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Wait Wait Bo Bait

Wait Wait Bo Bait

by Lindsay Price

Waiting... Waiting... Waiting... What are you waiting for, right now?

Christmas to come? The phone to ring? Class to be over? The man of your dreams? The line to move? The answer? To be yelled at for setting a toilet on fire?

We all have to wait. How long will you? Could you wait all day, or is it killing you? Are you staring at the phone, the line, the door, a clock? A watched clock never boils you know...

Comedy Student Directors Vignettes

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This is a vignette play!
Also available in a middle-school version here.

Recommended for High Schools

Running Time
About 20 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
6 Characters
2 M | 4 F, Easily Expandable
Set
Simple Set
Length
22 pages
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Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

6 Characters
2 M, 4 F, Easily Expandable

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.

Woman One [F] 18 lines
Woman Two [F] 6 lines
Woman Three [F] 34 lines
Woman Four [F] 26 lines
Man One [M] 31 lines
Man Two [M] 28 lines

Praise for Wait Wait Bo Bait

Deborah McKie
Phoenix Theatre
This play was great fun to work with from start to finish. It was easy to split up into pieces that needed more attention and easy to set. One audience member commented that they thoroughly enjoyed the vignette style versus a linear plot. Wonderfully simple to direct and set in the short period of time we had to pull the show together!
Doug Parks
Parkersburg South High School
It's my second time directing it and we had a great time. We were selected to take it on to our state competition! This is my first year as the director of the program at PSHS and I couldn't be happier.
Lisa Evans
Fennimore Middle and High School
It was well accepted by the student body and the middle school and high school audience found it entertaining and interesting. It was able to be performed with a minimum of props and set pieces.

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From the Drama Teacher Learning Centre

Worth the Wait: Wait Wait Bo Bait
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Worth the Wait: Wait Wait Bo Bait

Wait Wait Bo Bait by Lindsay Price is a vignette play all about waiting that’s definitely worth the wait. A high school play with a separate middle school version, students of all ages will not have to wait to impress their audiences or themselves. Waiting… Waiting… Waiting… What are you waiting for, right now? Christmas to come? The phone to ring? Class to be over? The man of your dreams? The line to move? The answer? To be yelled at for setting a toilet on fire? We all have to wait. How long will you? Could you wait all day, or is it killing you? Are you staring at the phone, the line, the door, a clock? A watched clock never boils you know… The drama team at Fennimore High School in Fennimore, Wisconsin did not have to wait to impress their audience with their performance of Wait Wait Bo Bait. Director Lisa Evans was thrilled to share their success: “My Dramatic Production class at Fennimore High School presented Wait Wait Bo Bait to members of the student body as the culminating activity for their first semester class. I was very proud of my students and the production. Some of the class members had never appeared on stage before.”
Spread the Love: Wait Wait Bo Bait by Lindsay Price
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Spread the Love: Wait Wait Bo Bait by Lindsay Price

This week on Spread the Love, Craig talks about Wait Wait Bo Bait (and Wait Wait Bo Bait – Middle School Edition), a vignette play by Lindsay Price.
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