Same Room, Different Story - One Act Version
by Claire Broome
This vignette play explores relationships and situations that speak to today’s teens in a variety of genres with flexible gender roles.
About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
19
7 M | 7 W | 5 Any Gender
Simple set
36 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Same Room, Different Story - One Act Version can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
Productions of Same Room, Different Story - One Act Version may be Livestreamed.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance is a traditional performance that is livestreamed to the Internet as the actors are performing. Instead of watching the show live in the theatre, the audience watches virtually from their home or other location.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance may be pre-recorded. Recordings for pre-recorded Livestreams may be made if the recording is destroyed at the conclusion of the production. Should the producing organization want to retain the recording for archival purposes, they must purchase a separate Videorecording License from Theatrefolk.
Theatrefolk charges no additional fees for permission to Livestream. However, BookTix will charge nominal fees to the producing organization. Theatrefolk does not have any financial interest in BookTix and does not receive any commission or fees from BookTix.
Theatrefolk cannot be held responsible for any issues, technical, financial, legal, or otherwise, arising from the producing organization’s relationship with BookTix.
Each time the show is Livestreamed (whether performed live or pre-recorded) constitutes one performance.
One license, three ways to use it
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A teenager’s bedroom is important. It’s a place to hide, to consider choices, to reveal. And sometimes, it’s a place to practice the periodic table. Stories can be found under the bed, in a suitcase, in a box that may or may not hold body parts…
Same Room, Different Story is the ideal high school play, perfect for a class project or drama club. This vignette play explores relationships and situations that speak to today’s teens in a variety of genres with flexible gender roles.
This is a vignette play! What is a Vignette Play?
Characters
19
7 Men, 7 Women, 5 Any Gender
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Julia
[W]
33 lines
- Hiding in room for their friend Sam's surprise Birthday Party. Kind and Caring Friend.
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Dylan
[A]
23 lines
- Hiding in room for their friend Sam's surprise Birthday Party. A bit skeptical of the idea.
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Noah
[M]
50 lines
- Begrudingly hiding for surprise party for his friend Sam, who he has feelings for.
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Lexi
[W]
44 lines
- Type A. Mastermind behind surprise party for her friend Sam.
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Scott
[M]
29 lines
- Kyna's Study Partner. He has feelings for Kyna but is afraid to tell her.
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Scott's Brain
[M]
37 lines
- Scott's Subconcious Brain. Speaks Scott's Subtext throughout the scene.
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Kyna
[W]
32 lines
- Scott's Study Partner. She has feelings for Scott but is afraid to tell him.
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Kyna's Brain
[W]
33 lines
- Kyna's Subconcious Brain. Speaks Kyna's Subtext throughout the scene.
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Noor
[A]
47 lines
- Helps Kyra, Jordan, Isaac, and Mateo get into their friend's room to search it. Feels compassion towards them even though they are not "cool" kids.
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Kyra
[A]
36 lines
- Trying to get down to the bottom of why their friend is gone by searching his room.
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Jordan
[A]
12 lines
- Trying to get down to the bottom of why their friend is gone by searching his room.
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Isaac
[A]
27 lines
- Trying to get down to the bottom of why their friend is gone by searching his room.
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Mateo
[A]
39 lines
- Trying to get down to the bottom of why their friend is gone by searching his room.
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Ava
[A]
10 lines
- Cool Kid. Did not plan on spending their evening this way.
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Ellis
[A]
10 lines
- Trying to sleep the night before a big test.
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Brain
[A]
50 lines
- Speaks for Ellis's Brain.
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Body
[A]
44 lines
- Controls and Speaks for Ellis's physical body.
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Subconscious
[A]
24 lines
- Speaks for Ellis's Subconcious mind and is focused intently on the periodic table of elements.
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Irrational Thinking
[A]
19 lines
- The part of the brain that over-reacts and expresses anxiety.
- Subgenres
- Character study Issue-based
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Gender neutral cast Student directors Variable gender breakdown
- Set
- Interior set Simple set
- Cautions
- Frank talk of death
- Themes
- Adolescence Death Friendship Relationships Suicide
- Other uses
- Class work Competition Scene work
Prop List
Cellphone (2), Notebooks, Copy of Romeo & Juliet, Backpack (2), Cellphone, Notebooks, Copy of Romeo & Juliet, Backpack, Shoebox, Poker Set, Writing Utensil, Photo, Calculator, Piece of Paper
Multimedia
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About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
19
7 M | 7 W | 5 Any Gender
Simple set
36 pages