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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

This is a vignette play!

Recommended for Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 30 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
54 Characters
16 M 24 F 14 Any Gender
Doubling Possible
Productions
Produced by 490+ schools
Licensed by schools and youth theatres around the world
Set
Simple Set
Length
28 pages
Free Excerpt

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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

  • Dad 8 lines
    Can’t find the camera.
  • Big Kid Two 5 lines
    Proud of his Evil Laugh.
  • Jimmy 2 lines
    Knows Grade 7 is the perfect grade.
  • Fear Boy 5 lines
    Hates being the new kid.
  • Positive Boy 3 lines
    Can’t wait to go to different classes.
  • Negative Boy 5 lines
    A glass-half-empty kind of guy.
  • Forward Boy 1 line
    Hates being treated like a kid.
  • Backward Boy 7 lines
    Misses recess.
  • Locker One 6 lines
    Fears the inevitable.
  • MacDougal 28 lines
    Thinks that it’s a fine day for a race.
  • MacGregor 19 lines
    Agrees.
  • Johnson 1 line
    Is gonna go out hard.
  • Bully 8 lines
    Is a coward, as all bullies are.
  • Invisible 8 lines
    Wants to go unseen.
  • Marty 18 lines
    Can’t believe their starting a project on the first day of school.
  • Edwin 19 lines
    Can’t believe he’s paired with Marty.

Girls

  • Lacy 13 lines
    Has a zit.
  • Mom 13 lines
    Has an overreacting daughter.
  • Mary-Jean 2 lines
    Dresses differently than the other girls. One monologue.
  • Fear Girl 5 lines
    They say everyone can chose to live in hope, or fear. She doesn’t choose hope.
  • Positive Girl 9 lines
    A glass-half-full kind of gal.
  • Negative Girl 7 lines
    Hates school. Doesn’t mind the flute. One monologue.
  • Backward Girl 3 lines
    Misses her old classroom.
  • Forward Girl 2 lines
    Can’t wait to leave all that kid stuff behind.
  • Locker Three 5 lines
    Walks a razor’s edge between Lockers 2 and 4.
  • Locker Four 7 lines
    Loves lockers. But then, who doesn’t?
  • Announcement Girl 5 lines
    Tries not to be a woman of success, but a woman of value. One monologue.
  • Baranova 1 line
    Definitely has a lock.
  • Stewart-Rosen 1 line
    Never gets detention.
  • Cara 18 lines
    Once a friend of Amee. Not so much anymore.
  • Tammy 16 lines
    Another of Amee’s abandoned friends.
  • Amee 10 lines
    Used to be okay. Now what’s her problem?
  • Snobby Friend 4 lines
    You know how everyone has that one snobby friend? This is that friend.
  • Girl One 3 lines
    Thinks that Middle School is different, when it comes to clothing choices.
  • Girl Two 4 lines
    Agrees with Girl One.
  • Girl Three 2 lines
    Agrees with Girl Two.
  • Girl Four 2 lines
    Concurs with the three previous girls.
  • Home Ec Two 2 lines
    Isn’t afraid to make some big statements, like “blech.”
  • Crush One 13 lines
    Likes Joey Delson. But then, who doesn’t?
  • Crush Two 12 lines
    isn’t so big on the whole “Joey Delson” thing.

Either

  • Big Kid One 8 lines
    Wants Jimmy to be afraid.
  • Big Kid Two 5 lines
    Working on his evil laugh.
  • Eighth Grader, (One through four) 0 lines
  • Locker Two 5 lines
    What if they forget their locker combo?
  • Sam 22 lines
    Not freaking out. One monologue.
  • Pat 21 lines
    Wants to know if Sam is freaking out.
  • Short One 7 lines
    Also has a short attention span.
  • Short Two 6 lines
    Impressed by mustaches.
  • Frustrated 1 line
    Doesn’t like spit balls. Hey, I get it.
  • Home Ec One 2 lines
    Asks the big questions, like “why blech?”
  • Defensive 1 line
    Doesn’t have time for homework.

Praise for School Daze

5 out of 5 stars
Amy De Friese
Bernardo Yorba Middle School DRAMA/ Placentia Yorba Linda School District
Our production was well received by adults and our middle school audience.
5 out of 5 stars
Abigail Bordak-Raaflaub
Thomas Jefferson Middle School/Music Boosters
The students loved seeing snapshots of middle school life and found it easy to connect to. Our student performers had some really great conversations around different issues they personally have dealt with or seen other kids deal with. During a time when our students have really been closed off from each other and activities they are involved in, we needed this show more than we all realized.
5 out of 5 stars
Michelle Morrill
Sandcreek Middle School
Excellent!!! I love the flexibility of the characters. Good play about the joys and horrors of Jr.High/Middle School.

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