Home of the Brave by Lee Cataluna - Theatrefolk

Home of the Brave

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

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

Drama

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.

Free Classroom Study Guide

8 Characters
4 M, 4 W

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.

JOHNELLE [W] 80 lines
Eighth grader, Army family, sensitive, tired of moving.
BRADY [M] 54 lines
Seventh grader, Navy family, bossy, confident.
JADA [W] 100 lines
Fifth grader, Army family, sunny, spunky, optimistic.
TY [M] 53 lines
Eighth grader, civilian family but parent works on base .
MARCUS [M] 125 lines
Sixth grader, Navy family, a rascal.
MOM [W] 2 lines
Marcus & Brady’s Mom.
DAD [M] 14 lines
Marcus & Brady’s Dad. Currently deployed.
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 SEL

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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