Addict
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 11M or F
- ISBN: AG1
"No one needs to suffer alone. No living person is beyond help."
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 70 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18)
- Cautions: Drugs, Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student
This frightening portrayal of the horrors of drug and alcohol abuse shows children and young adults yielding to the almost irresistible lure of drugs -- and suffering the miserable consequences.
Addict is an eye-opener for those who have not been exposed to drugs and hopefully an eye-opener for those who have. The young person's view of "it can't happen me" becomes less clear after experiencing this convincingly powerful drama. Most anti-drug plays turn off the very people that need the message; Addict doesn't.
Addict is an eye-opener for those who have not been exposed to drugs and hopefully an eye-opener for those who have. The young person's view of "it can't happen me" becomes less clear after experiencing this convincingly powerful drama. Most anti-drug plays turn off the very people that need the message; Addict doesn't.
Addict and Juvie, both by Jerome McDonough are among the most produced plays in the United States. McDonough gives explicit instructions on allowable cutting of the script to maintain the full force of the horror created and not defeat the purpose of the play. He also urges updating all street terms to keep the show from becoming an old-fashioned comedy.
The play opens "No one needs to suffer alone. No living person is beyond help. And now, Addict."
Characters
- Casting: 11M or F
- Casting Attributes: Flexible casting
