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Funhouse

Funhouse

by Lindsay Price

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 M16 Any Gender
Set
Simple Set
Length
33 pages
Free Excerpt

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20 Characters
4 M, 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 [A] 40 lines
TWO [A] 51 lines
TITLE GIRL [A] 18 lines
CAT [M] 7 lines
CAT [A] 2 lines
EVERYONE [A] 12 lines
TRIO ONE [A] 12 lines
TRIO TWO [A] 9 lines
TRIO THREE [A] 9 lines
TEACHER [A] 4 lines
TEACHER (2) [A] 4 lines
LEFT OVER [A] 4 lines
LEFT BEHIND [A] 5 lines
PRINCIPAL [A] 11 lines
PARENT [A] 11 lines
SCHOOL BOARD [A] 11 lines

NON SPEAKING ROLES:
Boy [M]
Mom [A]
Bully [M]
Teacher [A]
Mouse [M]
Mouse [A]
Alone [A]
Bystander [A]
Mirrors (x3) [A]
The Bullies [A]
The Adults [A]
Only [A]
Word Holders [A]
Flashlight Holders [A]
Bully [A]
Kid [A]
Bully Monster [A]

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