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Dramedy
Short, 30-35 minutes
7 females, 4 males, 9 either
(10-50 actors possible: 7-25 females, 3-25 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
For Achilles and Helen, getting bullied is a dismal fact of life -- Achilles regularly has his head flushed in the toilet, and Helen invents reasons to arrive late to school so she can avoid a vicious clique. When cool girl Glinda magically materializes and offers them a way out, they each jump at the chance. But Glinda's solution is to turn them into the very people who have tormented them. Can Achilles and Helen find another way out?
(This play has an alternate ending; contact Playscripts for details.)
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| "...a brave portrayal of bullying at its finest... putting on stage the hurtfulness and, indeed, cringe-worthy scenes of fictional people acting out all-too-real scenarios is one heck of a way to make one think." |
| --Edson Leader |
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Dramedy
Short, 30-45 minutes
5 either (5-32 actors possible: 0-32 females, 0-32 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Being a teenager is hard, and nobody wants to talk about it. Confronting the daily challenges of growing up, this series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues -- including dealing with parents who just don't get it, rumors, bullying, and suicide. By turns funny and tragic, the gritty details of adolescence surface -- exposing the things teenagers can't, won't, and don't want to talk about.
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Comedy
Short, 25-30 minutes
5 females, 5 males, 10 either
(14-40 actors possible: 4-36 females, 4-36 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
To win his freedom from school bully Bugs, smart aleck Tommy offers to help him get a date to the prom with popular actress Stephanie Mezaluna. But the only way to get her attention is to convince her that Bugs is a famous actor in hiding, and as one cover-up leads to another, it's not long before a jock, Steve, is parading as Bug's slick New York agent, and Tommy is stuck trying to get Steve's sister a date to the prom. Of course, prom tickets are only on sale until fifth period -- so Tommy has to act fast and try to control the chaos in this wild high school hallway farce.
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Drama
Short, 40-60 minutes
10 females, 11 males (15-21 actors possible: 5-15 females, 5-12 males)
$40.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
On a seemingly ordinary day, an explosive fight occurs at a high school when Travis, a bully, confronts his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, Nate. Though the actual encounter lasts only a moment, the effects of the incident linger in the memories and lives of all those who witnessed it. Through a series of short scenes and monologues, this powerful play explores the repercussions, both short term and long, of a single event in a young person's life. At the play's end, the physical confrontation is illustrated once more, but now with a much broader perspective.
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| "A vivid, excruciatingly honest rendition of a slice of American life... Overall, one of the most beautiful dramatic pieces of its time. It's moving, honest, disturbing, gritty, sad, hopeful and always real." |
| --Michael J. Curtiss, Vermont State Festival Adjudicator |
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Comedy for young audiences
Short, 40-50 minutes
2 females, 2 males (4-8 actors possible: 2-6 females, 2-4 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Ten-year-old Violet is determined to show the world, not to mention the cool kids at school, just how special she is. With the help of her assistant Freddy, she sets out to break a world record, but becomes accidentally extraordinary when she's struck by lightning -- twice -- and gains control over all things electric. Under the name Miss Electricity, Violet zaps her way through circuits, bullies, and tests, but could lose everything when the power goes to her head.
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| "Miss Electricity was colorful and fast-paced, with lots of action. The audience -- young and old -- ate it up." |
| --San Diego News Network |
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Comedy/Drama
Short, 25-35 minutes
1 female, 5 males
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Austin is a brilliant teenage astronomer who happens to have autism. Lily is his popular classmate who happens to have an interest in astronomy. When a chance encounter after school leads to a growing connection between them, Austin's imagination, intelligence, and constant struggles to connect with the world are revealed in the form of four characters representing his inner life. By turns funny and heartbreaking, The Other Room is a compelling and sensitive glimpse into a unique and misunderstood mind.
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Revenge Comedy
Full-length, 75-80 minutes
2 females, 2 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Nan has decided to teach her abusive husband Kyle a lesson. With the help of her friend Simon (acting as her emotional -- and actual -- cheerleader) and a stripper named Sweetheart, she tapes Kyle to a chair and forces him to watch as they reenacts scenes from their painful past. In the piece de resistance, they plan to cover the room in meat and honey so Kyle will be mauled by a bear. Through this night of emotional trials and ridiculous theatrics, Nan and Kyle are both freed from their past in this smart, dark revenge comedy.
