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A Well Taught Lesson

Short Play, Comedy  /  5w

Ann Karine (AKA Annie G.)

Published with It's Only a Test

A Well Taught Lesson

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
With a respectful nod to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Bernice Bobs Her Hair, this lesson in standing up for yourself and not letting others take advantage of you is ideal for high schools. Becky arrives from Indonesia to spend her junior year with her popular cousin Owen, who will get the BMW of her dreams only if she makes sure Becky feel included. Gwen reluctantly educates Becky about current popularity prerequisites and she succeeds all too well.
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Performing Groups

BECKY GORDON - 16 years old, with long hair
GWEN HARVEY - Becky's cousin
ROBERTA DILLION - Gwen's friend
WENDY CARLTON - Gwen's friend
JODY WELLER - Gwen's friend

Actors playing multiple parts is highly encouraged.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Simple unit set.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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: $65 per performance
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Authors

Ann Karine (AKA Annie G.)

Ann Karine (AKA Annie G.)
Ann Karine is a NYC playwright. Her play Hermaphroditie was chosen to be in the Best American Short Plays Of 2002-2003. Deadline, a new play, is a hilarious farce and send up of Wall Street. Incommunicado, Inc. or Edge Stew was performed at the Cardboard Box Collaborative in ...
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