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CONFORMITY – TEEN DRAMA FOR HIGH SCHOOL

In this teen drama for high school, eight students who have nothing in common are sitting in detention on a Saturday run by the vice principal, Miss Blair. Although they are all so different from each other, they learn that they all do have something in common – each of them has a terrible secret; something bad has happened in their past which has brought them to this point. As they talk about the essay they have been set, “conformity” and the things that have happened to them, they come to the realization that conforming to life’s rules isn’t always for everybody. In order to move on, they need to accept the things that have happened to them because those things made them who they are today. A challenging play for high school drama class, loosely based on the hit movie, “The Breakfast Club.”

Performance History:

AK Arts academy – 2016
Pacific Hills School, CA, USA – 2016
Pineapple Theatre at Rosen College of Hospitality Management, FL, USA – 2019

Author: Kevin E. VanMeter

Type: Two-act play

Genre: Teen drama

Cast: 7F 4M

Ages of the actors: Can all be played by teens, possibly two to three adults may be included

Suitable for: PG 10

Length: 90 minutes long

Set: A detention class with desks and chairs.

Level of difficulty: 8/10 – the ”male” and ”female” ‘roles are more challenging as those actors need to play a number of different roles of various ages.

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GREAT LAND – A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY – a two act drama romance

It’s the summer of 1977 in Chicago, USA. Renata, who works at the local bar, coerces one of the regulars, Nicky into taking Danny, a disabled kid who works at the local bar as well and who is a die hard Elvis fan, to Graceland to meet the King himself. The play follows their journey from Chicago down to Graceland and their subsequent discovery that Elvis has recently passed away before Danny could meet him. They find that, although they did not get to meet The King, they have learned a lot more about themselves and each other along the way.

There is some text-based workshopping of the script allowed. Any changes need to be approved by the author and no one – at any time – can claim authorship or ownership of the work.

Author: Paul Barile

Genre: Epic, drama romance

Type: Two act play

Length: 90-100 minutes

Number of Actors: Eleven, 11. 6-8M (two doubles) 3F

Ages of the actors: Late twenties to early sixties. 20’s-60’s. The three main characters are in their 20’s-30’s

Set: The set is a collection of large gray wooden boxes that are moved into place to fit the scene. There are three barstools that can be placed as needed as well. There is a large easel upstage left. Whenever a character enters to begin a new scene, the sign on the easel denotes where they are.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – Because of few scene changes and the conversational style of the play, keeping the interest of the audience is paramount.