Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools
Why aren't middle school students full of smiles, hugs and hi-fives? They’re too young to have problems.
About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
28
6 M | 9 W | 13 Any Gender
Simple Set
43 pages
Three middle school students find themselves in an odd curiosity shop. They don’t know what it is, where they are, or how they got there. But that’s no surprise. The Happiness Shop is not like any other. It is filled with Roppets.
A Roppet is not quite a robot and not quite a puppet. A Roppet is completely happy all the time. Full of smiles, hugs and hi-fives. Isn’t that all it takes for a middle school student to be happy? They’re too young to have problems.
Blake, Melanie and Wally know that’s not true. They all have pretty big problems. But in the shop they have one question to answer and one question only: What would you do to be completely happy?
With up to 28 speaking parts and easy staging The Happiness Shop is perfect for a class project.
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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.
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Catherine is a beauty queen. Cosette is a homeschooled spelling bee champion. Two sisters could not be farther apart. When their worlds collide, sparks fly.
Hester90 is publicly shamed and shunned for a racial slur against another student.
Sometimes you need to leap without knowing what the outcome will be.
About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
28
6 M | 9 W | 13 Any Gender
Simple Set
43 pages
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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged.
A performance is defined as any presentation of the play (in whole or in part) for any audience. This includes competitions, invited dress rehearsals, and in-class performances for any audience comprised of five or more individuals who are not participants in the class.
In-class performances, where the audience consists entirely of students in the same class, are not subject to royalty.
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A vignette play is a collection of short scenes on a theme. You'll love working with the variety and flexibility of the scenes. Your actors will love the fast pace and fun characters.
There's more. Every Theatrefolk vignette play holds the unexpected. A showcase monologue. A dramatic moment. A change in form. A left turn.
Ideal for classwork, competitions, and more!
