Skirmishes
- Short Play, Comedy, Contemporary
- 3M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573663680
Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.
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Description
- Short Play
- Comedy
- 10 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Outdoor, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
A man and woman argue at a picnic while ants wage battle and romance around them.
Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.
Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.
Premiere Production:
Skirmishes was first produced at the 2005 Ashland 10-Minute Play Festival. It was directed by G. Valmont Thomas.
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 3F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Color blind casting, Flexible casting, Minority casting
BRIAN - a young man
SARAH - a young woman
FRED - a "formal" ant
FRANK - a "beach" ant
GRETA AND GERTRUDE - female ants dressed as German barmaids (non-speaking roles.)