Smarty Pants by Bradley Hayward - Theatrefolk

Smarty Pants

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Smarty Pants

by Bradley Hayward

Dallas is a real smarty pants and can't wait to show off. But he's in for a shock. His new class is very different. A fantastic competition piece.

 About 30 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks

 8
8 Any Gender

Simple Set

 32 pages

Comedy Student Directors

Average Producer Rating:

Reviews from Past Producers

Dallas is a real smarty pants; he can read Hamlet in half an hour! He can't wait to show off in his new Advanced Placement class. But there's more Play-doh than Plato and more colouring than Van Gogh. What kind of advanced class is this? Will Dallas figure out Kindergarten High or will he flunk? Who's the real smarty pants?

A fantastic competition piece that encourages students to develop strong characterizations.

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8 Characters
8 Any Gender

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.

MISS ELIOT [A] 154 lines
Teacher
DALLAS [A] 158 lines
Studious senior
ALEX [A] 37 lines
Grump
TAYLOR [A] 22 lines
Very shy
CASEY [A] 34 lines
Precocious
BLAIR [A] 28 lines
Giddy and giggly
LOREN [A] 19 lines
Giddier and gigglier
KELLY [A] 53 lines
Troublemaker

Subgenres
Character study

Settings
Present day

Dress
Contemporary costumes Simple costumes

Audience
All audiences Pre-teen Teen

Features
Gender neutral cast Physical comedy Student directors Variable gender breakdown Character study Clowning Ensemble SEL

Set
Simple set Interior set

Themes
Childhood Relationships Individuality Obedience Self-image Adolescence Happiness

Other uses
Competition Class work Scene work

Prop List

Stack of books, Apple, Sheet of paper, Backpack full of books, Crayons, Pieces of paper, Play-doh, Gum, Long jump rope, Hard candy

Production Photos

Multimedia
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Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

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