Young Dumb Broke High School KidsbyNicholas Pilapil
Everything sucks for high school kids Bliss, Olivia, and Miles. Bliss is a dreamer but she's knocked up and knocked down, Olivia is a lover with no one to love her back, and Miles is an orphan who would kill to have a family. And together they sling back slushies, barf down chili cheese fries, and try to sort out their lives in the most dangerous ways. They're unloved and fucked up...and it's whatever.
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Young Dumb Broke High School Kids
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Shaun Leisher:
8 Dec. 2022
“
A really great 3-hander about dreaming one's way out of their current situations. ”
Nick Malakhow:
17 Jul. 2020
“
Spectacular piece that made me nostalgic for the 90's and really captured a theatricalized "Gregg Araki vibe" brilliantly. The dialogue is just so well-crafted and so fun and, even in its cleverness, it does an excellent job of revealing character and propelling the plot forward. The whole atmosphere of Bliss, Miles, and Olivia's town--their peers, other adults, the surrounding environs--was crystal clear even though we only get to know these three humans. The punctuating monologues are honest, confessional, and illuminating. The piece feels so clearly theatrical, even while conjuring a specific cinematic moment in time. Fun, unsettling, insightful! ”
Character Information
Bliss
16,
Asian American
,
Female
A spitfire of a girl who makes herself the center of
attention. She's a dreamer crushed by the realities of her dull and regular life.
Can be played by:
Age:
Teens, 20s, 30s
Race/Ethnicity:
Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, South Asian or South Asian American
Gender:
Female
Miles
16,
Male
Bliss' boyfriend. He's sweet, sensitive, and comes
off as an all-around nice guy. He loves really hard and will do
anything for the people he loves most. It may seem like it, but
he's not that dumb, he kinda just doesn't get it.
Can be played by:
Age:
Teens, 20s, 30s
Race/Ethnicity:
Any race/ethnicity
Gender:
Male
Olivia
16
Bliss' best friend. She's probably kinda really pretty. Fun, confident, loyal, and somewhat beyond her years.