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Smarty Pants

Smarty Pants

by Bradley Hayward

Dallas is a real smarty pants; he can read Hamlet in half an hour! He can't wait to show off in his new Advanced Placement class. But there's more Play-doh than Plato and more colouring than Van Gogh. What kind of advanced class is this? Will Dallas figure out Kindergarten High or will he flunk? Who's the real smarty pants?

A fantastic competition piece that encourages students to develop strong characterizations.

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Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
8 Characters
8 Any Gender
Simple Set
32 pages
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Praise for Smarty Pants

Kathleen Horrigan
Lawrence Central High School
Wonderful characters. Students loved putting it together. Great morals for the cast and the audience.
Marilee Andres
Lake City Secondary
The message of the play is relatable and timely in our stressed-out society.
KATHLEEN HORRIGAN
LAWRENCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
The characters are charming and fun for your actors to play. It shows depth when they have to transform back to regular high school seniors.

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