Jared Mallard Every Samson is a 14 year old, closeted lesbian, girl. She narrates through her diary, hence the title of the show. Every is navigating the 1980s as a young queer person with a secret crush. Roxanne, Every’s enemy, convinces her to run for the school beauty pageant. This is a ploy for Roxanne […]
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David M. Pody Special Eddie and Rolling Thunder follows the typical storyline of high school students. Hock is the school bully, with Laura and C.J. serving as his sidekicks. Hock persecutes everyone for various characteristics – sexual orientation, race, and ability. When the victims of Hock’s harassment finally decide to face him, they read a
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Willow Stratmore & Jillian Carter Ashley Cooper seeks the help of her best friend Piper as she tries to figure out how to tell her parents she’s a lesbian before senior prom. She worries about their reactions and tries to rehearse the conversation with Piper beforehand. Eventually, she builds up the courage to come out,
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Lenny Hort Ricky unknowingly pees on an unmarked grave in the woods on Halloween. He awakens a teenaged lesbian ghost from the 60’s named Frankie. They discuss their lives & how Frankie died, uncovering a tragic queer love story. Ricky is able to help Frankie find peace by confirming that her lover is alive and
Qui Nguyen Agnes, the older sister of Tilly, is devastated over her younger sister’s death and is desperate to find a connection to her. She finds Tilly’s DnD campaign notebook and brings it to her DM, Chuck. Chuck acts out Tilly’s campaign, and Agnes realizes a lot about her sister that she never knew while
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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 Sarah Gubbins Jo uses illustration and writing as a coping mechanism to escape her everyday life, where she struggles with homophobia. She has an overprotective best friend named Mickey, who helps her through these problems. Jo has another friend named Emma, who has a shitty boyfriend that is threatened by Jo’s queerness and is
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Steven Gregg Carina is a teenager who identifies as lesbian, is closeted, and finds the perfect time to come out to her family–Thanksgiving. To her surprise, Thanksgiving has people from all over town there! While Carina is giving her coming out speech she also accidentally outs her best friend, Tylo, in front of people who
Miranda Rose Hall Heidi is a 10-year-old girl who is being taken to the dolphin show by her parents on her dad’s day off. But she just can’t bear to go because she is afraid she will get distracted by all the women at the dolphin show. Playwright: Miranda Rose Hall Publication Year: 2017 Anthology:
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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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