Starters

Micro-plays to get you going, moving, and doing.
Written to be performed by you and the people you’re with.

Starters take sameness and help it feel new or different. As you move through the same rooms, interact with the same people, and check the same tabs on your screens, we hope these Starters can be an interruption to your familiar.

Starters encourage you to look beyond the words on the page and towards action. We’ve designed each play with a specific outcome in mind, but ultimately what you do with the play – how you use it – is up to you. We’ve included a list of supplies to help you make each script a reality, but as you read & read aloud, bear in mind that these Starters don’t tell you what to do or when or how to do it. You’ll have to decide that for yourself.

 
 

Explore our full library of Starters by clicking on each title.

1. This is a play for a parent and a child.
2. This is a play for two people who live together.
3. This is a play for people who've sat in it for a while.
4. This is a play to write home about.
5. Get angry.
6. This is a play for people who don't know where to begin.
7. This is a play for people who have more.
8. This is a play for people who aren't ready.
9. This is a play for an ear and a mouth.
10. Get drunk.
11. This is a play for friends with words.
12. This is a play for scavengers.
13. This is a play for something difficult.
14. This is a play for every day of the week.
15. Get full.
16. This is a play of letters.
17. This is a play for the ringing between your ears.
18. This is a play for the players.
19. This is a play for the people who said they would.
20. Do nothing.
21. This is a play with a plan.
22. This is a play with roots and leaves.
23. This is a play with a beat you can breathe to.
24. This is a play for the day after tomorrow.
25. Grieve.
26. No breaks.
27. This is a play to greet the day.
28. This is a play worth two thousand words.
29. This is a play you've been doing all along.
30. This is a play to get you started.