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Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Our Ten Minute Play Series continues with these 'challenging' shorts. What makes them challenging? The characters are more complex, like in Bottle Baby or Sunday Lunch. The rhythms in the scene require more specific timing to make them work, like in Oh Chad and You. Or there's a twist that needs more than simple memorization and blocking like Hall Pass and Juice Box.

All in all, there's a lot packed into these ten minute plays. Up for the challenge?

Look for other collections in our Ten Minute Play Series!

Recommended for High Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 10 minutes (for the full collection)
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Set
Simple Set
Length
64 pages
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This Book is a Collection of 6 Plays

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2 F · Approx. 10 minutes

Beeb is a young recovering alcoholic. But the recovery isn't going so well.

2 M · Approx. 10 minutes

No hall pass? No entry. No matter what you say. No matter what you do. No matter what history you bring up.

2 F · Approx. 10 minutes

Two very prim and proper young ladies are no match for the power of juice in a box.

1 M, 1 F · Approx. 10 minutes

The story of a love that withstands all obstacles and surpasses all boundaries... except for one.

2 M · Approx. 10 minutes

The sons of a divorcée and a widow try to cope with this longstanding ritual.

You

3 M · Approx. 10 minutes

An accused trio probes one another. Who is the rat?

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Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

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.


BOTTLE BABY:
BEEB [F] 74 lines
20 A recovering alcoholic. Just starting college. Has been sober one year.
ALICE [F] 80 lines
17 High school senior. Appearingly normal ordinary girl. She walks with a slight limp.

JUICE BOX:
ANTOINETTE [F] 90 lines
(16), A prim, sophisticated girl.
ANASTASIA [F] 89 lines
(16), Her prim, sophisticated friend.

HALL PASS:
HENRY [M] 109 lines
(15) Comes across as a nerd. Wears a sash that identifies him as a hall monitor. One Monologue.
BRADY [M] 108 lines
(17) Cool laid back surfer kind of guy. T-shirt and jeans.

YOU:
JOHN [M] 55 lines
(17), One Monologue.
JUAN [M] 47 lines
(17), One Monologue.
JOE [M] 48 lines
(17), One Monologue.

OH CHAD:
CHAD [M] 68 lines
Loves Gwyneth. But if you love something, you must let it go.
GWYNETH [F] 68 lines
Loves Chad. But is keeping some options open.

SUNDAY LUNCH:
DEVON [M] 94 lines
(17) Very casual, easy going guy. Popular, but never concerned with being part of a certain crowd.
RAYDEN [M] 90 lines
(15) Very nerdy and uptight with a hidden sense of humour. Wise beyond his years.

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