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Hardly Wonder, The

  • Jason Gray Platt
  • Short Play, Dramatic Comedy
  • 3M, 2F, 1M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573705434

A part of the collection Some Prepared Remarks and Some Unexpected Dialogues.

  • Short Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 40 minutes

  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Mayor, Baker, Seamstress, Blacksmith, and Dog work together to help a young girl decide whether or not to cross the street.

A part of the collection Some Prepared Remarks and Some Unexpected Dialogues.

Premiere Production: The Hardly Wonder premiered as a part of the 34th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival in New York City under the direction of Jess Smith.
  • Casting: 3M, 2F, 1M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Roles for Children

  • GIRL - a young girl
    SEAMSTRESS - 50s/60s, female
    BLACKSMITH - 50s/60s, male
    MAYOR - 30s, male
    BAKER - 30s, female
    DOG / POLICE OFFICER - 4 (in dog years)