SHARING SOIL
A comedy/drama for teens/children
Lindsey Roth and Samantha Sherman in Sharing Soil, as part of Movements of the Wind, produced by Katherine and Friends/The Director’s Company, NYC (dir. Kel Haney; costume design by Rebecca Frey).
In soil cultures, prejudices run deep between carrots and potatoes. But when bully vegetables draw Carrot and Potato together, they must decide if their new friendship is worth risking their safety and rejection from their own garden cultures.
DETAILS
Cast: 2 females (or 2 males, or 1 female/1 male). Casting is gender flexible.
Age range: Characters are children, so they may be played by child actors, teens or adults
Genre: Comedy/Drama 10-minute play, teen play, children's play
Set: A garden
Running time: 10-minute play
*Sharing Soil was originally written and performed as part of the full-length play, Movements of the Wind. Movements of the Wind is a 5-piece collection of short intertwined plays journeying the challenges of garden inhabitants as they confront the volatile effects of Mother Nature through their lives.
Click for a free excerpt to the ten-minute play, Sharing Soil.
Click below for a complete digital copy of Sharing Soil (once purchased, you will be given a link to download the script):
When mean vegetables draw Carrot and Potato together, they must decide if their new friendship is worth risking their safety.
Sharing Soil is a comedic/dramatic 10-minute play for 2 female child actors (could be gender flexible for 1 male/1 female or 2 male). Characters are children, but could also be played by teens, or young adults. The set is minimal, a garden.
CLICK below for the entire full-length play, Movements of the Wind, from which Sharing Soil was originally presented.
As wind sweeps through a garden, its inhabitants must confront the volatile effects of Mother Nature, as well as their own changing nature. The story follows several short, intertwined pieces, as Carrot and Potato, taught to be enemies from birth, struggle to remain friends, Tulip wants more out of life than only her partner, and two pieces of pollen attempt to make a dangerous jump from a dying flower to a fresh one. Through sacrifice and friendship, they must not only survive their trials, but also come to populate another generation.
This play runs approximately 50-60 minutes, with a cast of 5-13+ actors, depending on doubling options. Casting is flexible, as roles may be gender neutral. Actors may be teens through adults. It is an allegorical drama, dark comedy, absurdist piece. The play is structured in 5 10-minute movements.
For more information and to read an excerpt, click here.