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
"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
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.
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
-
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
-
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.
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Skid Marks: A Play About Driving
by Lindsay Price
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