I ain’t no dreamer like you
In the drama play Invisible Roads, two best friends feel trapped in their town. One is willing to break free, the other not so much
Featured Scene – Invisible Roads
WILLA: What d’you need a motorbike for anyway?
JUD: Man…it’s for a getaway.
WILLA: Getaway for what?
JUD: For livin’ my life, for future work I plan on doin’. I need mobility. Can’t afford no truck. Can’t borrow no car, stuck out here. Sh’t. Best thing I know is a motorbike. Get me a motorbike and I’m gone.
WILLA: Why’nt you just get a job?
JUD: Where my gonna get a job Will?
WILLA: (laughing) At the station.
JUD: (laughs) You stupid.
WILLA: (laughs) Still.
JUD: What I could rob in one minute take me a month to make.
WILLA: Yeah, yeah.
JUD: What you gonna do?
WILLA: Huh?
JUD: About your own dumb life.
WILLA: Sh’t.
JUD: You better figure it out.
WILLA: Get me some job.
JUD: Doin what?
WILLA: F’ck do I know man. What you keep askin’ me for?
JUD: Don’t you wanna have an IDEA?
WILLA: Out here there ain’t no IDEAS.
JUD: But still.
WILLA: Things we wanna do don’t get done Jud. I ain’t no dreamer like you. Sh’t. I just get through the damn day is all. Ain’t goin’ out robbin’ nobody neither.
JUD: But you need to do somethin’.
WILLA: I’m a smash you right in yo face you keep talkin’ like that about what I gotta do.
JUD: Chill. Chill.
WILLA: What I gotta do? There ain’t no escapin’ this place Jud. You come rollin’ up here twenty years from now, I still be here leaning against this old ass shed watching the paint flake off. What difference does any of it make?
JUD: I hate this sh’t.
WILLA: Me, too.
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Scene Summary
In the one act eplay Invisible Roads, Jud tries to convince her best friend Willa to allow her to borrow her father’s gun, so she can rob money for a motorbike she wants to own.
- Genre: Drama
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters: 2 women
- Themes: friendship, escape, choice
- Best For: teen scenes
FAQ
A: Invisible Roads is a one-act play written by Joseph Arnone that focuses on the difficult reality a teenager lives with and their desire to escape.
A: Invisible Roads is a short play that deals with friendship and the desire to escape harsh conditions.
A: Visit Monologue Blogger which serves as a performing arts resource for teen actors and there is a large variety of teen scripts and monologues that may be found on MB’s resource.
A: 5 Drama 2 Person Scenes for Teens and Free Scenes and Plays for Teenagers offer drama scenes for teen acting students for scene study practice on Monologue Blogger.
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Scene Source: Invisible Roads
Invisible Roads is a drama play by Joseph Arnone, 2025.
