Playing on the Periphery: Monologues and Scenes For and About Queer Kids by
[ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT WORK FOR LGBTQ YOUTH]
Daphne, Bertram, Zoe and Robert are gay kids. They may not know it quite yet, but the feelings are there. Before, during and after their third grade year, they navigate social and family pressures just to stay in each other's orbits.
An anthology of four monologues and three short plays including:
1. ALL OF THE NAPKINS...
Daphne, Bertram, Zoe and Robert are gay kids. They may not know it quite yet, but the feelings are there. Before, during and after their third grade year, they navigate social and family pressures just to stay in each other's orbits.
An anthology of four monologues and three short plays including:
1. ALL OF THE NAPKINS...
[ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT WORK FOR LGBTQ YOUTH]
Daphne, Bertram, Zoe and Robert are gay kids. They may not know it quite yet, but the feelings are there. Before, during and after their third grade year, they navigate social and family pressures just to stay in each other's orbits.
An anthology of four monologues and three short plays including:
1. ALL OF THE NAPKINS ARE WET a monologue in which Daphne takes a break from an exhausting tea party with exhausting people
2. HOW TO TIE A CRAVAT a monologue in which Bertram responds to being bullied by his very best friend Robert
3. THE CAPTURE, NATURE, AND PURPOSE OF THE (UNFORTUNATELY NON-TERRESTRIAL) POLLYWOG, a monologue in which Zoey tries to make sense of Daphne's choice of friends while she's left alone to hunt for tadpoles
4. NOT EXACTLY A LULLABY a monologue in which Robert confesses to his sleeping mother about his turmoil over what he's done to Bertram
5, THE BENEFITS OF FRINGE POPULARITY AND SOCIAL INVISIBILITY, a ten-minute play in which Daphne attempts to clear Zoey after Zoey's been accused of a prank
6. THE OBJECT IS TO PREVENT MOISTURE a short play in which Robert tries to get Bertram to forgive him
7. WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS... a one-act play in which Daphne, Bertram, Zoey and Robert take turns choosing what games to play as their summer vacation reaches its peak
Daphne, Bertram, Zoe and Robert are gay kids. They may not know it quite yet, but the feelings are there. Before, during and after their third grade year, they navigate social and family pressures just to stay in each other's orbits.
An anthology of four monologues and three short plays including:
1. ALL OF THE NAPKINS ARE WET a monologue in which Daphne takes a break from an exhausting tea party with exhausting people
2. HOW TO TIE A CRAVAT a monologue in which Bertram responds to being bullied by his very best friend Robert
3. THE CAPTURE, NATURE, AND PURPOSE OF THE (UNFORTUNATELY NON-TERRESTRIAL) POLLYWOG, a monologue in which Zoey tries to make sense of Daphne's choice of friends while she's left alone to hunt for tadpoles
4. NOT EXACTLY A LULLABY a monologue in which Robert confesses to his sleeping mother about his turmoil over what he's done to Bertram
5, THE BENEFITS OF FRINGE POPULARITY AND SOCIAL INVISIBILITY, a ten-minute play in which Daphne attempts to clear Zoey after Zoey's been accused of a prank
6. THE OBJECT IS TO PREVENT MOISTURE a short play in which Robert tries to get Bertram to forgive him
7. WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS... a one-act play in which Daphne, Bertram, Zoey and Robert take turns choosing what games to play as their summer vacation reaches its peak