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Off Road

When their car breaks down, high schoolers Mel and Oliver are stuck on the side of the road, forced to make small talk over cupcakes, road trips and Charlotte -- Mel's best friend, and Oliver's girlfriend. Only it's easier than they thought.

  • One Act
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 45 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Jr High/Primary, Community Theatre
When their car breaks down, high schoolers Mel and Oliver are stuck on the side of the road, forced to make small talk over cupcakes, road trips and Charlotte -- Mel's best friend, and Oliver's girlfriend. Only it's easier than they thought.

Lights flashing past them as cars drive by plunge them into flashbacks of awkward dates, panicked words and unfinished moments. But for a fleeting moment in time, with pressure from school, deteriorating families, pill bottles and the inevitable question of Charlotte, Mel and Oliver find themselves outside it all. After all, how can you know what's right when you don't know what could have been?

  • Casting: 2M, 2F

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When their car breaks down, high schoolers Mel and Oliver are stuck on the side of the road, forced to make small talk over cupcakes, road trips and Charlotte -- Mel's best friend, and Oliver's girlfriend. Only it's easier than they thought.

Lights flashing past them as cars drive by plunge them into flashbacks of awkward dates, panicked words and unfinished moments. But for a fleeting moment in time, with pressure from school, deteriorating families, pill bottles and the inevitable question of Charlotte, Mel and Oliver find themselves outside it all. After all, how can you know what's right when you don't know what could have been?

$19.95