Brink Time
Four tales about young people confronting extreme situations.
Published by YouthPLAYS (Los Angeles)
Dramedy. 40-45 minutes. 3-13 females, 0-5 males (4-13 performers possible). Suitable for middle school and older performers, and elementary school audiences. |
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The last California grizzly is on the brink of extinction. An Afghan girl is on the brink of adolescence. A brother and sister are on the brink of an adventure. And in the distant future a teenage girl and her great-great-great-great-great-grandfather are on the brink of immortality.
SCENE 1
TWILIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY
Setting: Santa Barbara National Forest (now Los Padres National Forest), California.
Time: 1924.
Synopsis: Trapper Joan has the last surviving California grizzly in the sights of her rifle. The bear doesn’t stand a chance… until an unlikely savior comes to its rescue.
SCENE 2
ALEEMA THE BOY GIRL
Setting: A street in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Time: The present.
Synopsis: Aleema enjoys being a “bacha posh”— an Afghan girl raised as a boy. But with the onset of puberty her freedom won’t last long.
SCENE 3
SUGAR HORROR
Setting: A street in your neighborhood.
Time: The near future.
Synopsis: Trick-or-treaters Ansel and Retta are lured by irresistible candy. Will they ever go home again?
SCENE 4
ALMOST IMMORTAL
Setting: The shore of Bunker Hill Island in the former Boston Archipelago.
Time: The distant future.
Synopsis: The sea level has risen so much that hills have become islands. As the environment is destroyed around her, Zen dreads the thought of living on for centuries.
TWILIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY
Setting: Santa Barbara National Forest (now Los Padres National Forest), California.
Time: 1924.
Synopsis: Trapper Joan has the last surviving California grizzly in the sights of her rifle. The bear doesn’t stand a chance… until an unlikely savior comes to its rescue.
SCENE 2
ALEEMA THE BOY GIRL
Setting: A street in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Time: The present.
Synopsis: Aleema enjoys being a “bacha posh”— an Afghan girl raised as a boy. But with the onset of puberty her freedom won’t last long.
SCENE 3
SUGAR HORROR
Setting: A street in your neighborhood.
Time: The near future.
Synopsis: Trick-or-treaters Ansel and Retta are lured by irresistible candy. Will they ever go home again?
SCENE 4
ALMOST IMMORTAL
Setting: The shore of Bunker Hill Island in the former Boston Archipelago.
Time: The distant future.
Synopsis: The sea level has risen so much that hills have become islands. As the environment is destroyed around her, Zen dreads the thought of living on for centuries.
This play may be performed with a cast of 13 actors (8-9 female and 4-5 male—or 13 female) or fewer, with doubling (e.g., 4 actors)
