Clowns with Guns (A Vaudeville)
by Christopher Evans
The question everyone’s asking is “Am I walking out alive today?”
Average Producer Rating:
About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
16
16 Any Gender
Simple set
22 pages
Reviews from Past Producers
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Clowns with Guns (A Vaudeville) can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
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No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
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Step right up! Step right up! It’s the SCHOOL-SHOOT-O-RAMA! And the question everyone’s asking is “Am I walking out alive today?”
Clowns with Guns takes a theatrical and absurd look at the repeated and seemingly endless cycle of school violence. It happens, everyone is terribly upset, things continue on as normal, it happens again.
This story is mean. There are guns. The play puts school shooting violence out in the open and forces all of us to do the same. Read the play with this knowledge.
Awards and Accolades
- Clarinda High School - Critics Choice in One-Act Category of Iowa Speech Association Large Group Speech Contest
Characters
16
16 Any Gender
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The Emcee
[A]
58 lines
- Two Monologues
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Goober One
[A]
13 lines
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Goober Two
[A]
13 lines
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Goober Three
[A]
18 lines
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The Cheerleader
[A]
4 lines
- One Monologue
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The Stoner
[A]
4 lines
- One Monologue
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The Bully
[A]
4 lines
- One Monologue
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The Shooter
[A]
1 line
- One Monologue
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Thoughts
[A]
0 lines
- (No lines - all physical)
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Prayers
[A]
0 lines
- (No lines - all physical)
- The Press (two or more) [A]
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Not Sarah
[A]
3 lines
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Tango Dancers (two or more)
[A]
0 lines
- (No lines - all physical)
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Volunteer
[A]
9 lines
- Subgenres
- Satire Absurd Surrealist Experimental form
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes Elaborate costumes
- Audience
- Teen
- Features
- Clowning Audience participation Character study Gender neutral cast
- Set
- Simple set Interior set
- Cautions
- Gun shots Adult themes Onstage murder
- Themes
- Death Relationships Peer pressure School violence Self-image
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Audition material Class work
- Awards & Accolades
- Plays with Awards & Accolades
Prop List
Gun, rag, wad of cash, comically big prop cigars
Production Photos
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About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
16
16 Any Gender
Simple set
22 pages