15 Scenes Dealing with Friendship Drama

15 Scenes Dealing with Friendship Drama brings together scenes from published play scripts for actors to practice with scene partners.

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Where can I find scenes from plays about friendship drama?

In this compilation of stage scripts, we’ve chosen the topic of friendship drama and placed that concept into various storylines for you to consider.

You will find subjects dealing with trust, honor, encouragement, disappointment, violence, anxiety, love and sacrifice.

We encourage you to use our scenes and hope we can help you find something you may feel passionate about.

I’m not some object, ya know? – from the play script If All That We Say

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Audra, Orson (1 woman, 1 man)
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Orson has been going to a bar for over a year because he’s secretly in love with his bartender friend, Audra.
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She’s got a diary, you know. You’re in it. – from the play script Piper’s Coming Home

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Jerome, Benny (2 men)
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Jerome talks to Benny about meeting him halfway on behalf of their mutual friend Piper.
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I know firsthand what it’s like to keep things in. – from the play script Roads and Trenches

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Ron, Dave, Sydney (1 woman, 2 men)
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Ron shows up unexpectedly at Dave and Sydney’s place in order to make up for his negative reaction to their engagement announcement the night before.
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We’re nowhere…so we probably don’t mean nothin’. – from the play script For All We’ve Got

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Shelley, Luna (2 women)
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Shelley and Luna may not see eye to eye at first, but they find common ground based on what their future potential could become.
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Why are you so broke? – from the play script Half of Nothing

  • Genre: Serio-Comedy
  • Characters: Willard, Ralph
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Willard pops up at his friend’s place to collect money owed to him, but his friend is flat broke.
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Maybe there’s beauty in self-sacrifice. – from the play script Fever Dream

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Reggie, Don
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Reggie drops in at a bar for a drink before willing herself to visit her father in the hospital.
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Maybe you’re have a mental breakdown of some sort? – from the play script Ice Cream from a Window

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Delilah, Bryan
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Cathy’s life is spinning out of control, and as she loses her grip on reality, her friend tries to help her.
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Thought we had somethin’ goin’ on. – from the play script Wonderland

  • Genre: Drama / Family Drama
  • Characters: Kelly, Steve
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Ronda borrows money from her co-worker Lexi in order to take a bus out of town but Lexi finds out that Ronda is considering staying at the club and continuing her relationship with Vinny.
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I thought we were going to make a deal. – from the play script Figure of Speech

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Gary, Leonard
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Leonard has a meeting with a longtime friend in order to review his company accounts and discuss the potential buying opportunity of his business.
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I’ll put the money up myself if I have to. – from the play script The Packaged Deal

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Characters: Salvatore, Fred
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Salvatore and Fred discuss over lunch and coffee their financial prospects for getting a movie they wish to make made. 
  • [Read Scene]

You were right to think me dead. – from the play script Call Me When You Wake Up

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Melody, Kendall, Jason
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Melody shows up stoned and unexpectedly at Kendall and Jason’s loft apartment in New York City.
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Time is a precious thing, you know? – from the play script A Gaze Apart

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Lacey, Colton
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Lacey encounters a strange man who offers to change her life forever if she commits a murder. 
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You gettin’ a motorbike? – from the play script The World Changed Colour

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Michelle, Grace
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: The World Changed Colour is a one-act eplay set in an East London park among two working-class friends Michelle and Grace.  Relationships get explored between themselves and their partners under the struggles of economic instability and loss.
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I was hoping to drown myself in my pool today. – from the play script Buck’s Last Straw

  • Genre: Serio-Comedy
  • Characters: Rick, Buck
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Buck shows up at Rick’s house bruised by his wife and confused about his marriage and career. 
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We’re here to talk about the truth. – form the play script Julia

  • Genre: Drama
  • Characters: Julia, Dr. Ava
  • Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
  • Description: Julia meets with Dr. Ava, a psychologist.  A dark secret they both share takes its presence between them. 
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Q: Where to search for two-hander plays?

A: Monologue Blogger has a fantastic resource of two-hander plays for actors and drama teachers at 30 Scenes and Scripts for Two Actors.

Q: Where can I find scenes that are about friendship drama?

A: Monologue Blogger has a collection called 15 Scenes Dealing With Friendship Drama that you can search through.

Q: I need short scripts about exploring the nature of friendship – where should I go?

A: You can reference Monologue Blogger and check out 15 Scenes Dealing With Friendship Drama.

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A: Yes, Monologue Blogger delivers an online scene database on its platform, serving hundreds of free scenes for the performing arts.

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