The Pinballs
(Manuscript)
Adapted by Aurand Harris. From the award-winning novel by Betsy Byars.
Product Code: PE8000
Full-length Play
Drama
Cast size: 3m., 2w.
Awards: The Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award | AATE Distinguished Play Award
Rights and availability
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Synopsis
Written in a theatrical and imaginative style, utilizing exciting musical, sound and lighting effects, this play is both touching and funny. It treats a modern social problem with arresting insight, humor and emotional theatrical impact. Three children are bounced like pinballs from one foster home to another. Carlie, age 15, is a streetwise natural leader who is also a victim of child abuse. Harvey, age 13, is wheelchair-bound after his drunken father ran over both of his legs with his new car. Thomas J. is an 8-year-old who was abandoned on a doorstep as a baby. Each longs for the comfort of a real home. Now they come together for the first time at the home of Mrs. Mason's, an understanding foster mother who encourages them to follow Carlie's urging "to do something for ourselves." By the end of summer, the "pinballs" have become a family.
Notes
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code PE8000
- Minimum Cast Size 5
- Pages of Dialogue 52
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 75 min
- Staging One set.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
- Genre Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583427941
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