Nazi Mind

by Regan Moro

December 2024--those last two weeks before winter break that always felt like forever. Four high school boys in a finished basement feverishly work on their final History project for the semester: a simulation of the infamous Nuremberg Trials. But when the presence of a new student begins to seed discontent, the boys’ power, ambition, and shame collide as they grapple to finish the project and hold on to their...

December 2024--those last two weeks before winter break that always felt like forever. Four high school boys in a finished basement feverishly work on their final History project for the semester: a simulation of the infamous Nuremberg Trials. But when the presence of a new student begins to seed discontent, the boys’ power, ambition, and shame collide as they grapple to finish the project and hold on to their tenuous friendships—before it’s too late. “Nazi Mind” is a darkly funny, disturbing dive into a school project gone wildly off the rails, the dawn of new beliefs, and the howl of tender, furious American boyhood.

-FULL SCRIPT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST-

*Finalist, Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference, 2026

*Grant, New York State Council on the Arts, 2026

*Reading, The Juilliard School, 2025

read more
  • Inquire About Rights
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Library

Nazi Mind

Character Information

4 m, 1 f/nb
  • Colin
    15, he/him, white. Sasha’s younger brother. Ambitious, verbose, tenacious, a fast talker, profoundly insecure. Can and will argue for better grades. Has a weird eye that’s crossed entirely the other way, with red veins that bulge. A nascent capacity for cruelty.
    15
    White
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Wyeth
    16 in six weeks, he/him, white. His mom works at the school, that’s how he can afford to go there. Open, genial, curious, sensitive, big puppy hands and feet, struggles to articulate his thoughts and feelings. A nascent capacity for integrity.
    15
    White
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Ozzy
    just turned 16 (learner’s permit!!), he/him, Black. One of the only Black kids at school. Perceptive, quick-witted, a hard fucking worker, a three sport athlete with great grades, a little emotionally unavailable, sometimes sharp tongued. A nascent capacity for vulnerability.
    16
    African American/Black
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Blaise
    17, he/him, white. The new kid, an only child born to French parents, a theater kid held back multiple times. Charismatic, reckless, provocative, funny, deeply lonely, a show pony with a seriously destructive habit for lying. A nascent capacity for manipulation.
    17
    White
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Sasha
    18, she/they, white. Colin’s older sister, a high school salutatorian that just dropped out of Cornell. Acerbic, eternally over it, a biting wit, enormously sensitive. Struggling to hold the weight of her mother’s shame but also–whatever. A nascent capacity for defiance.
    18
    White
    Femme or non-binary
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Non-binary,
      Woman