Skid Marks: A Play About Driving
by Lindsay Price
Your first car. Getting your license, Getting pulled over. The relationship between teen and car makes a great backdrop for this vignette play.
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
8
3 M | 5 W, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
24 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Skid Marks: A Play About Driving 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 Skid Marks: A Play About Driving 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.
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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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"I thought it was going to be easier. You just get in and you can drive. Who knew you'd have to watch out for buses filled with old people?"
What's your driving story? When did you get your first car? Did it take more than one try to get your license? Did your dad ever shout, "Do I have to stop the car?"
What does the car mean to you?
The car is freedom. The car is a trap. The car is your dream. The car is held together by duct tape. The car is being pulled over! The car is lost in the parking garage... somewhere... B10... D27... D37... 47...
What's your driving story?
This is a vignette play! What is a Vignette Play?
Awards and Accolades
- Gold Medal, Fuller Middle School, Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival
- Sisseton High School chosen to perform at 2007 SD One Act Play State Championship
Characters
8
3 Men, 5 Women, Easily Expandable
MAN ONE
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Fast Boy
8 lines
- Vroom vroom! Beep beep!
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Byron
13 lines
- Horrified by Annalee’s car.
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Mr. Z
16 lines
- Thinks traffic sucks.
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Murray
4 lines
- Brother to Fran. Not much of a talker.
MAN TWO
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Gabe
29 lines
- Taking a test. Listen for the woo-hoo.
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Irate Two
4 lines
- A horn-honker.
MAN THREE
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Mr. Y
11 lines
- Hates traffic.
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Dad
11 lines
- He will stop this car. He means it.
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Greg
1 line
- Guilty in his role that took the life of a classmate. One monologue.
WOMAN ONE
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Tess
13 lines
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Myrna
21 lines
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Megan
16 lines
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Irate One
4 lines
- A horn-honker.
WOMAN TWO
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Natalie
11 lines
- Scared of Tess’ driving.
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Vivian
19 lines
- Wants to give her license back.
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Fran
9 lines
- Sister to Murray. Wants her turn behind the wheel.
WOMAN THREE
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Jillian
1 line
- Has a heart to heart with her decrepit car. One monologue.
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Annalee
12 lines
- Drives a car held together by duct tape.
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Mom
17 lines
WOMAN FOUR
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Ms. Motts
31 lines
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Irate Three
4 lines
- A horn-honker.
WOMAN FIVE
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Petra
18 lines
- Horrified by Annalee’s car.
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Ashley
13 lines
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Prissy Girl
7 lines
- Subgenres
- Farce
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Mime Variable Cast Size Movement-based Physical comedy Student directors
- Set
- Simple set
- Themes
- Adolescence Parenting/Family
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Audition material Class work Scene work
- Awards & Accolades
- Plays with Awards & Accolades
Prop List
Clipboard, Cellphone, License
Production Photos
Multimedia
Lindsay Price talks about the play.
Related Titles
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About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
8
3 M | 5 W, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
24 pages