Lost and Found
A comedy in three scenes for six students
- Chamber piece
- Comedy
- 6-character play
- 4 women, 1 man, 1 either
- 18 min
- Beginner
Synopsis
Last day of the school year: the six members of the student council have three hours to clear out the lost and found room, which is about to become a meeting room. Between a lonely ski boot and fourteen calculators, they find a notebook with no name in it that tells the story of their year, day by day, in embarrassing detail. Someone has been watching them very closely, and nobody will own up.
The lost and found room of a French high school, one afternoon at the end of June, today.
Casting
170 lines- NINA Female role, Teen 17, president of the student council, elected in September.
- ZOÉ Female role, Teen 16, council member, in the drama club.
- MILA Female role, Teen 17, council member, captain of the handball team.
- YASMINE Female role, Teen 16, council treasurer, keeps the accounts for the bake sale.
- JONAS Male role, Teen 16, council member, wears a red scarf even in June.
- ALEX No gender marker, Teen 16, council member since September, always takes a seat at the back.
Contents
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
Excerpt
Scene 1
(A windowless room. Shelves, boxes, bags, a table in the middle. In a corner, Alex is sorting through a box balanced on Alex’s lap.)
(Nina comes in, a list in her hand, followed by Jonas, Zoé, Mila and Yasmine.)
NINA
Right. It’s two o’clock. By five o’clock, this room is empty, the table is clean, and the principal has a meeting room.
JONAS
And what do we get?
NINA
The satisfaction of a job well done.
JONAS
I’d rather have a pizza.
YASMINE
There’s forty cents left in the council cash box. I can buy you an olive.
What you can do with it
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