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  • 1.  Drama for 12+ Students

    Posted 02-16-2016 09:01

    I am in my final week of tech for my winter musical and for various reasons still do not have a play picked out for my spring play! I am looking for suggestions. I am hoping to direct a drama with 12+ girls and prefer not to produce a play made for high school students.

    Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

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    Jennifer Jordan
    Drama and Dance Director
    Miss Hall's School
    Pittsfield MA
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  • 2.  RE: Drama for 12+ Students

    Posted 02-16-2016 11:36

    Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show by Don Zolidis. Well-written, pretty dark, funny, definitely 12+ females (1 male) and lots of cool, cool parts. A friend of mine staged it with her high school at our district competition and scored 'Superior' ratings, a combination of a great and talented ensemble cast, solid direction, and the solid script that this is.

    Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show}

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    Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show | Miss Mylenbush, the semi-hysterical head of the theatre department at Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies, is about to put on the greatest tragedy ever written: Hamlet.
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    Phillip Goodchild
    Theatre Arts Instructor/Assistant Department Head of English
    Ruskin FL



  • 3.  RE: Drama for 12+ Students

    Posted 02-16-2016 11:37

    Playscripts also has this useful search feature where you can specify cast numbers, and gender balances, so you can search for a play that way, too. Very, very useful feature!

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    Phillip Goodchild
    Theatre Arts Instructor/Assistant Department Head of English
    Ruskin FL



  • 4.  RE: Drama for 12+ Students

    Posted 02-16-2016 11:53

    An oldie but goodie...

    Produce an all-female cast of something Shakespeare :)

    Phillip's suggestions is a really good way to help you choose. You can do something similar with Sam French as well. 

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    Shira Schwartz
    Chandler Unified School District
    Chandler AZ