{"product_id":"speechgeek-multi-character-drama-16-pieces","title":"SpeechGeek: Multi-Character Dramatic Scenes | 16 pieces for interpretation and theater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSpeechGeek knows drama: what moves you to tears, what grabs an audience, what makes an impact. Find your next piece for high school interp or theatrical performance in this brand new collection of multi-character dramatic scripts today! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese scripts vary in length, though most are in the 8-10 minute range, ideal for dramatic interp and duo performance in speech rounds or as in-class scene studies. Collected from SpeechGeek's all-original \u003cem\u003eInterp Issues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSingles\u003c\/em\u003e publishing programs, these pieces shine on stage and in competition, proven to win rounds and provide students with what they need to learn and succeed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in your package:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScripts for Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, and Group Interpretation events, among many others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScripts that will work with 1 performer, 2 performers, or as many characters as in the script\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed notes on the content of each script, so teachers can make choices on what works for each class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN and copyright information—all scripts are NSDA-eligible \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScripts in the collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Crayon Map\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOliver Leslie and Christopher Marianetti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA boy follows his little brother's hand-drawn map through a string of increasingly strange characters toward a place he doesn't want to reach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eOliver Leslie and Christopher Marianetti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e7 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003echaracters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAaron visits his little brother Frankie, who hands him a crayon map leading through talking flowers losing their petals, a giant fish named Wally, and a menacing figure called Dr. R, insisting that the final stop on the map is \"the last sign you need in order to wake up.\" As the brothers make their way through each stop, Aaron gets steadily more unsettled, and when the map finally leads him to a hospital room and a doctor explaining Frankie's illness, the fantastical journey reveals exactly what it was building toward. The world-building stays playful and specific right up until the final devastating turn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eInspired by a True Story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWilliam Ruff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA boy with a reading disability discovers the \"true story\" movie being made about him was never actually about him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eWilliam Ruff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic or Duo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e5 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003echaracters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJake is a student at a school for kids who learn differently. He's one of the school's most enthusiastic actors, so when a producer sits down with him and his mother and proposes a movie based on his life, he's certain it's his big break. Months of silence follow, then a mysterious older boy named Jauquin starts shadowing him at school, and Jake is told to simply let it happen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIt isn't until a reporter calls the house asking what he thought of Jauquin's acclaimed performance as a learning-disabled kid in a film called \u003cem\u003eAfternoon Lessons\u003c\/em\u003e that Jake realizes he was never cast in his own story. The script builds its outrage in short, plainspoken bursts and lands its final confrontation between Jake and his mother with real weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMagic Shoes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman describes taking her little sister to the circus on an ordinary summer day that ends in fire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e6 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003echaracters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKaren recalls the promise she made to take her younger sister Melissa, wearing her favorite \"magic shoes,\" to see the circus, and the story turns from an ordinary sibling outing into a minute-by-minute account of the tent catching fire above the crowd. As the band keeps playing through the chaos and the exits clog with panicking bodies, Karen fights to keep hold of her sister's hand, loses her, and is trampled and burned trying to find her again. The piece doesn't flinch from the physical details of the disaster, and ends with a final striking image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMoose Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJames Sweeney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA girl explains, over and over, exactly how her brother died — and nobody ever believes her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJames Sweeney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic or Duo Intepretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e5 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003echaracters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMindy has spent years watching casual conversations turn into ambushes the moment someone asks if she has siblings, because the true answer, that her brother was killed by a moose, reliably gets treated as a joke rather than a fact. The script cuts between those repeated stranger-encounters, her mother's guilt-soaked reflections, and her friends' offhand comments about her gullibility, building a portrait of a girl nicknamed \"Moose Girl\" who has learned to keep believing people even when they don't believe her. A genuinely original premise that creates unique tension for a dramatic interpretation piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Music Teacher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA private music teacher opens his door to a police officer investigating a string of missing children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic \/ Duo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e5 characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCharlie gives private lessons to neighborhood kids, and when a young student named Steven goes missing, a police officer friend comes by to ask a few routine questions and search the house, unaware of what's inside Charlie's late mother's old trunk. Interwoven flashbacks reveal a controlling, possessive mother who raised Charlie alone and now speaks to him from beyond the grave, demanding he bring her more children so she'll leave him in peace. The script escalates from an ordinary house call to its final scene with total control of pacing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMy Brother and I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLeanna Schwarchan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwin siblings, one healthy and one chronically ill, find out only one of them can survive a sudden medical crisis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLeanna Schwarchan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e5 characters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAnna and her twin brother Adam were born premature, and while Anna grew up healthy, Adam has lived with a weak heart and near-constant illness that consumes their mother's attention. Their easy sibling routine of playing cars is upended when Anna suddenly goes into kidney failure and the only viable donor is Adam, forcing their parents into a decision no family should have to make. The script moves between the twins' playful games and the doctor's clipped medical updates without ever losing its emotional footing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMy Name is Sandy Strouse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJames Sweeney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn elderly woman with short-term memory loss agrees to tell a journalist her life story — one she can no longer fully remember.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJames Sweeney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e8 characters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSandy Strouse, confused and forgetful, invites journalist Charlie Lancaster to record the story she once promised to tell him, and her own journal pulls the audience back through her past as an aspiring actress named Julia Roberts who took the stage name Sandy after being pushed out of an audition, then a role, then her mother's patience. The flashbacks track her mounting career failures, a controlling phone call from her mother, and the events leading to a hospital stay, before the present-day interview reveals just how much of \"Sandy Strouse\" she invented to survive what actually happened to her. The structure, alternating a failing memory with the past it's trying to protect her from, is precise and effective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003ePigskin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRichard Shelton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA quieter kid joins the football team hoping to bond with his dad, and instead becomes a teammate's favorite target.