LINKS
JonathanDorf.com, home page of playwright Jonathan Dorf, book writer of 4 A.M. and author of numerous plays for teens and adults alike. AlisonWood.com, home page of composer/lyricist Alison Wood. Thank You for Flushing My Head in the Toilet and other rarely used expressions, the acclaimed play about teen bullying by Jonathan Dorf. 4 A.M., the hit one-act play for teens by Jonathan Dorf, on which the musical is based, about a group of teen characters all awake and searching for connection in the magic hour. |
YouthPLAYS, the publisher of exciting new plays and musicals for young actors and audiences, with scripts for high schools, middle schools, youth theatres, universities and community theatres, as well as professional theatres for young audiences. Declaration is a one-act play by Jonathan Dorf that explores the befores, durings and afters of a group of students whose school is yet another ground zero for a mass shooting. Through a series of connected scenes and monologues, they'll try to piece together what's happened in the frantic moments after, calm themselves with imaginings of what they'll have accomplished years from now--assuming they make it through the morning--and consider whether hiding in classrooms, closets and bathrooms was what our country's founders had in mind when they penned the Declaration of Independence's famous phrase about the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." |
Young Playwrights 101, the ultimate resource for young playwrights and those who teach them. ProduceaPlay.com, a massive resource site for those interested in producing theatre at schools, colleges, community and professional theatres. Rumors of Polar Bears, the play by Jonathan Dorf, available in both one-act and full-length versions, follows a group of teens living in the aftermath of a climate change cataclysm as they try to survive and find something better. High School (non) Musical, the hit parody of the Disney sensation. |
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