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17/18
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By Joe Calarco
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H | Roles: 5W, 4M, 1 Nonbinary | 17/18 follows two friend groups preparing for the same surprise birthday party. While evaluating their night and their relationships, the friends confi de their anxieties about growing up, their identities, and the future. 17 and 18 can be performed separately as individual one-acts.
Just Great: a retelling of some book by F. Scott Fitzgerald
By Dani Stoller
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H | Roles: 9W, 4M, 1 Any | Newly enrolled at the elite Dalton Prep, high schooler Jason Carraway moves from seeing the lives of the elite via social media to seeing it all in person. This is his chance to rise to the top and have everything he’s ever wanted. Or, at least, he hopes.
On the Wings of a Mariposa
By Alvaro Saar Rios, Based on Ghost Wings by Barbara Joosse Music and Lyrics by Dinorah Márquez
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HM | Roles: 8W, 1M | FLEX | After her abuelita dies, ten-year-old Pilar uses an old shawl that smells like her grandmother to help her remember their adventures together. But as the shawl’s scent fades, so too do Pilar’s memories. Once it’s gone, will she lose her grandmother forever?
The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition)
By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
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H | Roles: 2W, 2M, 4 Any | FLEX | Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. The accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their fi nal curtain call with hilarious consequences!