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Secret Lives of Losers, The

  • Megan Mostyn-Brown
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century, Contemporary
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573651144

In high school, Neely was deemed 'Most Likely to Succeed,' but at 19, she's still working at the Amoco station and taking care of her meth-addicted younger brother.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Cautions: Strong Language, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
In high school, Neely was deemed 'Most Likely to Succeed,' but at 19, she's still working at the Amoco station and taking care of her meth-addicted younger brother (their mom ran out on them in search of herself). Her best-friend is a small-time drug dealer (also 19) who's taking care of the baby he had with a girl who has gone off to college abandoning them both. Into this mess strolls a new cop, who takes an interest in Neely and starts to date her. A swift-moving, compassionate script about young adults in bad circumstances looking for a way out.

Premiere Production: Secret Lives of Losers premiered as a part of the UMKC Theatre Festival of New Original Work in Kansas City, MO in February 2006 under the direction of Meredith McDonough.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Notes: Plus 1 female voiceover

NEELY - 19, works at Amoco, sarcastic, lost.
ALEX - 19, small time drug dealer, Neely's best friend.
SYLVIA - 19, overly friendly, small town girl, Alex's new interest.
DJ - 29, cop from Chicago, overweight.
NELSON - 15-17, Neely's brother, crystal meth addict, sweet but out of control.

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Secret Lives of Losers, The Script Order Now

In high school, Neely was deemed 'Most Likely to Succeed,' but at 19, she's still working at the Amoco station and taking care of her meth-addicted younger brother (their mom ran out on them in search of herself). Her best-friend is a small-time drug dealer (also 19) who's taking care of the baby he had with a girl who has gone off to college abandoning them both. Into this mess strolls a new cop, who takes an interest in Neely and starts to date her. A swift-moving, compassionate script about young adults in bad circumstances looking for a way out.

$24.95

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