Today's teens grow up under pressure. While often it comes from peers, it comes just as frequently from the parents and other adult figures in their lives. The teen characters in Great Expectations navigate these pressures as they sneak in and sleep out, and as they overcome divorce, siblings with long shadows, and loss—but also discover joy in the magic of fairies, dancing and their imaginations. 65-75 minutes (flexible). 4-18 females, 4-9 males (8-27 performers possible). Ideal for high schools, youth theatres, universities and community theatres. Published and performances licensed by YouthPLAYS (www.youthplays.com), publisher of plays for young actors and audiences.

Great Expectations: Eight Short Plays About Teens Under Pressure

Literature & Fiction

G'Fellers-Mason, Anne

Coleman, Will

Adkins, Nicole B.

King,Laura

Martin, Wendy-Marie

Young-Howze, Ricky

Opie, Marshall N.

Weiss, Jeri

Dramas & Plays

YouthPLAYS

Join ten playwrights for a journey through the sublime and the ridiculous as they explore the cultural phenomenon known as "promposing." In a collection of ten-minute plays that may be produced in any combination or order, they’ll run the gamut from romance to rejection, allergies to magic tricks and everything in between, as teens ask that all-important question and await the answer… Ideal for middle schools, high schools, youth theatres, universities and community theatres. Published and performances licensed by YouthPLAYS (www.youthplays.com), publishers of plays for young actors and audiences.

Please Say Yes: Short Plays About Promposing

Gossett, Neeley

Gogerty, Megan

Hahn, Adam

Macher, Samantha

11 f, 7 m (4 - 18 actors possible) Welcome to Plains Hollow, Missouri. This Halloween everyone is getting a second chance. The residents of Plains Hollow, Missouri love to celebrate Halloween, but this year some folks are having a hard time with life. A clown loses a childhood friend, the local cat lady doesn't like the new vet, the high school janitor gets her house covered in toilet paper again, and the pet psychic got demoted to being a zombie at the town's Haunted Hollow Festival. And that's just to name a few! A Mourning Hollow is a collection of nine vignettes exploring the process of grief in a small town. A great play to be produced everywhere!

A Mourning Hollow

Ehmke, Liesl

Eidson, Eric

Ferguson, Kevin D.

Gruenloh, Taylor

McCommis, Caitlin

Strawbridge, Shane

BookPatch LLC, The

When I was eighteen years old, I knew everything there was to know about anything ever in the history of the entire world. I thought I was a genuine, Stephen Hawking-level genius. My entire life stretched ahead of me, and everything I'd ever wanted was going to be handed to me on a silver platter carried by admiring angels who'd ask, in dulcet tones, "Brendon, how'd you get to be so cool?" I also thought I was immortal. Thank God for summer break, for those ten weeks between high school and college when life took me roughly by the collar, shook me hard, and said with a deep, guttural laugh, "Buckle up, kid, 'cause I'm drivin', and you don't know squat."

The Summer Between

Teen & Young Adult

Mountain Gap Books

Thirteen plus one short tales by nine different Appalachian authors, an uprooting of tradition with another just for fun. A strong mix of history, speculation, and, perhaps, a wee bit of fear. These hills are listenin', child, so come sit a spell. You'll hear tales you ain't before; dark yahoos, wishes gone wrong, veil walkers, and someone's head might well roll. Ain't nothin' really, just a few new stories you can take back to the holler and share with you and yours. Maybe they'll shiver. Maybe you will too. And maybe, just maybe, you'll hug someone tight when things get scary enough.
This is an anthology of nontraditional Appalachian ghost tales. It's not that we don't like the classics. Rather, we're ready for something new. By order of appearance: Part One: Short doesn't mean necessarily sweet. "Messages" by Deborah Marshall "Miss Vera" by Brenda M. G'Fellers "Can Johnny Come Home with Us?" by Rebecca Lynn "Strays" by Brenda M. G'Fellers "A Visit from a Peculiar Entity" by Jeanne G'Fellers Part Two: Here's to sad songs, rabid beasts, and things best left unseen. "Singin' Sally" by Sarah Elizabeth "Survival" by Brenda M. G'Fellers "Born with a Veil" by Jules Corriere "The Neighbors are Fantastic" by Jeanne G'Fellers "Pieces and Parts" by Anne G'Fellers-Mason "As Light Fades" by Kristin Pearson Part Three: Pull up a chair... if you ain't too scared. "Great Uncle's Rocking Chair" by Jeanne G'Fellers "Causing a Scene" by Anne G'Fellers-Mason "The Salt Creek Valley Monkey Dog" by Edward Karshner

Haints and Hollers: New Ghost Tales from Appalachia

G'Fellers, Jeanne

Karshner, Edward

Genre Fiction

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