Shopping

Shopping

An Out of the Hat Play

By

Jeremiah Liend

Copyright Jeremiah Liend 2023

This play was written for Out of the Hat produced by Bemidji Community Theater 7/7/2023 based on the following four random elements.

Location : Aisle 5 at the Grocery Store

Object : Great White Shark Fin

First Line : A fart is not an appropriate response to the question.

Actors : 3 Female 2 Male

Shopping

Cast:

Mom: An educated and frustrated parent.

Dad: An eloquent although rude parent.

Grace: A sophisticated and well read 8 year old.

Victoria: A reserved though insane 6 year old.

Arthur: A loose cannon maniac 4 year old.

Setting:

Lueken’s Village Foods, Aisle 5

Time:

We are already two hours late

[The stage is empty as we find ourselves in the breakfast food aisle (5) of a grocery store. Enter the family in an ungainly mass. Dad has the shopping cart or basket, Mom is looking at her phone, Grace is reading a Mad magazine, Victoria is chewing…