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This Phone Will Explode at the Tone

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

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!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 20 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
4 Characters
2 M 2 F
Expandable to 33
Productions
Produced by 100+ schools
Licensed by schools and youth theatres around the world
Set
Simple Set
Length
20 pages
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4 Characters

  • 2 Males
  • 2 Females
  • 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.

  • MAN ONE Male 61 lines
  • MAN TWO: 52 Male 52 lines
  • WOMAN ONE: 51 Female 51 lines
  • WOMAN TWO: 76 Female 76 lines

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