Joel Bailey High school senior and star athlete, Jack Cusack, secretly writes a play for theatre class about his experience growing up athletic and closeted. The play is found by his classmate, Rudy, who pitches it as an idea for the spring play without Jack’s name attached. However, the school principal stops the production under […]
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Richard Kramer Fifteen-year-old Wesley moves in with his father, Kenny, and Kenny’s partner, George, in order to get to know his father better. When his friend, Theo, comes out in a school election, Wesley asks George and Kenny if they consider homosexuality to be a choice. After Wesley and Theo are gay-bashed one day after
Edward Roy This play tells the story of five teens who are grappling with issues of homophobia, peer pressure, youth violence, behavior norms, gender expectations, discrimination, and identity. This play explores the issue of homophobia when it’s protagonist, a teenager named Carl, is outed by friends. Playwright: Edward Roy Publication Year: 1999 Publisher: Playwrights Guild
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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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Daniel S. Kehde After the brutal murder of Jeremy Wong by his classmates in the rural country. A series of episodic testimonies unveils how his queerness was the root of others hatred. The audience also sees the pursuit of justice from the police. Interrogations from his classmates and family shows the hatred homophobia brings to
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James Lecesne Chuck is a detective investigating the death of a queer high schooler, Leonard Pelkey. Leonard had an amazingly bright impact on his small town, and his death was in no way an accident. Playwright: James Lecesne Publication Year: 2015 Publisher: Dramatist Play Service Genre: Drama Length: One-Act Cast Size: 1 Specific BIPOC Characters:
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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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