This Phone Will Explode at the Tone
by Lindsay Price
A vignette play about communication. Great for classwork.
About 20 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
4
2 M | 2 W, Expandable to 33
Simple Set
20 pages
Invited to Play Marathon, International Thespians Festival.
The phone. The most beautiful, the most wonderful communication device in all the world. Or is it...
Without the phone there'd be no obscene callers, no chatty Cathys who won't shut up, telemarketers who think the sun rises and sets with carpet cleaning, no awkward silences, no pressure to have an interesting phone message with all the bells and whistles.
And there'd be no Harry.
Poor Harry. Poor sweet desperate Harry, desperately trying to get up the nerve to call a girl and ask her to the dance. Don't hang up on Harry. Don't you dare! Don't do it!
This is a vignette play! What is a Vignette Play?
Awards and Accolades
- Invited to Play Marathon, Lincoln, NE
Characters
4
2 Men, 2 Women, Expandable to 33
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.
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MAN ONE
[M]
61 lines
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MAN TWO: 52
[M]
52 lines
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WOMAN ONE: 51
[W]
51 lines
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WOMAN TWO: 76
[W]
76 lines
- Subgenres
- Farce
- Settings
- Abstract setting Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Variable Cast Size Character study Physical comedy Student directors
- Set
- Simple set
- Themes
- Relationships
- Other uses
- Monologues Audition material Class work
- Awards & Accolades
- Plays with Awards & Accolades
Prop List
Two phones
Multimedia
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Customer Comments
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I just performed This Phone Will Explode at the Tone with my kids at District 7 One Act Festival. Your plays are GREAT to work with. The kids love the scripts and we can do lots of different things with them.
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This Phone Will Explode at the Tone
by Lindsay Price
About 20 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
4
2 M | 2 W, Expandable to 33
Simple Set
20 pages