The Name on the Truck
Nate comes home to tell his mother he is leaving the family heating business for a job in Denver. She has known for five weeks. She has been waiting to see if he would say it to her face.
Family Scenes
Parents and kids, brothers and sisters, kitchen tables. The scenes where everyone has history and nobody has to explain it.
11 scripts. All free to read, print, or download as PDF.
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Sold As Is
Cal spent four years of Sundays taking care of their father in the house they grew up in. Robbie stayed away. Now the house has sold, and Robbie has driven them both to the curb outside it with an envelope he has not opened yet.
The Night Before Basic
Lena's older brother leaves for basic training at dawn. She sneaks into his half-packed bedroom to say the thing she has been avoiding all summer. A fight in June is standing in her way.
Fizzlemint Closing Argument
Fizzlemint Kids is a toothpaste that fizzes like a mint. A kid argues against bedtime brushing like a courtroom lawyer while a tired dad holds the line. The dad lands the button.
Not For Sale
Wren, sixteen, is running the yard sale before her family moves to a smaller place. Everything on the lawn must go. One scuffed guitar case leans against her chair with a tag that says not for sale, and her mother, a buyer, and her little brother all want it gone.
Sundays At The House
Daniel, the oldest of three siblings, calls a late-night meeting at the kitchen table. The family already agreed to move their father into a care home. Daniel has a different plan, and he has already set it in motion.
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The Last Table
Nora has run her family's restaurant alone since her father's stroke. Tonight she calls her brother and sister in after closing with a folder on the table. She needs both their signatures and she is not leaving without them.
The Good Plates
After fourteen months, Ellie has finally brought her girlfriend Sam to Sunday dinner at her mother's house. Margaret has the good plates out. She also has a list of small tests. Sam has decided not to take any of them.
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The Spare Key
Nora and Daniel are clearing out their late mother's house. Nora stayed and cared for her. Daniel flew in with a folder and a plan to sell. One of them knows something the other does not.
Reasons I Cannot Attend
June has won a school award and would rather do anything than collect it on stage. She has brought the counselor a list of reasons. The real one is not on the list.
Monologues
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What the Garden Knows
Ruth's son has arrived with a folder and a plan to sell the family home. She wants him to leave the house, and her late husband's roses, alone. But every argument she reaches for is one she has already lost.