Short & Sweet Skits for Student Actors: 55 Sketches for Teens

by Scriven, Maggie

• ISBN13: 9781566081689
• ISBN10: 1566081688
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service

Summary

These short skits with casts of two to six players cover a wide variety of topics and drama styles. Some skits are comic for learning comedy technique. Others are situations for students to learn more about themselves and others. The dialogue is crisp and easy to perform. Very little planning and memorization is required to stage these skits. Many may be staged readers theatre style. They work well in a classroom and they may also be used in a theatrical setting. Sample titles include: Funny Isn't Always Funny, Gossip among Friends, The Principal's Office, The Band and Party Girls. They can be staged and directed by the students themselves. Excellent for competition or comedy revue shows.

Author Biography

Middle school teacher, has been working in local community theatre since her teens.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Play's the Thing	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
New Kid	p. 7
Party Line	p. 12
Battle of Wits	p. 15
That's What Buddies are For	p. 18
Bermuda	p. 21
Funny Isn't Always Funny	p. 24
Out of the Line of Vision	p. 27
The Project	p. 31
Gossip	p. 34
The Sweater	p. 37
Student Council	p. 39
Cooperation	p. 42
Belatedly	p. 44
Waiting Room	p. 46
New Friends	p. 50
Stuck	p. 52
Lady-Killers	p. 56
The Eighteenth Year	p. 59
Mad Cow Disease	p. 61
Clowning Around	p. 64
Misunderstanding	p. 67
Gossip among Friends	p. 71
The Snob	p. 73
A Kennel of Truth	p. 75
The Class Party	p. 78
Do You Believe?	p. 81
How May I Help You?	p. 85
The Principal's Office	p. 87
After School	p. 90
The Test	p. 92
Best Friends	p. 94
The Dance	p. 96
He Said/She Said	p. 98
No Trespassing	p. 101
Happy Halloween	p. 104
Trick or Treat	p. 107
The Band	p. 109
Working It	p. 112
Scary Teacher	p. 114
Permanent Probation	p. 117
The Spelling Bee	p. 119
Workin' 9 to 5	p. 121
Party Girls	p. 124
Dating by Phone	p. 126
Look! Up in the Sky!	p. 130
Missing Teacher	p. 132
Unlikely Allies	p. 135
Your Space	p. 139
Babysitters	p. 143
Going Out	p. 145
Give Me a Break	p. 147
A Tangled Web	p. 150
Chow Time	p. 154
Just Going "Out"	p. 157
A Good Deed Run Amok	p. 161
About the Author	p. 165
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