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Power Play

Power Play

by Lindsay Price

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.

Drama Experimental Form Issue-Based

Average Producer Rating:

About 55 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
5 Characters
2 M | 3 F
Simple Set
38 pages

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Praise for Power Play

Tammy Manning
Kee High School
The play has such a powerful message and allows the actors to develop such enriching characters.

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