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No Horse Town

No Horse Town

by Lindsay Price

Heywood is a special kind of place. A small town where everyone knows everyone.

When Jimmy wants to do something that proves he's a man, the whole town knows before he's even finished the thought.

In Heywood, when a guy wants to prove he's a man, he goes to the edge of town. For there's something at the edge of town that can't be found in Heywood: A street.

Heywood is a no car, no horse, no street town. And for the young men of Heywood, crossing the street is as daring and as dangerous as it gets…

Black Comedy Experimental Form

Average Producer Rating:

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time
About 25 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
10 Characters
3 M7 F
Set
Simple Set
Length
23 pages
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10 Characters
3 M, 7 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.

Jimmy [M] 66 lines
Might cross the road today. Maybe tomorrow. But soon.
Buddy [M] 32 lines
Doesn’t want to lose a leg like Percy WIlliams.
Eugene (Several Monologues) [M] 38 lines
The only one to have crossed the road and lived. Apparently.
Ma [F] 22 lines
Jimmy’s ma. Doing it all by herself since Pa up and died.
Becca June [F] 43 lines
Doesn’t want Jimmy to do it. He’s got so much to live for!
Melissa Marie [F] 19 lines
Cries at everything. She can’t help it!
Ida Rose [F] 12 lines
Two of a kind with Ivy Sue.
Ivy Sue [F] 13 lines
Ditto, but for Ida Rose.
Ireney [F] 17 lines
Idolizes Jimmy. Wants to one day cross the road herself.
Stranger (One Monologue) [F] 17 lines
Not from around here.

Praise for No Horse Town

Joseph Murphy
Rogers Middle School
I loved this script, and the kids did, too!
Tanya Lacey
McKinnon Park Secondary School
Our production of No Horse Town won the Outstanding Production Award at our NTS District and we are moving on to Regionals.
Tanya Lacey
McKinnon Park Secondary School
We received two awards of merit at the NTS South Regionals - acting for the role of Ma and technical direction.

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