On the Edge: Challenging Short Plays for Teen Actors

Get 15 challenging short plays from YouthPLAYS in a single collection! The works within are ideal for scene study, competition and production in festivals or for classroom projects. Young actors will find roles designed to make them stretch, as they navigate friendships, family and romance, and confront such real life issues as academic pressures, sexuality, and prejudice. Characters lose people they care about, come face to face with things that shock them, and yet still summon the courage to overcome their challenges and continue the march forward into adulthood. Anthology of 15 short plays running 7-20 minutes each. 2-12 males, 2-18 females (4-30 performers possible). Suitable for high school and older. Plays include Mother's Day by Kate McGrath; The Cooking Gene by Jonathan Dorf; Boys Gone Mild by Steven Korbar; The Trestle by Patricia Lamkin; Options by Carol S. Lashof; Sunset Johnson by Ed Shockley; Detention by Trevor Suthers; Girl Friend by Steve Lambert; Friends by Karin Diann Williams; The Cheshire Smile by Sara Glancy; Small Talk by Linda Kampley; Stars (2f version) by Evan Guilford-Blake; Pretty by Dan Berkowitz; Last Right Before the Void by Jonathan Dorf and An Actual Baby Person by Barbara Lindsay. Published and performances licensed by YouthPLAYS (www.youthplays.com), publisher of plays for young actors and audiences.