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PARALLELODRAM TWO – FIFTEEN MINUTE DRAMA SCRIPT
The Smiths are off to celebrate Mrs Smith’s birthday by seeing a play tonight. Incidentally their (physically) really close neighbours, the Smithsons, are celebrating John’s birthday with a trip to a show as well. The two families mirror each other through an imaginary wall centre stage. They’re both going to watch the same play, and in the beginning all the action on both sides of the stage is synchronized in this fifteen minute drama script.
Both families discuss the events of the night ahead. Simply put, the Smiths know what to expect and the Smithsons don’t. When both twelve year old boys show a reluctance to go to watch the play, the play takes an abrupt turn and the two families diverge. This short drama explores how two similar yet different families engage with each other as the question of nature and nurture is brought into the mix.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
St. Paul VI Catholic High School, VA, USA – 2021
Author: Nicholas Richards
Type: One act play
Length: Fifteen minute drama script
Genre: Drama
Cast: 4M, 2F
Ages of the actors: Four adult parents, two twelve year old boys
Suitable for: All ages to watch.
Set: Two front hallways mirror-imaged down the middle of the stage. The furniture is also mirrored. There is a small table and chair at each side, and chairs back-to-back centre stage with a gap where we are to imagine the division between the houses. On the ‘dividing wall’ there are to be imagined mirrors. There could also be umbrella-stands or hat-stands. The actors enter from Upstage as if coming down from upstairs.
Level of difficulty: 8/10 – getting the mirror imaging needed so that the two families synchronize. Will need practice.
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Like this play? Other plays that also explore the concepts of the fourth wall and philosophy:
A Puzzle for Two – a philisophical play
Sindication – a one act that is a commentary of society by breaking the fourth wall.
The Mirror – a collection of comic and dramatic short plays that follow the journey of a mirror through people’s lives