Audrey Lang Addie, a fourteen-year-old from Manhattan, takes karate lessons with her friends, including her best friend Lea. As the play progresses, it’s revealed that Addie has feelings for Lea and that their friend Rowen has feelings for Addie. Playwright: Audrey Lang Publication Year: 2021 Publisher: New Play Exchange Date of access: 5/2022 Genre: Drama […]
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John Bavoso Camp Mannuppia is a safe haven for “effeminate men” although it is disguised as a masculinity camp from the outside. When two new campers, one of which is assigned female at birth (AFAB), and discovering their gender, come to camp looking for “masculinity”. They try to make their own program to make themselves,
By Chisa Hutchinson Kia and Marisol become close through a medical emergency, and deal with their sexual awakening through the struggles of gossiping friends, homophobia in their community, and lack of familial acceptance. This one hurts your soul. Playwright: Chisa Hutchinson Publication Year: 2009 Publisher: Playscripts Inc Genre: Drama Length: Full Length Cast Size: 8-11
By A. Rey Pamatat Edith is a 12 year old girl who is taken care of by only her 16 year old brother Kenny, and partly by his newly secret boyfriend Benji. Kenny explores his new and unfair responsibilities put on by a neglectful father. Kenny and Benji dodge the battles of homophobia while Edith
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Jorge Ignacio Cortinas Gabriel has a crush on his friend who works alongside him in the aviary. He kisses him and his friend gets upset because he isn’t queer and it was unprovoked. To make matters worse, Gabriel then sleeps with his friend’s girlfriend. Playwright: Jorge Ignacio Cortinas Publication Year: 2014 Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Genre:
Sierra Blanco Ellen and Alice are sitting in Alice’s room testing out Ellen’s “superpower” of being able to determine the color of an object while blindfolded. The conversation then shifts to their romantic relationship, dating, coming out to Alice’s super-liberal parents, and eventually to prom. Ellen asks out Alice and she says yes. Playwright: Sierra
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Lojo Simon Laura Simons is the editor-in-chief of her high school’s newspaper, and she is put in a dilemma when the newspaper faculty advisor refuses to allow an advertisement submitted by an LGBTQ+ bookstore in town. Laura is outraged and begins to rally those around her to protest censorship of LGBTQ+ individuals. Playwright: Lojo Simon
Nicole B. Adkins Cruz is on the phone with her girlfriend, Lea’s, mother, trying to connect with her friend. Isabella, Cruz’s sister, invites her to come down to dinner when it’s revealed that some teenagers are spreading a picture of Cruz and Lea kissing. Isabella doesn’t want to step in to help defend her sister
Donna Hoke Marcus finds a pink noose in his locker and wears it to his social studies class; intersectionally attacking his queerness and his race. His peers won’t say who put it in the locker so the teacher tries to resolve it through the school district but meets with resistance from both the building principal
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By Tom Macrae Jamie is a 16 year old boy in secondary school (year 11) who is out as gay, but is scared because he wants to come out again. This time as what he has always wanted to be… a drag queen. Though he is scared of what others will say about it, with
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