You Have to Wear Green on Tuesdays…And Other Bits of Teenage Wisdom a Full Length Play
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YOU HAVE TO WEAR GREEN ON TUESDAYS…AND OTHER BITS OF TEENAGE WISDOM A FULL LENGTH PLAY By Deanna Ableser Copyright © MMIX by Deanna Ableser All Rights Reserved Heuer Publishing LLC in association with Brooklyn Publishers, LLC ISBN: 1-60003-492-6 Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that this work is subject to a royalty. Royalty must be paid every time a play is performed whether or not it is presented for profit and whether or not admission is charged. A play is performed any time it is acted before an audience. All rights to this work of any kind including but not limited to professional and amateur stage performing rights are controlled exclusively by Heuer Publishing LLC and Brooklyn Publishers, LLC. Inquiries concerning rights should be addressed to Heuer Publishing LLC. This work is fully protected by copyright. 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If so, then You Have to Wear Green on Tuesdays...and Other Teenage Bits of Wisdom is perfect for you! This montage of humorous scenes and monologues is ideal for production at your middle school or for a traveling production. It addresses relevant pre-teen and teen issues in a humorous, serious, and serio- comedic manner. Lauded by parents, students, school board members, and school administrations. Run time of 40 minutes, but scenes and/or monologues can be cut to accommodate current production needs. CAST OF CHARACTERS (6-32 WOMEN, 5-13 MEN, 0-14 EITHER.) COPY Bullied Kid 1 ................................... Male or Female. Smaller stature. Younger. Bullied Kid 2 ................................... Male or Female. Smaller stature. Younger. Bully 1 ............................................. Male. Bigger stature. Older. Bully 2 ............................................. Male. Bigger stature. Older. Salesperson 1 .................................. Female. Bigger stature. Older. Girl 1 ............................................... Female. Smaller stature. Younger. Salesperson 2 ..................................NOT Female. Bigger stature. Older. Girl 2 ............................................... Female. Smaller stature. Younger. Salesperson 3 .................................. Female. Bigger stature. Older. Girl 3 ............................................... Female. Smaller stature. Younger. Street Vendor 1 ............................... Male or Female. Bigger stature. Older. Street Vendor 2 ............................... Male or Female. Bigger stature. Older. Street Vendor 3 ............................... Male or Female. Bigger stature. Older. Shy Girl ........................................... Female. Bigger stature. Older. Shy Boy ...........................................DO Male. Bigger stature. Older. Cool Girl 1 ...................................... Female. Smaller stature. Very physically attractive. 2 BY DEANNA ABLESER Cool Girl 2 ...................................... Female. Smaller stature. Very physically attractive. Cool Girl 3 ...................................... Female. Smaller stature. Very physically attractive. Out Girl ........................................... Female. Bigger stature. 'Plain Jane'. Announcer ....................................... Male or Female. Bigger stature. Older. Contestant 1 .................................... Female. Very thin. Younger. Contestant 2 .................................... Female. Very thin. Younger. Teen Boy 2 ...................................... Male. Older. Teen Girl 2 ...................................... Female. Older. Public Service Spokesperson .......... Male or Female. Older or Younger. Cafe Owner ..................................... Male or Female. Older or Younger. Cyberbully 1 .................................... Male or Female. Smaller stature. Cyberbully 2 .................................... Male or Female. Smaller stature. Cyberbully 3 .................................... Male or Female. Smaller stature. Runaway's Sister ............................. Female. Older. Administrator .................................. Male. Older. Bigger stature. Beat Box Boy .................................. Male. Younger.COPY Smaller stature. Teenage Girl 1 ................................. Female. Older. Teenage Girl 2 ................................. Female. Older. Teenage Girl 3 ................................. Female. Older. Teenage Boy 1 ................................ Male. Older. Teenage Boy 2 ................................ Male. Older. Teenage Boy 3 ................................ Male. Older. Letter Girl 1 ..................................... Female. Older or Younger. Letter Boy 1 .................................... Male. Older or Younger. Letter Girl 2 ..................................... Female. Older or Younger. Letter Boy 2 ....................................NOT Male. Older or Younger. Letter Girl 3 ..................................... Female. Older or Younger. Letter Boy 3 .................................... Male. Older or Younger. Inventor 1 ........................................ Male or Female. Older or Younger. Inventor 2 ........................................ Male or Female. Older or Younger. Inventor 3 ........................................ Male or Female. Older or Younger. Green Girl 1 .................................... Female. Very physically attractive. Green Girl 2DO .................................... Female. Very physically attractive. Green Girl 3 .................................... Female. Very physically attractive. Girl Not Wearing Green .................. Female. Smaller stature. 'Plain Jane'. Honest Girl 1 ................................... Female. Older or Younger. 3 YOU HAVE TO WEAR GREEN ON TUESDAYS…AND OTHER BITS OF TEENAGE WISDOM Honest Girl 2 ................................... Female. Older or Younger. Honest Girl 3 ................................... Female. Older or Younger. Honest Girl 4 ................................... Female. Older or Younger. Honest Girl 5 ................................... Female. Older or Younger. Honest Girl 6 ................................... Female. Older or Younger. End Girl 1 ........................................ Female. Older or Younger. End Boy 1 ....................................... Male. Older or Younger. PROP LIST □ Folded up pieces of paper □ Sandwich □ Walkie-Talkie □ Microphone □ Flashlight □ Three keyboards □ Three pairs of black sunglasses COPY □ Three black zip up sweatshirts □ Three black gloves □ Three school yearbooks □ Small Paperback Book covered with ‘How to Control Middle School Students in Ten Easy Steps’ □ Big oversized book bag with holes cut out for eyes □ Bags of chips □ Small Paperback Book covered with ‘How to Speak to Girls in Girl Language’ □ Small Paperback BookNOT covered with ‘How to be a Sidekick’ □ Black fedora hat □ Deodorant spray (Small container) □ Lego pieces that join together to form a device with a button □ Three green scarves □ Green ribbon for hair DO 4 BY DEANNA ABLESER SET PIECES 3 solid black boxes with hand holds on all sides. Should be solid enough for one teenager to stand on and another to sit on. Needs to be able to be moved on and off stage quickly. If director wishes, these three solid boxes can be painted/designed according to any desired colored scheme. If there