The Essay
By Ronan Carr
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
Under 10, 10 – 15
Approx. running time
60 – 90 mins
Gender breakdown
Female: 2
Male: 5
Also: A host of supporting roles (various ages and genders)
Male: 5
Also: A host of supporting roles (various ages and genders)
Setting
Various Settings. School, Disco, Sam’s house.
Note
A fast paced, witty, play about teen mental health for a small cast.
First performance
Letterkenny Youth Theatre in 2012.
Synopsis
Sam, a teenage girl, enlists the help of William Shakespeare and John Lennon to help her write a school essay. However, through the course of this endeavour we see that Sam is suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, where reality and hallucination are waging a war to take control of her life.
Who will win? Her colourful imagination or hard reality?
Who will win? Her colourful imagination or hard reality?