Funhouse

This play looks at the bullied, the bully, and the bystander through mostly non-verbal vignettes. Life for the bullied is like a funhouse, but the funhouse is anything but fun.

How can you stand your ground when you’re on a falling floor? How can you move forward when you’re caught like a mouse in a maze? How can you win Whac-A-Mole when you’re the mole? How can you like yourself while standing in a distorted hall of mirrors?

There are no cotton candy answers here.

Drama Experimental Form Issue-Based Movement-based Vignettes

This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time

About 30 minutes

Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes

Cast

20 Characters

4 M 16 Any Gender

Set

Simple Set

Length

33 pages

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Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

20 Characters

4 Males
16 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 Any gender 40 lines
TWO Any gender 51 lines
TITLE GIRL Any gender 18 lines
CAT Male 7 lines
CAT Any gender 2 lines
EVERYONE Any gender 12 lines
TRIO ONE Any gender 12 lines
TRIO TWO Any gender 9 lines
TRIO THREE Any gender 9 lines
TEACHER Any gender 4 lines
TEACHER (2) Any gender 4 lines
LEFT OVER Any gender 4 lines
LEFT BEHIND Any gender 5 lines
PRINCIPAL Any gender 11 lines
PARENT Any gender 11 lines
SCHOOL BOARD Any gender 11 lines

NON SPEAKING ROLES:

Boy Male
Mom Any gender
Bully Male
Teacher Any gender
Mouse Male
Mouse Any gender
Alone Any gender
Bystander Any gender
Mirrors (x3) Any gender
The Bullies Any gender
The Adults Any gender
Only Any gender
Word Holders Any gender
Flashlight Holders Any gender
Bully Any gender
Kid Any gender
Bully Monster Any gender

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