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Flip Turn

Short Play, Comedy  /  4w, 6m

Madeleine George

A fantastic blending of the under and above water worlds at a public pool, when an ordinary day calls for extraordinary feats of daring and trust.

Flip Turn

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 6m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary
A fantastic blending of the under and above water worlds at a public pool, when an ordinary day calls for extraordinary feats of daring and trust. Flip Turn was presented as part of Keen Teens 2013, a unique and free educational theatre program, run by the Drama Desk and Obie award-winning Keen Company. Keen Teens seeks to improve the quality of plays written for high school students by commissioning scripts from highly regarded playwrights, and gives students the opportunity to work with professional artists in an Off Broadway setting.
History
Presented as part of Keen Teens 2013. 
Keywords
Performing Groups
OLIVIA - 17
DYLAN - 16
SHELL - 28
RILEY - 36 
MORRIS - 48
ANDERSON - 31
ARTIS - 32
PROFESSOR GLOECKNER - 45
LOU - 56
MERLE - 80

Swimsuits aren't necessary.  Neither are fake swimming moves--ideally, the language should do the swimming.  Movable lane dividers or backstroke flags might help.  All prop/set/costume solutions, whatever they are, should be broadly indicative, theatrical, cheap, and low-tech.   

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Underwater and on deck at the Highland City Pool.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

Part of the collection: Keen Teen Volume 1

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Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Madeleine George

Madeleine George
Madeleine George’s plays include Hurricane Diane (Obie Award), The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist; Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Susan Smith Blackburn finalist), Precious Little and Th ...
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