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Title: .COM in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: McKenzie, Cora Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011 Description: roy comedy - teenagers - identity - Canadian two characters one male; one female one act " '.COM' downloads the audience into a chat room where two unlikely visitors tell lies to create false personas." (winnipegfreepress.com) First place winner of the 2003 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest. Title: #YOLO in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Bulgo, Matthew Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017 Description: roy young adult - British - growing up - health issues eleven characters four male; six female; one flexible ten scenes ages 14+. ‘How am I supposed to deal with... that... with the idea of... when I haven't dealt with life yet?!’ It's A-level results day and Jack has it all laid out in front of him. After a summer of love and laughter with his mates, he's off to university. He can't wait for 'Freshers’ Week' and all the adventures that will follow. Life is just beginning and it couldn't be better. But when Jack gets blind-sided by a Title: 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: McWethy, Ian Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2009 Description: roy comedy - high school sixteen characters six male; seven female; three male or female (flexible casting) one act When two college recruiters at a prestigious university need to fill one last spot to keep their jobs, thirteen eccentric, dim-witted and slightly-insane high school seniors are eager to come in for an interview. What seems like a simple task turns into a nightmare when the applicants turn out to be a reality TV star, a practicing vampire, an amateur magician, and others that are much, much worse. Each applicant's interview hilariously illustrates what NOT to do at a college interview. Title: 15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Haehnel, Alan Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2005 Description: roy comedy - high school - acting large cast flexible casting one act This is a play about not being in a play, ironically expressed through a hilarious series of monologues, duets, and ensemble scenes. From early traumas involving a glory-seeking elementary school teacher to possible disturbances in the global climate, "15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play" keeps the audience guessing just what scenario will be next. Title: 2B WUT UR in - Other Schools of Thought / YCL Author: Panych, Morris Publisher: Talonbooks 1994 Description: roy drama - youth - teenagers - high school - social issues six characters three male; three female one act 'Comic drama about adolescence set in teenage boy's imagination.' Title: Abraham and Isaac in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971 Description: roy children all boy cast; four characters four boys; one act 1 exterior set. Based on an old Miracle Play. Title: Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe, The in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Trieschmann, Werner Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011 Description: roy comedy - high school twelve characters two male; seven female; three male or female (doubling possible) one act When a crowded elevator becomes stuck, one of the passengers, a playwriting instructor, thinks that everybody is in fact trapped in a cliched play by an inexperienced playwright. After all, the elevator does contain a quick-tempered Biker, a spaced-out New Age Woman, and an agitated Pregnant Woman. But when the Instructor goes searching for the playwright, the elevator expands to include even more stereotypes including over-eager cheerleaders, a Goth Kid who writes bad poetry and, of course, a clown. Will the Instructor find the playwright before the cliches become Title: Accordion Shop, The in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Jumbo, Cush Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015 Description: roy drama - young adult seven characters flexible casting one act age suitability: 15+ Mister Ellody has quietly kept his accordion shop going on his local high street for generations. One day, he steps out of his door and witnesses an extraordinary incident: hundreds of young people are surging on to the street, and they've all received the same text message on their phones which simply says: 'RIOT - THE ROAD - 7 PM TONIGHT'. Title: Actor, The in - Dramatics (Mar 2003) / PER Author: Foote, Horton Publisher: Miscellaneous 2003 Description: roy high school eleven characters five male; six female one act Southeast Texas, early spring, 1932 at Harrison high school. Title: Actor, The in - International Connections / YCL Author: Foote, Horton Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002 Description: roy drama - acting - high school eleven characters six male; five female one act Play is set against the Texan depression and tells the story of Horace Junior's passion of becoming an actor. Title: Adventures of Chastity Pewke, The in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972 Description: roy children - comedy - farce five characters four boys; one girl one act "Joe Martin, the conjuror, is down on his luck. The Devil drops in on him with the offer of some supernatural magic on the usual terms." Title: After Juliet in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Macdonald, Sharman Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999 Description: roy drama - teenagers - Shakespeare - high school sixteen characters seven male; eight female; one musician one act A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo's friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin; but Rosaline is bent on revenge. Title: Ailie and the Alien in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Pearson, Morna Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013 Description: roy drama - young adult fourteen characters; extras flexible casting one act (twenty-two scenes) Allie is a human and things have been going wrong for her for a while now. Finn is an alien who has crash landed on earth. When Finn takes a shine to Allie things suddenly start going right in her life. But when Finn is summoned to return home everything begins to unravel. Title: Alas, Poor Yorick in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Hurd, Ray E. Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957 Description: roy young adult all male cast; eight characters eight male one act setting: vacant stage of the auditorium in the Parish House, about 1:30 o'clock one Saturday afternoon in November. No further description available. Title: Alice in - Six Plays for Girls / YCL Author: Carroll, Lewis Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1957 Description: roy children all girl play; six characters six girls one act An adaptation of the Alice in Wonderland story. Title: Alice by Heart in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Sater, Steven Sheik, Duncan Publisher: Methune Drama 2012 Description: roy musical - high school - fantasy eighteen characters (or more) flexible casting (doubling possible) one act music by Duncan Sheik. In the throes of adolescence, determined Alice Parsley convinces her seriously ill friend Alfred to follow her one last time down the hole and play White Rabbit to her petticoated heroine. Mad as it all is, there's so much she still wants from him. And yet, how late it's getting! A rock musical about growing up and letting go of the past. Title: Aliens vs. Cheerleaders in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Nguyen, Qui Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011 Description: roy action comedy fourteen characters four male; six female; four male or female (flexible casting) one act specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors. After aliens abduct and scan two unsuspecting teenagers' brains to find their leader, they are led to Principal Forsman of Saint Valley High School. Little do the power-hungry aliens suspect that the school's cheerleading squad is full of brains, brawn, and butt-kicking skills. But when the cheerleaders are overpowered, it's up to hipster outsider Molly and her nerdy sidekick Lewis to Title: Analeise in - New Plays / YCL Author: Alvarez, Lynne Publisher: Miscellaneous Description: roy young Adult - drama sixteen characters eight boys, eight girls one act "Two teens living in 19th century Denmark are separated when the boy, Christian, mysteriously departs with Nina, an exotic older woman. The girl, Analeise, fearing Christian may be in danger, begins to search for hin in a small boat, her only travelling companion being a small insightful Toucan. Alvarez reveals a world that is boldly theatrical and classically intelligent." Title: And by the Way, Miss... in - ignite: Illuminating theatre for young people / CHC Author: Urge with the Ensemble Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2016 Description: roy young adult - girls - dramatic comedy - music all female cast; five characters five female (young women) one act (prologue, fifteen scenes) Playwrights include: Lauren Brotman, Andrea Donaldson, Amber Godfrey, Christina Sicoli, Diana Tso An interdisciplinary piece for grade 7 & 8 girls (aged eleven to fourteen) about their lives. Devised theatre created by women developed through workshops with girls, and made exclusively for girl audiences. Title: Angels in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: McLynn, Pauline Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014 Description: roy young adult - British - drama eleven characters six male; five female one act (five scenes) suitable for all ages. "A group of young strangers gather in an old graveyard for a community project, watched over by three angels. Over the course of a day and night they talk, sing and bicker as they learn more about themselves and the lives they are living." - National Theatre Title: Anon(ymous) in - American Theatre Vol. 24; No. 2 Author: Iizuka, Naomi Publisher: Miscellaneous Description: roy drama-youth eleven characters five male; six female (doubling) one act (25 scenes) suitable for high school.