The Juniors

by Noah Diaz

A class of high school juniors are tasked with a simple Home Ec assignment: parent a sack of flour for a week or fail. When the flour babies begin dying one by one, the students stop at nothing to ensure that they, and the pretend children they bore, are the last ones standing. A play with war, carnage, and genocide, THE JUNIORS is a pitch black comedy about the ambitious and cut-throat world of high school Home...

A class of high school juniors are tasked with a simple Home Ec assignment: parent a sack of flour for a week or fail. When the flour babies begin dying one by one, the students stop at nothing to ensure that they, and the pretend children they bore, are the last ones standing. A play with war, carnage, and genocide, THE JUNIORS is a pitch black comedy about the ambitious and cut-throat world of high school Home Economics and the lengths we'll go to in order to protect what we think is ours.

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  • Cheryl Bear: The Juniors

    An incredible play you won't put down that really takes a good look at our relationship to parenting and trauma in a bold and comical way. Well done.

    An incredible play you won't put down that really takes a good look at our relationship to parenting and trauma in a bold and comical way. Well done.

  • ViVi Aiello: The Juniors

    The second I opened this play, I couldn't stop reading. A captivating, Lord of the Flies type of story, The Juniors is wonderfully dark and brutal. It is full of surprises, and serves as a grim callout to human nature.

    The second I opened this play, I couldn't stop reading. A captivating, Lord of the Flies type of story, The Juniors is wonderfully dark and brutal. It is full of surprises, and serves as a grim callout to human nature.

  • Nick Malakhow: The Juniors

    Wow! I loved this piece. The heightened, hilarious, and terrifying tone is so compelling to read. I just loved how Diaz used satire and absurdity to explore social truths about adolescence, growing up, parenting, the ways family can fuck you up and the messy business of trying to escape those cycles. The everyday poetry of some of the language is so beautiful and coexists with some super dark but sidesplitting humor. I never imagined how poignant the violent death of a flour sack baby could be. Memorable moments, stage images, and characters.

    Wow! I loved this piece. The heightened, hilarious, and terrifying tone is so compelling to read. I just loved how Diaz used satire and absurdity to explore social truths about adolescence, growing up, parenting, the ways family can fuck you up and the messy business of trying to escape those cycles. The everyday poetry of some of the language is so beautiful and coexists with some super dark but sidesplitting humor. I never imagined how poignant the violent death of a flour sack baby could be. Memorable moments, stage images, and characters.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Omaha Playhouse, Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization First Floor Theater, Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization Yale School of Drama, Year 2017

Production History

  • Type University, Organization Colgate University, Year 2021

Awards