"Let YouthPLAYS lead you on a quest for comedy with fifteen short plays all in one comic collection, ideal for short play festivals, classroom scene study and competition. From dirty toilet seat-induced “pregnancies” to the agonizing search for just the right outfit to turning nuclear weapons into dating accessories, teen performers will find a wide variety of comic subjects and styles to stretch their acting chops and tickle their funny ..."
"Get 15 challenging short plays from YouthPLAYS in a single collection! The works within are ideal for scene study, competition and production in festivals or for classroom projects. Young actors will find roles designed to make them stretch, as they navigate friendships, family and romance, and confront such real life issues as academic pressures, sexuality, and prejudice. Characters lose people they care about, come face to face wit ..."
""We asked ten talented playwrights to write a 10-minute play based on his or her unique take on bullying. The result is this collection. Designed to be flexible, the plays can be performed in any combination."
Young Playwrights 101 Revised Edition von JonathanDorf Paperback, 162 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2017 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-732-5, ISBN: 1-62088-732-0
"Do your students want to write plays that will actually get produced? Or are you a budding young playwright yourself? Then meet your new best friend: Young Playwrights 101, now in a newly revised edition, is designed to guide young writers through the playwriting process, from initial idea to submission and beyond. A complete course in a book, it's organized in easy-to-follow lessons and filled with practical exercises designed to hone ..."
"They may have appeared on your high school reading list, or maybe only in your nightmares, but now twelve YouthPLAYS authors are striking a match and burning down the classics...with their pens and computer keyboards. Whether it's the complete works of Jane Austen gone full-on Hollywood, Count Dracula as a cafeteria cook, or Huck Finn running away from his story only to have it catch up with him again--to name just a few--get ready to l ..."
"YouthPLAYS enlisted fourteen playwrights ranging from established names to exciting newcomers to offer their theatrical insights on this serious problem facing today’s teens. The result is Bullying, Ink., a flexible collection of ten-minute plays that may be produced in any order (and with any plays left out). We’ll navigate the dangerous waters of social media (Log Off), take a darkly comic look inside the heads of a trio of bullies (B ..."
4 A.M. von JonathanDorf, Alison Wood Paperback, 68 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2016 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-625-0, ISBN: 1-62088-625-1
"What's it like to be awake when the rest of your world is asleep? Meet early morning joggers, a lonely short-wave radio DJ, a modern Romeo and Juliet, the writer of a most unusual letter, and numerous other teen characters. Through a series of songs, scenes and monologues, they'll survive lonely nights and sleepovers, discover whether the Monster Under the Bed is real and maybe even find an answer to that all-important question: "Is any ..."
Pepperoni Apocalypse von JonathanDorf Paperback, 28 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2015 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-402-7, ISBN: 1-62088-402-X
"Four members of an apocalyptic cult, having sold off most of their earthly goods and sent their families to Cleveland, are holed up in their compound to await the end of the world. At the precise moment doom is expected to arrive, there's a knock at the door: a pizza delivery guy with a large pepperoni pizza. Is the apocalypse in the box? As the cultists start to argue over its contents, could it be that the apocalypse has arrived right ..."
Play's End von JonathanDorf Paperback, Veröffentlicht 2015 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-480-5, ISBN: 1-62088-480-1
Rumors of Polar Bears von JonathanDorf Paperback, 114 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2014 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-267-2, ISBN: 1-62088-267-1
"A ragtag band of teens struggles for survival in the face of a climate induced catastrophe. Despite having to scavenge for food and water, they find fun where they can, frolicking in the "party pool" and forgetting themselves just long enough to be teenagers. But when they are forced to flee their makeshift home, they'll encounter everything from unfinished coloring books and failing paradises to a frozen-in-time former pre-kindergarten ..."
"Middle school is a time of change, filled with new people, new places and new experiences. The characters of Middle Schoolin’ It navigate friendships, battle bullies, search for that first kiss, brave braces, figure out how to survive ten minutes in a closet and much more, mixing comedy with more than their share of drama. Students and teachers alike will delight in this challenging and entertaining collection of plays, ideal for class, ..."
"Four of the Bard’s characters wait for an overdue flight to London. When Romeo reveals that he plans to revenge himself upon Shakespeare, who he blames for ruining his life, by killing him in a duel, it's up to the others—Titania, Viola and Antipholus—to save their creator by convincing Romeo that Shakespeare “does indeed love love.” But as they recall scenes from their own plays as evidence, will it be all's well that ends well, or is ..."
Neverland von JonathanDorf Paperback, 102 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2013 von Original Works Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-934962-19-0, ISBN: 1-934962-19-8
Dear Chuck (one-act) von JonathanDorf Paperback, 48 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2013 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-199-6, ISBN: 1-62088-199-3
"Teenagers are typically caught in the middle—they're not quite adults, but they're definitely no longer children. Through a series of scenes and monologues, we meet an eclectic group of teen characters who are trying to communicate with that wannabe special someone, coping with the loss of a classmate, battling controlling parents, swimming for that island of calm in the stormy sea of technology—and many others. What they all have in co ..."
The Locker Next 2 Mine von JonathanDorf Paperback, 92 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2013 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-210-8, ISBN: 1-62088-210-8
"It's tough being a mid-year arrival in your junior year of high school. To make matters worse for Alisa, her locker is next to this sprawling shrine for a female lacrosse player who died in an auto accident. While the popular "M Squad" leads a school that is in a state of non-stop remembrance for Beth, Alisa is just trying to eke out enough space to get to her books. But her efforts to find breathing room lead her to discover that th ..."