Playwright Tropes - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Use of word "husband" or "wife" in spousal conversation.
2. Addiction.
3. Epilogue telling what happens to characters in future.
4. Character quotes poem or literary phrase.
5. Unnatural exit to allow character(s) to be alone.
6. Letter read aloud.
7. Appearance of gun or knife.
8. Nudity.
9. Senior with dementia.
10. Narrator.
11. Characters talking to themselves, but not in monologues.
12. Kitchen/dining table scene with eating.
13. Completely blank stage except for chair(s).
14. Use of first and last name of person in conversation.
15. Chunky monologues.
16. Prostitutes or prostitution.
17. Characters dance at end of play.
18. Use of hand-held microphones.
19. Character turning out to be a ghost.
20. Barefoot characters.
21. Title of play in all lowercase letters.
22. Use of the word "connect" to indicate intimacy.
23. Use of phrase "Hey, it's me."
24. Phone conversation with unseen character.