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| "If the Coen Brothers decided to set a feminist revenge tale in Atlanta and sprinkle it with Dixie Chicks pixie dust, it might look something like Exit, Pursued by a Bear, a raucous comedy of friendship, domestic abuse, and performance-as-catharsis." |
| --ArtsCritic Atlanta |
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Comedy
Full-length, 65-80 minutes
14 females, 16 males, 20 either (16-56 actors possible: 8-28 females, 8-28 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Robin Hood: lusty hero, hopeless lover, or evil criminal? Upon his return from the Crusades, King Richard is forced to try and figure out what happened in his kingdom during his absence. Is the outlaw Robin Hood a hero, a lovelorn sap, or just plain mean? Told from the perspectives of Robin himself, Maid Marian, and Prince John, this hilarious tale combines three different stories into one -- and with three different endings, leaves it up to the audience to decide which one is true.
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Action comedy
Short, 25-30 minutes
6 females, 4 males, 4 either
(10-12 actors possible: 6-10 females, 4-8 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
After aliens abduct and scan two unsuspecting teenagers' brains to find their leader, they are led to Principal Forsman of Saint Valley High School. Little do the power-hungry aliens suspect that the school's cheerleading squad is full of brains, brawn, and butt-kicking skills. But when the cheerleaders are overpowered, it's up to hipster outsider Molly and her nerdy sidekick Lewis to step in and save the planet. (This play was specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.)
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-80 minutes
3 females, 3 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
It's a Friday night in 1995 and Monday morning homeroom is a million miles away. Six over-stimulated, under-supervised high school students are gathered in Margot's basement to meet her mysterious boyfriend from summer camp -- though none of them have even seen a picture of him and he has yet to show up. As the teens keep themselves busy with rounds of party games, the night gives way to stolen kisses, malicious gossip, and broken hearts. This heartbreaking, hilariously real play showcases the absurd and terrible ecstasy of being young in America.
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| "Seven Minutes in Heaven captures the sound, look and absurd operatic emotions of growing up in the mid-'90s... The play is so real that you almost believe it was written by one of its characters." |
| --Jason Zinoman, New York Times |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 120 minutes
6 females, 3 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Back at home, Bess is just another angst-ridden teenager trying to fit in. But this summer, things are going to be different. Campers and counselors alike are automatically drawn to the new skinny fat girl who's a definite shoo-in for the illustrious title of Camp Princess. Popularity, power, and self-worth get mixed up as Bess struggles to find her identity. Will she return to school a new woman or will her new self fade like the summer? Colored with sweat stains, stashed sweets, and the awkward innocence of first loves, Fat Kids on Fire is a candid telling of fitting in, living big, and feeling small.
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Comedy
Short, 30-35 minutes
2 females, 2 males, 26 either
(10-30 actors possible: 2-28 females, 2-28 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
What do you get when you combine an after school special, a penguin heist, accent-challenged knights, puppet-show Shakespeare, and a vampire murder mystery? One playwright thinks these could be the ingredients for his magnum opus, but it could be the recipe for the worst play ever written in the history of the world...and possibly the universe. With Stage Directions and Scene Heading as our narrators and flashy Flashback giving backstory, nothing on earth could possibly outdo this hilariously awful night of theater.
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Drama
Short, 30-40 minutes
3 females, 2 males (5-9 actors possible: 3-5 females, 2-4 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Three young people growing up in Nazi Germany struggle to claim their identities and transition into adulthood in this collage play about ethics, family, and self-perception. Marian's father wants to hide a Jewish family, but Marian just wants to fit in. Ernst joins the Hitler Youth but has trouble fully embracing the lifestyle. Rebecca endures discrimination from teachers and students for her Jewish heritage. No answers come easily as these three characters experience ordinary growing pains in the face of extraordinary historical tragedy.
