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Oddball

by Lindsay Price

Are you completely normal? 100% devoid of the peculiar? Or have you embraced your oddness: odd jobs, odd socks, odd one out, odd reactions and odd boyfriends.

Step right up. Step right up. Step inside to see live acts of the slightly weird and the nearly harmless. Feast your eyes on the miracle of the mildly freakish. Step inside and experience Oddball for yourself.

Comedy Student Directors Vignettes

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This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
32 Characters
7 M20 F5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
Set
Simple Set
Length
38 pages
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32 Characters

7 M, 20 F, 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible

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.

Ballyhoo 2 lines
Guy with Ball 48 lines
One [F] 28 lines
Two [A] 15 lines
Three [F] 24 lines
Four [F] 14 lines
Shannon [F]
One Monologue
Brandon [M] 18 lines
Linda [F] 18 lines
Larry [M] 15 lines
Sue [F] 11 lines
Bobo [M] 8 lines
Holly [F] 8 lines
Lieutenant [A] 7 lines
Sergeant [A] 7 lines
Lemon [F] 3 lines
Missy [F] 34 lines
Jackson [M] 33 lines
Deanne [F] 29 lines
Nicole [F] 27 lines
Blue [F] 5 lines
Red [A] 5 lines
Black [F] 9 lines
White [F] 8 lines
Orange [F] 11 lines
Yellow [F] 12 lines
Green [A] 8 lines
Monica [F] 35 lines
Brynn [F] 27 lines
Tisha [F] 25 lines
Zoe [F] 41 lines
Hailey [F] 27 lines

Praise for Oddball

Rachael Hamre
Crown of Life Lutheran School
This play was perfect for us. Our students were new to theatre, so I wanted a play that would really make them want to be involved, and this script did it! It was funny and flexible, and allowed for many students to be involved.

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