Quality forensics performance material is often difficult to find. SpeechGeek provides high school coaches and competitors with scripts that are not only challenging, but also of strong literary merit. Each issue of SpeechGeek contains five scripts in a variety of events: prose interpretation, poetry interpretation, humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and duo interpretation. SpeechGeek’s interp scripts are written by winning authors who know what it takes to make final rounds at all levels of competition.
Trevor and Travis By Odell Workman
Prose Interpretation
Though Travis and Trevor are twins, the only thing they ever really shared was a birthday. When the death of their grandmother brings them together once more, Trevor examines the life he left behind and the family to which he still belongs.
Hiding Behind the Humor By Courtney Wright, Christopher Ellis, and Jonnie Ray Delta
Poetry Interpretation – Program Builder
The life of a comedian is never easy. The funny man. The jokester. The sad clown. Though the people blessed with the gift of humor make the world laugh, they are often the ones who feel the deepest sadness. Wright, Ellis, and Delta explore the world of the comedians who wonder if they have experienced their last laugh.
God Walks the Dark Hills By Trevor Anders
Dramatic or Duo Interpretation
This religious selection explores the relationship of two young ministers who rely on God and each other in equal parts. When one of them discovers that God has limited his time on Earth, the resulting drama leads to a loss of faith and the loss of a friend. A gripping drama of faith and the familiar that is suitable for competition and part of worship services.
The Top of Number Ten By Wilman Suiter
Duo Interpretation
Jake always wanted the approval of his sister, though he never got it. Looking back now on their childhood, he confronts Sam about her absence and learns—to his surprise—that she was there all along.
Shotgun Blast to the Third Eye By Rubin Berstein
Duo Interpretation
In an homage to the comic of the same name, Berstein presents a tale of siblings who hide behind the death of their father through drugs, denial, and dark humor. A challenging performance awaits a mature performer in this exciting selection.
Preview Season Three: Winter 2006