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Skid Marks: A Play About Driving

Skid Marks: A Play About Driving

by Lindsay Price

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?

Comedy Student Directors Vignettes

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This is a vignette play!
Enjoyed this play? You might also like Skid Marks 2: Are We There Yet?.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
8 Characters
3 M | 5 F, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
24 pages
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8 Characters
3 M, 5 F, 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
Fast Boy 8 lines
Vroom vroom! Beep beep!
Byron 13 lines
Horrified by Annalee’s car.
Mr. Z 16 lines
Thinks traffic sucks.
Murray 4 lines
Brother to Fran. Not much of a talker.
MAN TWO
Gabe 29 lines
Taking a test. Listen for the woo-hoo.
Irate Two 4 lines
A horn-honker.
MAN THREE
Mr. Y 11 lines
Hates traffic.
Dad 11 lines
He will stop this car. He means it.
Greg 1 line
Guilty in his role that took the life of a classmate. One monologue.
WOMAN ONE
Tess 13 lines
Myrna 21 lines
Megan 16 lines
Irate One 4 lines
A horn-honker.
WOMAN TWO
Natalie 11 lines
Scared of Tess’ driving.
Vivian 19 lines
Wants to give her license back.
Fran 9 lines
Sister to Murray. Wants her turn behind the wheel.
WOMAN THREE
Jillian 1 line
Has a heart to heart with her decrepit car. One monologue.
Annalee 12 lines
Drives a car held together by duct tape.
Mom 17 lines
WOMAN FOUR
Ms. Motts 31 lines
Irate Three 4 lines
A horn-honker.
WOMAN FIVE
Petra 18 lines
Horrified by Annalee’s car.
Ashley 13 lines
Prissy Girl 7 lines

Praise for Skid Marks: A Play About Driving

Holly Racinsky
Arthur Voaden Secondary School
This was a really fun play. The students had a lot of fun rehearsing their scenes and the audience laughed throughout the entire production.
Debra Anderson
Oxford Middle School
A very cute play with interesting characters that can be performed by relatively new actors!
Lauren Johnson
Orangeburg Christian Academy
Everything went wonderfully and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the play.

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