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Dark Comedy
Full-length, 40-60 minutes
8 females, 1 male, 12 either (21-27 actors possible: 8-20 females, 1-13 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
At a detention camp and reform institution for internet-addicted and online-obsessed teenagers, a revolution is brewing. Forced to make small talk and forbidden from all electronics, the inmates are miserable -- Brendon and Beatrice can't follow soccer stats, Fiona can't kick butt in her fantasy MMORPG, Kristina can't design ideal outfits, Sari can't immerse herself in Japanese culture, and Macayla can't overcome her shyness. When the newest addition, algebra-loving oddball Lauren, is abandoned here by her parents, she unwittingly starts a revolt against the camp General and his Minions. Now it's up to the outcasts to prove that socially awkward doesn't mean socially hopeless.
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Comedy / Drama
Full-length, 95-105 minutes
5 females, 3 males, 1 either (9 actors possible: 5-6 females, 3-4 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
In the near-distant future, an NYC charter school becomes the first to welcome artificially intelligent students. However, new AI students Olive and Godfrey receive a chilly welcome from the already self-conscious and stressed-out members of the Junior class. When a reality show swoops in to capture this social experiment on camera, the priorities and moralities of the student body are turned inside-out. At turns both droll and touching, this dark new play questions how we reconcile the thin line between our ever-improving technologies and what it means to be human.
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| Glory Days by Nick Blaemire book by James Gardiner |
 
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Rock Musical
Full-length, 80-90 minutes
4 males
$8.99 per book
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A year after graduating high school, four best friends reconnect on their old school's football field. Will has called the boys together with a mission: to hack into the sprinkler system so that it goes off when the jocks who bullied them in high school take the field for a charity game. But as the guys wait for instructions on how to break into the system, they quickly realize how dramatically their lives have grown apart. With a soaring pop-rock score, Glory Days is a poignant and witty coming-of-age story about friends searching for understanding and validation as they face the consequences of growing up.
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| "...swiftly, tunefully and yes, authentically latches onto the rhythms of late adolescence and plays them back to us as the music of wrenching transitions... It is a show that reminds us that even in comfortable suburbs, you can't really go home again." |
| --Peter Marks, The Washington Post |
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Drama
Short, 50 minutes
5 females, 4 males, 1 either (10-13 actors possible: 5-9 females, 4-8 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
A normal Study Hall period turns into a claustrophobic nightmare when ten teenagers find themselves in a Code Red Lockdown with no teacher. Unsure of what dangers lurk outside of their room, the students are forced to face each other and their clashing personalities. They argue, they play cards, and when they discover that one amongst them may have precipitated the day's events, no one is left unchanged.
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Comedy
Full-length, 100-120 minutes
6 females, 6 males, 4 either
(16-24 actors possible: 6-12 females, 6-12 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Tammy is your average pre-teen. She has a crush on a popular jock. She wants to fit in with the cool crowd. Her parents and teachers just don't get her. Oh, and she's part T-Rex. Being different is never easy, but it gets a whole lot harder when your lunch is raw meat and you get muzzled every time you roar in math class. With the help of her best friend, Hope, Tammy struggles to keep her talons in check and her head held high. But can she learn to navigate the hallways of middle school while governing her own prehistoric tendencies? A hilarious homage to growing up in the 90s.
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| "Weiss satirizes the vicious dynamics of tween life with killer instincts and a precise ear." |
| --Kieth Griffith, Chicago Reader, Highly Recommended |
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Parody
Full-length, 60-70 minutes
7 females, 3 males, 20 either (20-50 actors possible: 7-40 females, 3-20 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Brella Wann and her sister Pookie have just started at Tepes High where the student body is a little...different. In fact, every other student is, you guessed it, a vampire. Can the girls survive, surrounded by classmates out for their blood? Will Brella find true love with handsome, brooding vampire Hector Sullen, or will she fall for Fracus, the star basketball player for Werewolf Vo-Tech? This wild send-up of the romantic vampire genre will please everyone, no matter what team you're on.
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Drama/Comedy
Full-length, 60 minutes
5 females, 2 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
When 4th grader Johnny shoots himself, he leaves behind a play as a suicide note that the kids in his class are forced to perform as a memorial. As friends and bullies assume the roles of Johnny and his classmates, a heartbreaking, darkly curious story emerges, offering a glimpse into the motivation behind Johnny's actions.
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| "...by the shattering conclusion of this unusual work, it has achieved its own kind of poetry." |
| --Jason Zinoman, The New York Times |
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