Floating on a Don't Care Cloud by Lindsay Price - Theatrefolk

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Floating on a Don't Care Cloud

Recommended for High Schools

Floating on a Don't Care Cloud

by Lindsay Price

An emotional tug of war between a sister and brother and what really happens in the world of teenage marijuana use. A vivid personification of drugs.

 About 40 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks

 15
3M | 5W | 7 Any Gender

Simple Set

 42 pages

Drama Character Study Experimental Form Issue-Based Movement-based

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Reviews from Past Producers

Flick, Flick, Ahhhhhh…

Jamie Peel is a pothead. He lives in his own world, a bubble, a cloud that calls his name and reaches out to him.

His sister TJ has watched him slowly drift away and doesn't know what to do. Is she overreacting? Is it in her imagination? Should she tell somebody what she sees? Will Jamie ever talk to her again if she does? Will everyone see her as a snitch? Is it just pot?

An emotional tightrope between a sister and a brother and what really happens in the world of teenage marijuana use.

15 Characters
3M, 5W, 7 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.

Jamie [M] 107 lines
17. The pothead.
TJ [W] 205 lines
14. Jamie’s younger sister. Observant. Two Monologues.
Allison [W] 35 lines
17. Used to be Jamie’s best friend.
Mya [W] 38 lines
17. Overachiever. Head of yearbook.
Shane [M] 26 lines
16. Drug dealer.
Ms. Hogarth [W] 44 lines
22. First year teacher.
Mrs. Peel [W] 26 lines
40. Jamie and TJ’s mother.
Mr. Fuller [M] 17 lines
45. Math teacher. Extremely bitter. One Monologue.
THE CLOUD:
Weed [A] 15 lines
Mary Jane [A] 18 lines
Skunk [A] 16 lines
Zoot [A] 15 lines
Dank [A] 14 lines
Doobie [A] 15 lines
Roach [A] 15 lines

Subgenres
Fantasy Avant-garde Experimental form Movement-based

Settings
Present day

Dress
Contemporary costumes Elaborate costumes

Audience
Teen

Features
Character study Choral work Movement-based Variable gender breakdown

Set
Simple set Interior set

Cautions
Drugs Adult themes

Themes
Adolescence Friendship Illness/Health Parenting/Family Relationships Individuality Obedience Morality Divorce Peer pressure Personal responsibility Self-image

Other uses
Competition Monologues Audition material Class work

Prop List

phone, briefcase, twenty dollars, purse, bottle of pills, joint

Production Photos

Multimedia

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