SENIOR
PLAYS
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Plays for Secondary-Aged Performers -
Geared toward the Middle and Senior school year levels,
each play usually has 25 substantial parts (plus chorus) and
touches on some challenging dramatic areas
Usually
comic, the plays provide a great opportunity for large group performances
on contemporary and enjoyable themes
Click
on the play titles below to see a sample of each script
Shady
Creek - In the style
of 'Dimboola', 'Shady Creek' tells of Shazza & Dazza's big day which
turns out in a reception worthy of Kath & Kim
Reunions
- It’s a High School Reunion with all the
soap opera characters – Ridge, Thorn, River, Brooke, Stream…
But what secret is Mrs Mangle hiding?
Thirteen
Years - It's the Year 12 Formal
and everyone is there dealing with the petty biases of high school,
issues of identity and their fears for the future
Bite
Me - Dracula rises from his
coffin only to be met by a modern world – a world where zombies
drive combies and where pizzas come with free garlic bread
Disorient
Express - The world’s
most famous detectives – Who, Watt, Wear & Wendy – assemble
to uncover where Wally really is. Things get confused as the famous
train enters a tunnel and reality shifts slightly to the left
Mimesis
- Four teens from France, Italy, Japan and Australia
logon to a chat room and discover that not everyone is who they seem.
Exploring issues of history repeating, biomimicry and parent-child relationships,
this serious drama looks at identity and the expediency of fiction
No
Man’s Land - Set in
World War II, opposing soldiers find themselves in ‘No Man’s
Land’ – a place outside time, where differences blur between
friend and enemy. This is further complicated when they discover a young
girl who helps them see their way back to the unreality of reality
And
The Winner Is… - Three
opposing films are up for an award on Hollywood's night of nights. Who
will take ‘Oscar’ home? Or is there something else going
on behind the cameras?
PGR
- Everyone knows that an audition is nerve-wracking
enough, but it can get even worse when your parents are there
Things
- Movie themes make the mundane supermarket more
dramatic; fetching frozen 'Dr Zhivago' shrimp, peeling a 'Space Odyssey'
banana, the 'Chariots Of Fire' race to the checkout…
