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A Box of Puppies

A Box of Puppies

by Billy Houck

We can all relate to feeling small in a big world. The characters in A Box of Puppies share their insecurities, their frailties and their coping mechanisms with that big bad world.

This collection holds four short plays. Each are fresh, honest, and true. You know each of these characters. Perhaps they mirror your own insecurities and frailties.

Each play can be performed independently, or perform all four together for an outstanding competition piece.

Drama Character Study Issue-Based Monologue-Friendly Plays Student Directors

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Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
14 Characters
2 M | 2 F | 10 Any Gender
Simple Set
31 pages

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Praise for A Box of Puppies

Joy Grabow
Hands on Stage Players
We chose this play to be our annual student directed/student tech directed one-act that deals with issues today's teens face. We really enjoyed working on this play.

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