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