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This Is a Text

By Stephen Gregg.

Product Code: T59000

One-act Play

Comedy

Cast size: 11 to 17 either gender.

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Synopsis

Sophia needs to get a 61! If she gets a 61 on her Romeo and Juliet exam, she'll get into Coldwater State. But she was up all night, distracted by a mysterious text, and now she can't focus. Sophia's only hope: Flowcus, the concentration pill that sits tantalizingly close on the teacher's desk. This Is a Text is This Is a Test's rowdier little sister, a battle against an exam, waged during the age of distraction. Sophia's quest to get into Coldwater State ends in a way that neither she nor the teacher could have anticipated and leads to a conclusion that's both surprising and unexpectedly moving.

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Status In stock
Type of Show One-act Play
Product Code T59000
Minimum Cast Size 11
Pages of Dialogue 23
Min. Royalty Rate $55.00/perf
Approx. Run Time 30 min
Staging Flexible staging.

Customer Reviews

Great ensemble piece for a group of young middle school actors. Some fun opportunities for special effects. It was nice to have the inclusion of a character who provides some piano accompaniment. A quirky and fun script.

Whitney Keyes, Don Ross Middle School, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Hints, Tips, and Tricks

Bringing the actors further downstage is important. The closer the actors and set pieces are to the audience the more engaged the audience becomes ... The actor that plays Ms. Bropila should be silly as well as somewhat wild and unpredictable. The audience definitely laughed as Ms. Bropila got more and more ridiculous and over the top. We've all had some pretty crazy teachers, and I think that's why the audience laughs. They remember those teachers from their own experiences.

Hope Martinez, Jane Hambric School, El Paso, Texas