
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THREE
[A]
47 lines
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FOUR
[A]
30 lines
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FIVE
[W]
30 lines
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SIX
[M]
31 lines
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SEVEN
[A]
41 lines
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EIGHT
[A]
32 lines
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NINE
[A]
32 lines
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TEN
[A]
39 lines
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ELEVEN
[A]
31 lines
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TWELVE
[A]
43 lines
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THIRTEEN
[A]
29 lines
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FOURTEEN
[A]
40 lines
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FIFTEEN
[A]
61 lines
- Subgenres
- Avant-garde Experimental form Absurd
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Mime Character study Movement-based Physical comedy Variable gender breakdown
- Set
- Simple set Interior set
- Cautions
- Adult themes
- Themes
- Adolescence Death Memory Suicide Depression
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Audition material Class work
- Awards & Accolades
- Plays with Awards & Accolades
Production Photos
Multimedia
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Customer Comments
My students are really enjoying this challenging play! They love the message & love that it's not hitting us over the head with it. I'd like to thank you for understanding that high school students can handle more challenging material. I get so tired of playwrights & publishers who think that we need to dumb down material for high school.
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Chicken. Road.
by Lindsay Price
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
15
1 M | 1 W | 13 Any Gender
Simple Set
34 pages