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My 8th grade English class puts on a play at the end of the year.  I have 5 boys and 5 girls but 2 will probably stage manage.  I have put on 32 plays over the years and am looking for something different thn the ususal slapstick comedy or agatha christie.  A comedy would still be the best for them.  Any ideas? (0pen to switching a female to male part or vice versa)

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Karen Fairbank
Director, eighth grade play
Thomas Jefferson School
St. Louis MO
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Hi Karen,

What sort of running time (or time range) are you aiming for?

Cheers,
Jonathan

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Jonathan Dorf
Playwright/ Co-founder of YouthPLAYS/ Co-chair of The Alliance Of Los Angeles Playwrights
Los Angeles CA
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Sandy Asher has an adaptation of 'Romeo and Juliet Together (and alive) at Last' that's pretty great for middle level students.  http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p1287/Romeo-and-Juliet—Together-(and-Alive!)-at-Last/product_info.html

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Peter Duffy
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