VERNON

by Brooke-Erin Smith

SHORT: While digging through their childhood artifacts, sisters ALICE and GRACIE uncover Alice's adolescent teddy bear/lover/former husband, VERNON. Through Alice's diary, the sisters reminisce on love, loss, and heartache, felt with a passion that only childhood can engender.

SHORT: While digging through their childhood artifacts, sisters ALICE and GRACIE uncover Alice's adolescent teddy bear/lover/former husband, VERNON. Through Alice's diary, the sisters reminisce on love, loss, and heartache, felt with a passion that only childhood can engender.

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VERNON

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  • Ryan Stevens: VERNON by Brooke-Erin Smith
    “

    What a fascinating short play! A period piece of the early 2000s, a memory play on the perils of childlike imagination, a marital drama starring a teddy bear. Vivid and immediate, playful and cutting, the total package.

    What a fascinating short play! A period piece of the early 2000s, a memory play on the perils of childlike imagination, a marital drama starring a teddy bear. Vivid and immediate, playful and cutting, the total package.

    ”

Character Information

  • GRACIE
    Younger sister. Nosy, flippant, funny.
    Late teens-20s
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Female,
    Non-binary
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • ALICE
    Older sister. Thoughtful, focused, nostalgic.
    20s-30s
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Female,
    Non-binary
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • VERNON
    Alice’s human-sized stuffed teddy bear/former lover.
    Any Age
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Male/non-binary
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male,
      Non-binary

Production History

  • Workshop, ATL Original Works, 2024