Edited by Jeff Gottesfeld. Written by Sandra Fenichel Asher, Ric Averill, Cherie Bennett, James DeVita, José Cruz González, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Barry Kornhauser, Mary Hall Surface, Elizabeth Wong and Y York.
Product Code: TE7000
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Comedy | Drama
Cast size: 2 to 12m., 2 to 11w.
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10 by 10 meets perfectly the growing demand by presenters and educators for plays that build character. It started with a simple notion: Take ten top playwrights-for-youth and send them on a mission. Write a short play that illustrates an important human value. Honesty. Family. Respect for life. Respect for parents. Truthfulness. Faith. Gratitude. Sanctity. And so forth. Each of these playwrights has risen enthusiastically to the artistic challenge and its profound possibilities. 10 by 10 forms a linked collection of short plays that will delight, astonish, challenge and inspire audiences young and old.
A narrator and three musicians go through a timed piece consisting of seven minute-long scenes.
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Bitty is climbing her favorite tree when she catches her mother kissing a man who is not her father.
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Russell and Shelly promised their dad they'd be back from the museum by 3:30. Running out of time, Shelly refuses to leave as she stares at two statues of ancient Egyptian gods and ponders the mysteries of the universe.
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Kelso and Case-Tec are teenage brothers, home alone watching TV. The fact that Charlton Heston is on every channel helps to distract them from a physically abusive father and a mother in the hospital.
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Three siblings argue about how to divide their late father's estate.
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Zoey is at a school dance and runs into her ex-boyfriend. She goes into the bathroom to call one of her friends and has a run in with Eve - of "Adam and Eve" fame - who has been living in the air ducts since she was kicked out of the Garden of Eden.
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Two teenage girls have snuck out to go to a concert where they met their favorite rockstar. He promised to meet them at the nearby bus stop, but they've been waiting for a long time and it's getting late.
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Ian and Desie are both outcasts who struggle to deal with reality. They each handle it differently, but a chance meeting may be exactly what both of them need.
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A first-generation immigrant grandmother spends her days sitting out in the yard, killing any flies that come within reach. Kevin, her grandson, is curious why she hates flies so much, and thinks it's inhumane to kill them for fun.
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Will isn't enjoying himself at summer camp this year. His parents are particularly confused when they find out he got in a fight with another boy - until he explains that he's being ostracized for defending an unpopular girl.
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JM Ethridge, L'Anse Creuse High School, Harrison Township, Mich.