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRichard Shelton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 lead and 2 supporting characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMark's father lives for football, so Mark joins the team as a way to connect, only to find himself relentlessly hazed by J.T., a teammate who escalates from taunts to shoves to open threats both on the field and off. When Mark reports it, the coach brushes it off as normal locker-room toughness, and the pressure builds until Mark finally turns on J.T. and says exactly what he's been thinking every night — at which point J.T.'s own reasons for his cruelty come out. The script uses football as a running metaphor for masculinity and vulnerability in a believable and personal way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Queen of Hearts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Winston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA veteran poker dealer talks through the odds at her table while working out a much bigger bet of her own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Winston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e6 characters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCharley deals Texas Hold 'Em to a table of regulars and one poker novice, narrating each player's tells and mistakes with the confidence of someone who trusts logic over luck, while her own commentary keeps drifting to her boyfriend Roy's fourth marriage proposal and her inability to just say yes. As the hand at the table plays out against all the odds she's spent the whole piece explaining, Charley is forced to reckon with what her own rulebook has been protecting her from. The parallel between the card game and her relationship is drawn with a light, confident touch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eReflection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA friendless boy's daily confessions to his own reflection take a turn neither of them expected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e3 characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRandy, who has no real friends, talks through his day with his reflection in the bathroom mirror, narrating run-ins with a girl at his locker, a fight with his little sister, and repeated bullying from Rico, a classmate who's beaten him up before. As Rico's threats escalate across several bathroom visits, Randy's one-sided conversations with the mirror shift from lonely comedy into something much darker, and by the final scene the mirror has become the only witness to what he's done. The piece commits fully to its bathroom-mirror device and uses it to build real dread.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eRodger Dodger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLindsey Marquette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA girl who isn't allowed to have a dog finds a clever, patient way around that rule.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLindsey Marquette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e4 performers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eForbidden from owning a dog, Abby slowly wins over the neighbor's collie with food, attention, and a made-up name, Roger Dodger, until the dog is spending nearly all his time at her house instead of his own. Her father eventually arranges to make the adoption official, and Roger becomes a beloved family dog who tolerates Abby's toddler brother climbing all over him, until an accident years later ends his life. The story stays warm and funny for most of its length, which makes its final turn land with real force.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eStar Child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNatalie Pronk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn autistic girl keeps drawing the same picture of a star, and her teacher wants her to stop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNatalie Pronk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e4 characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAndie draws her \"star,\" the place she believes her late father is waiting for her, over and over, finding comfort in it even as her teacher Ms. Mitchell confiscates the drawings and eventually tells Andie flatly that her father is dead. Her mother steps in to defend Andie's way of processing grief against a school system that treats her imagination as a problem to be corrected, and Andie is pulled out of that school as a result. The piece renders Andie's voice and logic with consistency and care.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThings Forgotten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRachel Wiggington\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman convinced her husband is hurting their daughter undergoes hypnosis to prove it — and uncovers a very different truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRachel Wiggington\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e6 characters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRebecca is certain her husband John is abusing their daughter Kristen, and asks a psychologist to hypnotize her in hopes of confirming it, but each session pulls her further back into her own childhood and her long-unexplained hatred of her older brother Drew. As the hypnosis strips away her defenses, Rebecca recovers a repressed memory of the person who actually hurt her, and returns home having completely reevaluated who in her family she can trust. The script's scene-jumping structure keeps the reveal genuinely uncertain until the hypnosis sessions force it into the open.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThings to Do Before I Die\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man diagnosed with terminal cancer decides exactly how he wants to spend what's left of his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e4 characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eScott gets the kind of diagnosis that ends any pretense of taking things slow, and instead of the elaborate bucket list he'd always joked about, he settles on three real goals: ride a horse, paint a picture, and write his story, all while figuring out how to tell his twelve-year-old son Philip he's dying. The two of them land on a wordless thumbs-up as their private way of saying \"I love you,\" and Scott uses dark, crude humor throughout to keep himself from falling apart in front of his kid. The piece earns its laughs without ever losing sight of what's actually happening underneath them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eTotally Sheltered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBonnie Minkey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA girl gets pulled from her bubble bath to spend the night volunteering somewhere she never expected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBonnie Minkey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e4 characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDalia is mid-bath when her friend Stephanie shows up needing help at a women's shelter after a fire forces an emergency overnight relocation, and Dalia goes along mostly because refusing would make her look bad. Once there, in her nice sweater and expensive jeans, she keeps busy handing out blankets and water rather than looking too closely at the bruised, frightened women around her, until a quiet moment with one elderly resident cracks through her deflecting chatter. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWe Too\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJacob Shapiro and Madeline Aebersold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA young prosecutor insists on personally trying his twin sister's sexual assault case, whether or not that's actually what she needs from him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJacob Shapiro and Madeline Aebersold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDramatic or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e4 characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAaron is a new lead prosecutor who takes on his sister Gabby's case against the man who assaulted her, determined to protect her through cross-examination, courtroom delays, and a defense team working every angle against her credibility. As the trial drags on, Gabby starts pushing back on Aaron's instinct to manage her reactions and speak over her, insisting that being protected isn't what she actually needs from her brother. The script builds its courtroom tension steadily up to a final well-crafted climax between the two siblings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Copy Only","offer_id":48124637773987,"sku":"SGMC","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/Multi-CharacterDrama.png?v=1789392326","url":"https:\/\/speechgeekmarket.com\/products\/speechgeek-multi-character-drama-16-pieces","provider":"SpeechGeek Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}