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The Virtual Support Group from Hell

by Jeffrey Harr

Wendy joins an online teen support group. However, she quickly discovers that the others are anything but typical.

Who is Vladimir and why does he speak with a Transylvanian accent? Why does Lucy only speak one word (braiiinnnnssss)? And why does Janet think she's Batman?

Comedy Black Comedy

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

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Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 15 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
8 Characters
3 M 5 F
Productions
Produced by 30+ schools
Licensed by schools and youth theatres around the world
Set
Virtual Performance
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8 Characters

  • 3 Males
  • 5 Females

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.

  • WENDY Female 39 lines
    Teen girl, new to the group and nervous about it
  • DR. TAMMY Female 47 lines
    Counselor, kooky as it gets and absurdly enthusiastic, but utterly sincere
  • FRANK Male 15 lines
    Teen boy, in plain T-shirt and blazer, a few long scars on his face with stitches
  • HECUBA Female 13 lines
    Teen girl in all black, goth
  • WOLFGANG Male 11 lines
    Teen boy with long hair and an absurdly crazy beard
  • JANET Female 8 lines
    Teen girl in completely normal clothes and a Batman mask
  • VLADIMIR Male 30 lines
    Teen boy, very well-dressed in clothes from another era, speaks with a thick Transylvanian accent
  • LUCY Female 2 lines
    Teen girl, pale, in ripped jeans and T-shirt, spattered with blood

Praise for The Virtual Support Group from Hell

5 out of 5 stars
Kathryn Berlin
Dalby Players Little Theatre
From the very first read through of this play the kids loved it. We could be heard laughing at the lines right up until the last rehearsal.
5 out of 5 stars
Shonna Burkard
Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary School
It was also a lot of fun for the kids and a perfect script for a first time student director. The characters were quirky and the script was well written with the Covid component intertwined. It provided opportunities to have fun with specialty stage make-up and to be creative with costumes that can only be seen from the shoulders up. There are also opportunities to build set backdrops for each of the characters in the Google Meet call. This was a fun and unique theatre experience.
5 out of 5 stars
Harold Easton
Friends of the Arts
Student Directed and performed...definitely could handle it...great experience

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