Tomato Plant Girl
By Wesley Middleton.
Product Code: TD4000
Full-length Play
Comedy | Drama
Cast size: 3w. (May be expanded with "stagehand" roles.)
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Synopsis
This powerful exploration of friendship delights young audiences with its sharp dialogue, physical action and playful, high-energy conflict. Little Girl is the new kid in Heretown. Good thing she's got her Bossy Best Friend! The girls share a garden where time moves to the rhythm of Bossy's commands until the day Little Girl can no longer obey. Bossy has forbidden Little Girl to touch her precious tomato plant. But if the plant doesn't get watered soon, it will die. When Bossy leaves to visit her grandma, Little Girl uproots the plant in a valiant rescue, and a messy girl-creature springs out of the earth, spitting up dirt and crying red tears. Soon, Little Girl is playing crazy new games with Tomato Plant Girl and teaching her to say "please." Maybe Little Girl has found a new Best Friend. But what will they do when Bossy returns? And what if Tomato Plant Girl won't stay? When her friendships collide and Little Girl has to choose, she discovers the power of making up her own rules.
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code TD4000
- Minimum Cast Size 3
- Pages of Dialogue 72
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 80 min
- Staging Simple set.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583420874
Customer Reviews
Innovative, imaginative, powerful imagery. A little bit wacky. Bold.
Excellent play! It lends itself well to touring. I received rave reviews from teachers and principals about its complexity and strong message about what makes a friend a true friend.
Tomato Plant Girl was a great choice for our small, shoestring company: easy to stage, small cast with compelling characters. We had lively post-show discussions with our K-5 audiences!
Hints, Tips, and Tricks
The Earthsoil Hum is crucialÑset that tone first as itself to building character and relationship. Also, we made dirt from black beans and quinoaÑwhich we purchased in bulk and inexpensively.
This is a strong script that works well with minimal "bells and whistles."
Media Reviews
"A performance involving movement, music and magic which centers around the joys and tyrannies of friendship among little girls, this comedy utilizes a 'tomato spirit'—a force of nature more vegetable than human—to probe the themes of self-esteem, peer pressure, loyalty and self-worth." -AustinChronicle.comProduction Map
| Location | City | State | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Schoolhouse at Mainstreet | Parker | CO | 12/03/2025 | 12/05/2025 |
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