Textbook Messages

by Ross Tedford Kendall

TEN-MINUTE PLAY Vanessa just wants to study, but everyone around her keeps texting her with increasingly absurd demands.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY Vanessa just wants to study, but everyone around her keeps texting her with increasingly absurd demands.

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Textbook Messages

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  • Debra A. Cole: Textbook Messages

    Brilliant, fast-paced, and hilarious - this short piece would resonate with audience trying to balance and satisfy the entitled and unreasonable world around them. So many cool possibilities for staging this wonderful piece.

    Brilliant, fast-paced, and hilarious - this short piece would resonate with audience trying to balance and satisfy the entitled and unreasonable world around them. So many cool possibilities for staging this wonderful piece.

  • Lucy Wang: Textbook Messages

    Hilarious vivid portrait of the insane text messages we all get at the wrong time that create false emergencies and conflict with what really needs to get done. You may want to turn off your cell phone after you see this play, shortly after, of course, you text Vanessa and say I wanna see you soon at a theater near me.

    Hilarious vivid portrait of the insane text messages we all get at the wrong time that create false emergencies and conflict with what really needs to get done. You may want to turn off your cell phone after you see this play, shortly after, of course, you text Vanessa and say I wanna see you soon at a theater near me.

  • Robin Berl: Textbook Messages

    Everything about this play is wonderful! The characters are distinct and well-defined, the situations are imaginative yet so true to life, the dialogue is sharp and absolutely perfect. This was a ten-minute play that flew by and kept my full attention for every second. Kudos to the playwright. This is such a great idea and so well executed. Produce this play! Your actors will love playing these characters and your audiences will love this show!

    Everything about this play is wonderful! The characters are distinct and well-defined, the situations are imaginative yet so true to life, the dialogue is sharp and absolutely perfect. This was a ten-minute play that flew by and kept my full attention for every second. Kudos to the playwright. This is such a great idea and so well executed. Produce this play! Your actors will love playing these characters and your audiences will love this show!

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Character Information

  • Vanessa
    Character Age
    20
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Doug
    Character Age
    19
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Amelia
    Character Age
    19
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Melissa
    Character Age
    40s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization MadLab Theatre , Year 2022
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Rome Community Theater, Year 2021