Storied
by Bradley Walton
In a magical dimension, three teenagers are pulled into a conflict between Good and Bad Ideas from classic tales. Who is to blame for the bad idea?
About 77 minutes
Act 1: 47 minutes, Act 2: 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
20
6 M | 9 W | 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
Unit Set
70 pages
“What if it’s impossible for us to go home because we don’t belong there anymore? For that matter, what if we were never real people to begin with and we’re really just fictional characters who think they’re real people?”
After being mysteriously transported to a magical dimension inhabited by characters from fictional stories, three teenagers are pulled into a conflict between Good Ideas from classic tales and Bad Ideas, which have proliferated with the rise of online publishing.
Over the course of their adventure, they encounter Alice and the White Rabbit from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Snow White’s formerly evil stepmother, the witch from Hansel and Gretel, Lady Macbeth, Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice, Santa Claus, and others.
In an exploration of the nature of stories, characters, and the responsibilities of creators to their creations, the trio begins to wonder… could they be characters in a story themselves?
Characters
20
6 Men, 9 Women, 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
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TATUM
[W]
311 lines
- A teenage girl
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BECKY
[W]
344 lines
- A teenage girl
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KEVIN
[M]
256 lines
- A teenage boy
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BIG METAL THING
[A]
65 lines
- A big thing made out of metal
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JAVERT
[M]
5 lines
- A French policeman from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables
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ELIZABETH BENNETT
[W]
3 lines
- A young lady from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
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HESTER PRYNNE
[W]
2 lines
- A woman from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
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ANCIENT MARINER
[M]
16 lines
- An old seafarer from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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WHITE RABBIT
[A]
3 lines
- The White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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BRITTANY
[W]
77 lines
- The witch from the Brothers Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel
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COLLEEN
[W]
50 lines
- The evil queen from the Brothers Grimm’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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HAWKEYE
[M]
25 lines
- An American frontiersman from James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans
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SANTA CLAUS
[M]
10 lines
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MRS. CLAUS
[W]
8 lines
- Santa’s wife
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LADY MACBETH
[W]
10 lines
- From William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
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ALICE
[W]
16 lines
- From Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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BIGFOOT
[A]
3 lines
- A hairy creature who inhabits the forests of the Pacific Northwest
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SHORT GREEN ALIEN WITH BIG EARS
[A]
16 lines
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SNIPER IN A TUTU
[M]
14 lines
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TOILET, DESTROYER OF WORLDS
[A]
18 lines
- Voice
- Subgenres
- Fantasy Adventure Adaptation Fairy tales
- Settings
- Abstract setting Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes Fantasy costumes Period costumes
- Audience
- Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Opportunity for spectacle Character study
- Set
- Multiple sets
- Cautions
- Gun shots Adult themes Onstage murder
- Themes
- Adolescence Death Friendship Memory Relationships Self-image Theatre
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- English
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Audition material Class work Scene work
Prop List
Purse – TATUM, Cellphone – TATUM, Purse – BECKY, Cellphone – BECKY, Mirror – COLLEEN, Kentucky rifle – HAWKEYE, Pack of gum – MRS. CLAUS, Rifle with scope OR knife - SNIPER
Production Photos
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Storied
by Bradley Walton
About 77 minutes
Act 1: 47 minutes, Act 2: 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
20
6 M | 9 W | 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
Unit Set
70 pages