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Is My Microphone One?

  • Jordan Tannahill
  • Full Length Play, Drama, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 7M or F
  • ISBN: 9781839042829

"After thousands of years, I have a mouth… So if you don't mind, Mum, Dad, I'm going to speak. I'm going to shout. When I become a human I'm going to use some words. Can you still hear me? Is my microphone on?"

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Young people have inherited a burning world. In Jordan Tannahill's urgent and lyrical play, they reckon with the generations who have come before them, questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make.

In Is My Microphone On? an ensemble of young performers hold the audience to account, and invite them to experience the world together anew.

The play was commissioned by the Theater der Welt festival in Germany, premiered in English by Canadian Stage, Toronto, in 2021, and performed by youth theatres across the UK as part of the 2023 National Theatre Connections Festival. It offers opportunities for a large, flexible cast of any size or mix of genders, and can incorporate chorus work, movement and music.
Note for performers: The play addresses issues that are universally important, but may be challenging to younger audiences. It also contains strong language. Recommended for ages 13+.
Author's note: 'This piece is intended for an ensemble of youth, under the voting age in the country of its performance. The size of the ensemble is variable, but should ideally be no fewer than seven. The text was informed by the young people we worked with for the premiere productions in Düsseldorf and Toronto, and was regularly edited to reflect current events and local perspectives. All future productions are encouraged to do the same.'
REVIEWS:

"An urgent call to action."

 Now Toronto

"A blistering piece of agitprop, [but] there is joy in there, too."

 Reviews Hub

"Refreshing, modern and relevant to a young ensemble of actors in today's changing world... allows for a huge range of opportunities both in terms of staging and cast size... a provoking rally to young people to not accept the state of the world as they have inherited it."

 Drama & Theatre Magazine

Premiere Production: Canadian Stage, Toronto, 2021.

Characters

  • Casting: 7M or F
  • Casting Attributes: All Female, Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, All Male, Good role(s) for younger performers
  • Casting Notes: Ensemble of any size, ideally 7+ performers

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Young people have inherited a burning world. In Jordan Tannahill's urgent and lyrical play, they reckon with the generations who have come before them, questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make.

In Is My Microphone On? an ensemble of young performers hold the audience to account, and invite them to experience the world together anew.

The play was commissioned by the Theater der Welt festival in Germany, premiered in English by Canadian Stage, Toronto, in 2021, and performed by youth theatres across the UK as part of the 2023 National Theatre Connections Festival. It offers opportunities for a large, flexible cast of any size or mix of genders, and can incorporate chorus work, movement and music.

$24.95

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