CAST: Flexible cast of 14-19
SET: Single flat of doors and windows
TIME: About 60 minutes
Script:
$8.25 each Director’s book: $25.00 each
ROYALTY:
$55 First Performance
$55 Each Additional Performance
SET: Single flat of doors and windows
TIME: About 60 minutes
Script:
$8.25 each Director’s book: $25.00 each
ROYALTY:
$55 First Performance
$55 Each Additional Performance
This delightfully absurd play introduces us to some likable, goofy high school students who must live — briefly at least — without their omnipresent cell phones.
Nerd Stevie is frustrated that Stella, the girl of his dreams and the leader of the Cool Kids, won’t acknowledge him, so he devises a way to disable all the cell phones in town. With no phones, everyone must — gasp! — talk to one another.
Utilizing projections, sound effects, and video, a funny and randomly weird adventure ensues. The Cool Kids try to solve the cell phone mystery, while Stevie and the other Nerds cluelessly try to prevent them from learning the truth. Along the way they encounter wild animals at a suburban park, hostile squirrels, a trio of Fosse dancers, singing Puritans, touchy beat poets, and a chicken on the lam.
Nerd Stevie is frustrated that Stella, the girl of his dreams and the leader of the Cool Kids, won’t acknowledge him, so he devises a way to disable all the cell phones in town. With no phones, everyone must — gasp! — talk to one another.
Utilizing projections, sound effects, and video, a funny and randomly weird adventure ensues. The Cool Kids try to solve the cell phone mystery, while Stevie and the other Nerds cluelessly try to prevent them from learning the truth. Along the way they encounter wild animals at a suburban park, hostile squirrels, a trio of Fosse dancers, singing Puritans, touchy beat poets, and a chicken on the lam.
Additional products available:
Director’s book: $25.00 each
Director’s book: $25.00 each
The Great Cell Phone Catastrophe
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C KIDZ THEATRE SCHOOL
MONTGOMERY, TX
MONTGOMERY, TX
ST. LUCIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PORT ST LUCIE, FL
PORT ST LUCIE, FL
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
YORK, PE CANADA
YORK, PE CANADA
SHELBY CITY BRD OF EDUC
SHELBY, OH
SHELBY, OH
LIBERAL R-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT
LIBERAL, MO
LIBERAL, MO
SAMUEL W WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE, FL
JACKSONVILLE, FL
MASSAC COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
METROPOLIS, IL
METROPOLIS, IL
URBANA MIDDLE SCHOOL
IJAMSVILLE, MD
IJAMSVILLE, MD
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCH
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
THORSBY HIGH SCHOOL
THORSBY, AL
THORSBY, AL
BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
MACON, GA
MACON, GA
ST MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
NATCHITOCHES, LA
NATCHITOCHES, LA
MID-BUCHANAN R-V SD
FAUCETT, MO
FAUCETT, MO
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