|
|
| GENRE |
Comedy |
| LENGTH |
Short, 20-30 minutes
|
| CAST |
8 females, 4 males (12-15 actors possible: 1-15 females, 1-15 males) |
| SET |
A classroom.
|
| NOTES |
Some mild adult language |
 |
| A high school civics class turns uncivil when substitute teacher Mr. Nash starts a unit on Virtual Congress, a mockup of the U.S. Senate. Soon everyday teenagers become fake senators, and their cliques and arguments become filibusters and endless quorum calls that grind class to a halt. Mr. Nash calls in reinforcement in the form of an ex-representative-turned-lobbyist, but it just makes things worse. Will this increasingly lawless class ever pass anything? (This play was specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| The World Premiere of Virtual Congress, Keen Company, New York City (2011). |
|
|
|
|
