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Flip Turn

Short Play, Comedy  /  4w, 6m

A fantastic blending of the under- and above-water worlds at a public pool, when an ordinary day calls for extraordinary feats of daring and trust.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 6m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
A fantastic blending of the under- and above-water worlds at a public pool, when an ordinary day calls for extraordinary feats of daring and trust. Part of Keen Teens: Volume 1.
History
Presented as part of Keen Teens 2013
Cast Attributes
Keywords
OLIVIA - 17
DYLAN - 16
SHELL - 28
RILEY - 36 
MORRIS - 48
ANDERSON - 31
ARTIS - 32
PROFESSOR GLOECKNER - 45
LOU - 56
MERLE - 80

Swimsuits aren't necessary.  Neither are fake swimming moves--ideally, the language should do the swimming.  Movable lane dividers or backstroke flags might help.  All prop/set/costume solutions, whatever they are, should be broadly indicative, theatrical, cheap, and low-tech.   

  • Setting Underwater and on deck at the Highland City Pool.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

Part of the collection: Keen Teen Volume 1

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Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $75 per performance

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Authors

Madeleine George

Madeleine George’s plays include Hurricane Diane (Obie Award), The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist; Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Susan Smith Blackburn finalist), Precious Little and Th ...
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