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Split

Split

by Bradley Hayward

Children of divorce are united through humor in this honest and theatrical look at the day to day reality of growing up in a family that's been torn apart.

As these teenagers navigate a winding road that includes new bedrooms, new siblings and new responsibilities, they begin to put the pieces of their broken homes back together.

Dramedy Character Study Issue-Based

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
9 Characters
2 M3 F4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable to 28
Set
Simple Set
Length
35 pages
Free Excerpt

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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.

Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

9 Characters
2 M, 3 F, 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable to 28

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.

Priss, 13 [F] 36 lines
Hype, 12 [A] 29 lines
Strange, 14 [A] 55 lines
Flex, 15 [M] 45 lines
Hands, 17 [A] 48 lines
Flair, 17 [F] 30 lines
Snark, 16 [M] 40 lines
Chill, 16 [A] 31 lines
Brood, 17 [F] 41 lines

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