Scenes from a Quarantine
by Lindsay Price
This vignette style play can be easily performed using an online platform and has a variety of scenes to address all student skill levels.
Average Producer Rating:
About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
21
21 Any Gender, Minimum of 4
Online Performance
Reviews from Past Producers
Did you know COVID-19 likes to be known as Co? And what if Romeo and Juliet missed their marriage by one day because of a stay-at-home order? Would they still make it?
You know all the people in Scenes From a Quarantine. The person who thinks quarantine is going to be easy. The person whose life changed overnight. The person who thinks hairdressers are an essential service. The person who just wants to use class meetings to talk.
This vignette style play can be easily performed using an online platform and has a variety of scenes to address all student skill levels.
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Characters
21
21 Any Gender, Minimum of 4
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.
Easy Peasy?
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Sky
[A]
1 line
- An introvert who learns quarantine is far from easy
Love in Quarantine
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Romeo
[A]
32 lines
- Thinks a lot of himself and his abilities
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Juliet
[A]
32 lines
- Wants romance but prone to being testy
Gone
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Danny
[A]
1 line
- An ambitious student who has lost all momentum
Just Like the Rest of Us
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Robin
[A]
13 lines
- Feels superior all the time
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Wren
14 lines
- Just wants to survive like a normal human being
Best Friends
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Alex
[A]
16 lines
- Wants life to go back to normal
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Co (COVID-19)
[A]
16 lines
- Loves being a pandemic disease
Breakout Room
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Bay
[A]
14 lines
- A bully who is worried about family
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Greer
[A]
21 lines
- A quiet overachiever who has found their voice
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Sam
[A]
19 lines
- An extrovert who just wants to talk
Desperate Times
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Marley
[A]
1 line
- Willing to take desperate measures in desperate times
Meanwhile…
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Shadow
[A]
14 lines
- A ruler who demands order. Also a cat.
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Lucky
[A]
13 lines
- A happy-go-lucky dog
Retraction
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Jesse
[A]
1 line
- Someone who thought they wanted chaos. Turns out not so much.
Meetings are Hell
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WAR
[A]
24 lines
- One of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
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PESTILENCE
[A]
19 lines
- One of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
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FAMINE
[A]
12 lines
- One of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
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DEATH
[A]
8 lines
- One of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Guilt
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Dorian
[A]
1 line
- Can’t come to terms with their guilt
Best Friends - Thwarted
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August
[A]
15 lines
- A diligent hand washer and no push over
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Co (COVID-19)
[A]
15 lines
- Loves being a pandemic disease
Sunshine
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Sky
[A]
1 line
- An introvert who learns quarantine is far from easy
- Subgenres
- Character study Issue-based Historic
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes Simple costumes
- Audience
- Teen Pre-teen
- Features
- Online Performance Character study Gender neutral cast Readers Theatre Multimedia Student directors Variable Cast Size Variable gender breakdown Variable length
- Set
- Simple set
- Cautions
- Frank talk of death
- Themes
- Adolescence Anxiety Death Family Illness/Health Relationships Technology Overcoming odds Friendship
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- Science
- Other uses
- Class work Monologues Scene work
Multimedia
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Scenes from a Quarantine
by Lindsay Price
About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
21
21 Any Gender, Minimum of 4
Online Performance