Mockingbird
(Touring Version)
Adapted by Julie Jensen. From the National Book Award-winning novel by Kathryn Erskine.
Product Code: MS2000
Full-length Play
Drama
Cast size: 3m., 3w., 3 or more either gender.
Limited Streaming Rights Available
Rights and availability
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Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
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Synopsis
Caitlin is an 11-year-old girl on the autism spectrum. Not all things make sense to her. Emotions are mysterious and voices are almost always too loud. Suddenly, she must grapple with the unthinkable: a mass shooting has taken her brother away. He was the one person who helped her cope. Now she is alone with her grieving father and a cacophony of children at school. She struggles to understand empathy, what facial expressions mean and why a drawing might have more than one color. We see the world from Caitlin’s point of view. We struggle as she does. We also take comfort in the times when she finds a friend, draws a multicolored mockingbird and can finally cry for her brother.
Notes
Limited Streaming Rights Available
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code MS2000
- Minimum Cast Size 9
- Pages of Dialogue 56
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 60 min
- Staging Unit set.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
- Genre Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781619592810
Customer Reviews
This was such a meaningful and moving production. We performed a cutting for a national conference, and the audience was deeply moved.
What a wonderful play! Audiences raved at our production. Mark Brown captured Dickens so much that it's a wonder Dickens himself didn't give him advanced notes!
Hints, Tips, and Tricks
Give the cast ownership of the show. Our cast made decisions from ticket prices to set/lighting design. This ownership, combined with the story/characters caused them to be bonded unlike any cast I have ever worked with. Also, cast autistic actors when possible. Their insight will be invaluable to you.
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