Initiative
By Isaac Quinn
Age range
11 – 13, 13 – 15
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
30 – 60 mins, 60 – 90 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 5
Female: 5
1 character is non-binary, and the other 7 characters can be any gender.
Female: 5
1 character is non-binary, and the other 7 characters can be any gender.
Setting
A modern Irish kitchen, now and a high fantasy tavern, once upon a time.
Note
The ensemble can be as big or small as you see fit.
First performance
First performed by Roscommon Youth Theatre at the Youth Theatre Ireland Practice Symposium in 2022 in association with Scripts Ireland and the George B. Miller Award.
Synopsis
"Welcome to the Unremembered Lands! A world where dragons fly overhead, spells can often be misread, and a sword sleeps next to you in bed to protect against monsters and beasts and goblins and ghouls! This is a world where elves rule the forests, orcs build towering cities, and halflings have as many breakfasts as they so wish. A world that exists entirely in the minds of five close friends, playing the game of Vagrants and Vorpals on a stained kitchen table. As dice are rolled and tensions build, will they come out friends at the end of it all?"