For modern scenes I like to use the play I and You by Lauren Gunderson. There is a little bit of language in the play, but the author says that it can be changed or omitted based on the word. It is one of the best plays I have ever read. The play has two high school aged students who are an unlikely pair to work on a Walt Whitman project. We discover things about them and the ending is brilliant.
Secondly, I pull monologues and scenes from
Including Shooter and
Subtext, both published by playscripts. They both have great material for young students. Including shooter takes place ten years after a school shooting, so the characters are in their twenties. But sometimes that is close enough for scene work.
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Christopher Dwyer
Head of Drama
St. Vincent Pallotti High School
Laurel, MD 20707
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-04-2018 08:46
From: Krista Reagan
Subject: Scenes for High School Students That Are Relevant
Hi All,
I have been teaching acting for 11 years and have always struggled with finding scene study material particularly drama that is relevant, engaging and appropriate for high school students specically from published plays (not ones that are from collections for young actors.) I recently transfered from an urban environment to a suburban one and the scenes I was teaching really don´t translate well here.I like my students to be able to research the plays and playwrights from which they acting. Anyone have a database or scenes they have collected over the years that might help? Thanks so much!
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Krista Reagan
Performing Arts Teacher and Director of Theatre
Advisor of The Woodington Players
Westwood Regional Jr./Sr. High School
701 Ridgewood Road
Township of Washington, NJ 07676