Home of the Brave
by Lee Cataluna
An excellent character-driven piece for middle school students. Inspired by hundreds of interviews with those associated by all branches of the service.
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
8
4 M | 4 W
Simple set
The military has its own language, with many short ways of saying long things. PCS means Permanent Change of Station, or “to move.”
The young teens in Home of the Brave PCS a lot. How do the children of military families deal with the constant moving, worrying about deployed parents, best friends who PCS overseas, and never knowing how long they’ll be in a particular school? Sometimes, you have to make a home wherever you end up.
An excellent character-driven piece for middle school students.
Inspired by interviews with hundreds of military dependents and their families, teachers, principals, counselors as well as active duty and veterans from all branches of the service.
Characters
8
4 Men, 4 Women
Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.
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JOHNELLE
[W]
80 lines
- Eighth grader, Army family, sensitive, tired of moving.
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BRADY
[M]
54 lines
- Seventh grader, Navy family, bossy, confident.
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JADA
[W]
100 lines
- Fifth grader, Army family, sunny, spunky, optimistic.
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TY
[M]
53 lines
- Eighth grader, civilian family but parent works on base .
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MARCUS
[M]
125 lines
- Sixth grader, Navy family, a rascal.
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MOM
[W]
2 lines
- Marcus & Brady’s Mom.
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DAD
[M]
14 lines
- Marcus & Brady’s Dad. Currently deployed.
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THE PRINCIPAL
[W]
2 lines
- The Principal of the School.
- Subgenres
- Character study Choral work Historic
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Simple costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Character study Choral work Duets Variable Cast Size
- Set
- Simple set
- Themes
- Adolescence Childhood Family Friendship Happiness Parenting/Family Relationships War
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- History Social studies
- Other uses
- Class work Monologues Scene work
Multimedia
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Home of the Brave
by Lee Cataluna
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
8
4 M | 4 W
Simple set