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                              Trapped

                              Devised by Physically Phishy Youth Theatre Script written by Geraldine O'Neill

                              Age range
                              11 – 13, 13 – 15
                              Cast size
                              15 +
                              Approx. running time
                              30 – 60 mins
                              Gender breakdown
                              Male: 7
                              Female: 9
                              Also: Members of main cast can play the ghosts.
                              Setting
                              Theatre/rehearsal room.
                              Note
                              A play about making plays for young people aged 10-14.
                              First performance
                              Physically Phishy Youth Theatre, 2014.
                              Synopsis
                              Trapped in their theatre/rehearsal room by Creepy Guy the cast of a play spend their time chatting about themselves and discovering old props and costumes from their past plays and re-enacting scenes from these plays.

                              This play is constructed as an end of year/term show. The structure is flexible and allows the director and cast to choose their own scenes from past plays or to devise new ones. It can be performed in either a rehearsal space or theatre.
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