high school play ideas
high school play ideas
Le Prince Rebel
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#0high school play ideas
Posted: 8/23/06 at 7:52pm
Help!
I'm looking for a play to direct that would be suitable for high school students -- something that hasn't been done to death, i.e., Our Town, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Laramie Project, etc . . .
I'm looking for something that has 15-20 roles with an even split in gender.
What have you done that has been fun and successful?
#1re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/23/06 at 8:30pmThe Crucible? I don't know if that's been done to death though.
#2re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/23/06 at 11:50pm
The Curious Savage is really fun for highschool kids
#3re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/24/06 at 1:12am
once in a lifetime by Kaufman and HArt.
Very funny, and a big cast
Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
~Cymbeline
#4re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/24/06 at 3:15am
What I didn't learn in Kindergarten...SO funny.
OR
Anatomy of Gray 
#5re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:33pmYou Can't Take It With You is pretty funny. Or there is actually a play called Done To Death. It's a mystery. My school did it this year and it was great.
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#6re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/25/06 at 5:41pm
The Crucible was the 2nd most produced play last year.
I love Once in a Lifetime! I vote for that.
Be the change you want in the world....
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#7re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/25/06 at 6:38pmAnother vote for The Curious Savage. It's a lot of fun! I played the doll who came to life at the end. :P But the play is such a delight.
What the puck?!
#8re: high school play ideas
Posted: 8/26/06 at 7:22pmNOT THE CRUCIBLE, yes it has an evenly split cast and whatnot but the only people in the audience will be English teachers and family members who are obligated to be there. My senior year my school did an evening of student directed one acts and it was amazing, just pick a theme and one acts that tie into it, it's a great forum for talking about controversial issues, we had rape, communism, the antichrist, and one entirely about racism called, "A Play about Colors" that was sooooooo amazing.
I am the same person as the original goodygalinda, I didn't just bite her name, my email address changed,sucky
