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Hairball

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

It's time to reveal your secret: You're obsessed with your hair. And why shouldn't you be?

Good hair makes your day. Bad hair gets you dumped.

Good hair gets you to the prom. Bad hair makes you look like an eggplant.

Good hair means you're popular. Bad hair means hat head for the rest of your life.

It's enough to make you want to tear your hair out! But you know what's better than obsessing about your hair? Watching OTHER people obsess about their hair! Now those people are crazy...

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 25 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
8 Characters
3 M 5 F
Expandable to 14M+27F
Set
Simple Set
Length
27 pages
Free Excerpt

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8 Characters

  • 3 Males
  • 5 Females
  • Expandable to 14M+27F

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.

MAN ONE

  • Doctor, Sam, Prince One, Bob, Tommy. Male 14 (2, 1, 2, 5, 4) lines

MAN TWO

  • Bradley, Prince Two, Werewolf, Todd, Jack. Male 68 (15, 2, 4, 37, 10) lines

MAN THREE

  • Dr. Goodstein, Prince Three, Vern, Sean, Lewis. Male 29 (6, 1, 6, 6, 10) lines

WOMAN ONE

  • Assistant, Lindy, Mia, Kaitlyn, Karen, Ghost. Female 48 (1, 5, 1, 28, 13,) lines

WOMAN TWO

  • Customer, Cass, Emma, Rosa, Trisha, Stacey. Female 32 (1, 5, 16, 4, 5, 1) lines

WOMAN THREE

  • Lucy, Rapunzel, Jean, Candace, Lauren. Female 27 ( 6, 5, 4, 1, 11) lines

WOMAN FOUR

  • Rona, Madison, Zae, Amber, Teri, Chloe. Female 49 (4, 29, 7, 2, 1, 6) lines

WOMAN FIVE

  • Gladys, Claire, Helen, Bonnie, Ms. Green. Female 24 (1, 6, 3, 12, 2) lines

Praise for Hairball

5 out of 5 stars
Deanne Hachey
Jean Vanier Catholic High School
My grade 10 drama students enjoyed it and had quite a bunch of laughs.

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