Production Tips for Power Play
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
A gunshot is heard. Which of the five characters did it and why?
Was it the Goth girl? The football star? The super-intelligent geek?
High school violence is a hot media topic, but it is too often simplistically portrayed by putting teens into tidy categories and pointing at the outsider.
Power Play explores the realities and the stereotypes of high school violence - not just the brutal shock of the school shooting, but also verbal harassment and bullying. Violence is about power. So is high school.
NOTE: This play requires the onstage appearance of a gun.
Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5
Also available in a competition-length version here.
Tips from past Producers
Keep in mind the tone shifts, It's easy to mess up the tonal switches so make sure your actors understand the deeper meaning behind their lines and actions.