School Daze
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
You remember middle school. That first day can be a funhouse or a hall of horrors. Will I fit in or be left behind? Did I wear the right clothes? How will I find the right class? Why do those eighth graders look so big...
Middle school is the tricky tightrope between being a kid and being a teenager. How did you fare? Did you fall off the tightrope? Did you hold on?
See the characters in School Daze try to keep their balance on the first day of middle school.
Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5
Recommended for Middle Schools
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54 Characters
- 16 Males
- 24 Females
- 14 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.
Guys
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Dad 8 linesCan’t find the camera.
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Big Kid Two 5 linesProud of his Evil Laugh.
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Jimmy 2 linesKnows Grade 7 is the perfect grade.
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Fear Boy 5 linesHates being the new kid.
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Positive Boy 3 linesCan’t wait to go to different classes.
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Negative Boy 5 linesA glass-half-empty kind of guy.
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Forward Boy 1 lineHates being treated like a kid.
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Backward Boy 7 linesMisses recess.
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Locker One 6 linesFears the inevitable.
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MacDougal 28 linesThinks that it’s a fine day for a race.
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MacGregor 19 linesAgrees.
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Johnson 1 lineIs gonna go out hard.
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Bully 8 linesIs a coward, as all bullies are.
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Invisible 8 linesWants to go unseen.
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Marty 18 linesCan’t believe their starting a project on the first day of school.
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Edwin 19 linesCan’t believe he’s paired with Marty.
Girls
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Lacy 13 linesHas a zit.
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Mom 13 linesHas an overreacting daughter.
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Mary-Jean 2 linesDresses differently than the other girls. One monologue.
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Fear Girl 5 linesThey say everyone can chose to live in hope, or fear. She doesn’t choose hope.
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Positive Girl 9 linesA glass-half-full kind of gal.
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Negative Girl 7 linesHates school. Doesn’t mind the flute. One monologue.
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Backward Girl 3 linesMisses her old classroom.
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Forward Girl 2 linesCan’t wait to leave all that kid stuff behind.
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Locker Three 5 linesWalks a razor’s edge between Lockers 2 and 4.
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Locker Four 7 linesLoves lockers. But then, who doesn’t?
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Announcement Girl 5 linesTries not to be a woman of success, but a woman of value. One monologue.
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Baranova 1 lineDefinitely has a lock.
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Stewart-Rosen 1 lineNever gets detention.
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Cara 18 linesOnce a friend of Amee. Not so much anymore.
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Tammy 16 linesAnother of Amee’s abandoned friends.
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Amee 10 linesUsed to be okay. Now what’s her problem?
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Snobby Friend 4 linesYou know how everyone has that one snobby friend? This is that friend.
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Girl One 3 linesThinks that Middle School is different, when it comes to clothing choices.
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Girl Two 4 linesAgrees with Girl One.
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Girl Three 2 linesAgrees with Girl Two.
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Girl Four 2 linesConcurs with the three previous girls.
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Home Ec Two 2 linesIsn’t afraid to make some big statements, like “blech.”
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Crush One 13 linesLikes Joey Delson. But then, who doesn’t?
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Crush Two 12 linesisn’t so big on the whole “Joey Delson” thing.
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Big Kid One 8 linesWants Jimmy to be afraid.
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Big Kid Two 5 linesWorking on his evil laugh.
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Eighth Grader, (One through four) 0 lines
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Locker Two 5 linesWhat if they forget their locker combo?
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Sam 22 linesNot freaking out. One monologue.
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Pat 21 linesWants to know if Sam is freaking out.
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Short One 7 linesAlso has a short attention span.
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Short Two 6 linesImpressed by mustaches.
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Frustrated 1 lineDoesn’t like spit balls. Hey, I get it.
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Home Ec One 2 linesAsks the big questions, like “why blech?”
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Defensive 1 lineDoesn’t have time for homework.
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Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Lindsay Price
September Reading List: School-Themed Plays
Taming the Tricky Tightrope: School Daze
Theatre as a Teaching Tool
Navigating the Tricky Tightrope: School Daze
Theatrefolk’s Top 10: Recommended Middle School Plays
Theatrefolk Podcast: Middle School Play Mania: Multiple Plays with Multiple Classes
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