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  • 1.  Script Lists

    Posted 06-13-2023 14:53

    I am looking to build script lists as we consider next year's season for our all-male high school in Virginia.  List 1–great plays on the subject of boys/young men/the so-called boy crisis in this country (in addition to Romeo and Juliet).  List 2–great horror scripts for the Halloween season (in addition to Frankenstein and Dracula).  Thanks in advance



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    Brent Cirves
    Chair, Fine Arts Department
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  • 2.  RE: Script Lists

    Posted 06-14-2023 09:58
    DNA by Dennis Kelly
    Lord of the Flies
    Neighborhood 3: requisition of doom (this is not currently all boys but you can always ask)


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  • 3.  RE: Script Lists

    Posted 06-14-2023 11:04
    Hi Brent:
    Since you are in Virginia, I suggest you consider my play Press, which is set in your state and shares my experience working on a high school newspaper. Cast calls for 10 people, a mix of male and female, but I would consider an all-male cast, if you felt that the play is right for your school. You can find the script here: https://www.youthplays.com/play/press-by-lojo-simon-618&ref=search.php%3Fquicksearchbox%3Dpress
    Thanks in advance for checking it out,
    Lojo

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  • 4.  RE: Script Lists

    Posted 06-14-2023 13:14

    There are a lot of great lists here: https://school-theatre.com/play-script-lists

    Including this one on Halloween plays: https://school-theatre.com/f/5-great-halloween-plays-for-schools



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    Brendan Conheady
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  • 5.  RE: Script Lists

    Posted 06-14-2023 14:55

    For Boys in crisis, check out Enda Walsh's Chatroom. It's got a mixed cast but parts are not gender specific. I did a production with all boys and it worked really well.



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    Stefanie Plumley
    Fine and Performing Arts Chair
    The Webb Schools, Claremont, CA
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  • 6.  RE: Script Lists

    Posted 06-15-2023 07:59

    These are all are great additions to the list.  Thank you everyone.  Keep 'em coming.  I'll post my full list when we wind down.  Any more in the horror genre?  Any plays about young male loners flirting with violence?  I hesitate to ask on this last subject, but I believe that theater needs to be relevant and am really interested in what the theater has to say about the so-called boy crisis, which is not a new crisis at all.  Classics are fine, R&J being a prime example-and Shakespeare's only play (that I know of) on the subject of teenage male toxicity/teen suicide.  



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    Brent Cirves
    Chair, Fine Arts Department
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