Please email me for the publisher's contact information. For those in the United Kingdom, I am delighted to be able to license performances and provide digital copies of the play to you directly. Please send me your contact information, the number of performances and prospective performance dates. We can then arrange for a perusal copy and/or performance license.
About The Play
Dramedy. Flexible cast of 10-30+. 35-55 minutes (the play is written so that certain scenes may be removed). Suitable for middle school and older.
Developed specifically for teen performers at the Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory (Wallingford, CT).
This play is published, but regrettably, the publisher refuses to provide me with contact information for the productions of my own plays. Therefore, please email me, and I will give you their information. For producers in the United Kingdom, I am able to license to you directly. "Dear Chuck was an incredible experience for the actors and for me as the director. It brought up questions about life choices, peer relationships and guidance from adults as well as formed a bond among the participants that will be lifelong. We wouldn't trade the time for anything." - Margaret Foot, Maret School (Washington, DC)
"The show was a hit! The kids had a great time, as well as did the audience. Please know that your insights into the junior and senior high experience are right on." - Mary Shaffer, Lake Harriet United Methodist Church (Minneapolis, MN)
Synopsis
Teenagers are typically caught in the middle--they're not quite adults, but they're definitely no longer children. Through a series of scenes and monologues, we meet an eclectic group of teen characters: a boy trying to retake the kiddie pool at the local swim club, teens meeting with various success in their shopping attempts, the friends of a boy who has committed suicide, a girl trying to keep up with her wealthy private school friends, another dealing with a skinhead classmate--and many others. What they all have in common is the search for their "Chuck," that elusive moment of knowing who you are.
Online Playwriting Class Starts on May 21st! I will be teaching a month-long online playwriting class through Writers University beginning on May 21.
Festivals, Festivals, Festivals I am excited to be attending a number of national conferences in the coming months. First up, the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska in late June, where I'll be teaching a quartet of writing workshops and hanging out at the Playscripts booth!
The Locker Next to Mine Now Available
My new play, The Locker Next to Mine, is now available. It's a full-length drama, though spiked with humor, about teen suicide and dealing with loss. I'm looking for a group to stage the world premiere. Could that be you?
Though the one-act version, available from Playscripts, stands on its own (and is perfect for competition!), this play was always intended to be a full-length composed of three acts: Rumors of Polar Bears, Ursa Major and Northern Lights. Look for the other two plays in the cycle sometime in 2012.
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