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If You Can't Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry

by Jeffrey Harr

Annarosarosemarie is ready and raring to go for her first play audition. She blew off homework for a month just to prepare.

Miss Johnson is not ready to direct her first play. She’d rather eat glass. And she is so not ready to see what Annarosarosemarie has prepared. Not ready at all.

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Comedy Backstage Comedy

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time

About 15 minutes

Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes

Cast

2 Characters

2 F

Set

Simple set

Length

11 pages

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2 Characters
2 F

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.

ANNAROSAROSEMARIE [F] 91 lines

A student auditioning for her first play. Over-enthused. Several Monologues.

MISS JOHNSON [F] 72 lines

A teacher taking audition for her first play. Under-enthused. Several Monologues.