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Chicken. Road. Competition Version

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

NEW Competition Version!

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 who appeared to have everything chose to end their life.

Here’s a chicken. Here’s the road. There’s the other side. What do you do when there is no answer?

Drama Experimental Form Issue-Based

Recommended for High Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
15 Characters
15 Any Gender
Set
Simple set
Length
25 pages
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15 Characters

  • 15 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.

  • ONE 27 lines
  • TWO 30 lines
  • THREE 39 lines
  • FOUR 23 lines
  • FIVE 25 lines
  • SIX 19 lines
  • SEVEN 35 lines
  • EIGHT 32 lines
  • NINE 26 lines
  • TEN 32 lines
  • ELEVEN 24 lines
  • TWELVE 29 lines
  • THIRTEEN 18 lines
  • FOURTEEN 28 lines
  • FIFTEEN 37 lines

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