Winter Guard Play, The
- Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 7F
- ISBN: 9780573710704
In a small town in Pennsylvania, a high school winter guard team attempts to choreograph a routine on the topic of global warming. A play about catching flags, catching each other, and realizing the grown-ups aren’t going to save you.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Dark Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival (2022)
Winter guard is NOT color guard. Forget the football, forget the pom poms. In a small town in Pennsylvania, a high school winter guard team attempts to choreograph a routine on the topic of global warming. A play about catching flags, catching each other, and realizing the grown-ups aren’t going to save you.
Premiere Production:
Winner of the 2023 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, which honors new American plays providing dynamic performance opportunities for college-aged actors, The Winter Guard Play premiered at the River Campus Cultural Arts Center at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Giardeau, Missouri on March 1, 2023.
Characters
- Casting: 7F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Non-Binary Actor(s), All Female
JESS – A senior (she/her, any ethnicity). Feels more like a jock than a theatre kid. A confident leader. Best friends with Caroline.
LUCY – A junior (she/her, any ethnicity). Never dropped a single flag. Driven AF. Extremely direct.
LIZ – A junior (they/them, any ethnicity). Do they only talk to their flag? Gifted.
MAYA – A junior (she/her, any ethnicity). Pretending to be 65. VERY smart. Raises her hand a lot.
MINDY – A sophomore (she/her, any ethnicity). New to the team. Wants to be liked.
ZOE – A sophomore (she/her, any ethnicity). New to the team. Young Bernie bro. “Rad."
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Winter Guard Play, The Script
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Winter guard is NOT color guard. Forget the football, forget the pom poms. In a small town in Pennsylvania, a high school winter guard team attempts to choreograph a routine on the topic of global warming. A play about catching flags, catching each other, and realizing the grown-ups aren’t going to save you. |
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