What would a group of girls do if they were abandoned alone and away from adults and civilization? Baalzebub is a response to the classic novel, Lord of the Flies, in which a group of post –World War II schoolboys are stranded on a desert island. In Baalzebub, a group of girls are stranded together on another kind of deserted island, left behind at a refugee camp in an unnamed war zone, including some who have been raised and living as boys. As time passes without rescue, the girls face the adult challenges of creating and maintaining a working society. How are the ways they cope and behave the same as the boys in Lord of the Flies? How are they different? Baalzebub both mirrors the plot of Lord of the Flies, and follows its own story, reflecting a different, modern group of female characters struggling under their own unique circumstances to cooperate, understand their differences, define themselves, and survive.

Ideal for university, high school and youth productions. A competition-length one-act version of this script is also available: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/208013/baalzebub-competition-one-act.