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dont u luv me?

  • Linda Daugherty
  • Full Length Play, Drama, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 4M, 5F
  • ISBN: DA6

"What's Not 2 Luv? Linda Daugherty's play dont u luv me? is engaging and smart... texting language provides the simple but powerful punch that makes dont u luv me? uniquely theatrical. This is a sensitive, issue-driving drama."

Theater Jones

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 60 minutes

  • Time Period: New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Area Staging

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
Angela has a new boyfriend. C.J.'s romantic, amazingly handsome, and a senior. He sends her flowers. He texts her day and night. Angela's swept off her feet, but her best friend, Jen, is troubled by changes she sees in Angela. 

At homecoming, Angela shares a dance with her pal Duffy. When C.J., overcome with jealousy, grabs Angela's arm and roughly pulls her across the dance floor, she runs from the dance, hurt and humiliated. C.J. sends a text message asking for Angela's forgiveness, and the relationship continues. But C.J.'s controlling behavior causes Angela's girlfriends to exclude her from their lives. 

Pressured by C.J. to be constantly with him, Angela begins to lie to her mother about her whereabouts and quickly finds herself in over her head. Using e-mail, texting, his cell phone, and an intimate photo of Angela, C.J. exerts his control, further isolating Angela from her family and friends as the relationship spirals dangerously downward. Hope replaces despair when, at Jen's urging, Angela finally reaches out to her parents. 

This well-researched and thought-provoking play explores the hidden world of aggression and violence in teen dating while encouraging young people to make choices that result in healthy relationships. 

**TECHNOLOGY NOTE: When The Secret Life of Girls and dont u luv me? were written, instant messaging was popular. It has since been replaced with texting, Facebook messaging and snapchat. Feel free to update technology to reflect current social media trends.
REVIEWS:

"dont u luv me? portrays how easily any of us could be lulled into loving someone who doesn't know how to love us back in a safe way. From the friends who don't know how to help to the parents kept intentionally out of the picture, we see how the victim of relational aggression descends deeper and deeper into a trap from which she cannot free herself. This intense theater experience will empower teens to recognize potentially dangerous relationships so that they can take steps to help someone in trouble, maybe even themselves."

Susan Sugerman, M.D., M.P.H., Girls to Women Health and Wellness, P.A., Dallas

"What's Not 2 Luv? Linda Daugherty's play dont u luv me? is engaging and smart... texting language provides the simple but powerful punch that makes dont u luv me? uniquely theatrical. This is a sensitive, issue-driving drama."

Theater Jones

"dont u luv me? is a powerful play demonstrating the red flags of abuse and escalation of teen dating violence. A riveting and powerful drama that will spark the necessary dialogue about healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships."

Kate Dodd, LCSW, Director of Youth Education and Prevention Services, The Family Place, Dallas, Texas

"dont u luv me? continues Dallas playwright Linda Daugherty's well-researched and deeply involving series about teens... I was blown away by Linda Daugherty's world premiere."

Dallas Morning News

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Features Teens

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Angela has a new boyfriend. C.J.'s romantic, amazingly handsome, and a senior. He sends her flowers. He texts her day and night. Angela's swept off her feet, but her best friend, Jen, is troubled by changes she sees in Angela. At homecoming, Angela shares a dance with her pal Duffy. When C.J., overcome with jealousy, grabs Angela's arm and roughly pulls her across the dance floor, she runs from the dance, hurt and humiliated. C.J. sends a text message asking for Angela's forgiveness, and the relationship continues. But C.J.'s controlling behavior causes Angela's girlfriends to exclude her from their lives. Pressured by C.J. to be constantly with him, Angela begins to lie to her mother about her whereabouts and quickly finds herself in over her head. Using e-mail, texting, his cell phone, and an intimate photo of Angela, C.J. exerts his control, further isolating Angela from her family and friends as the relationship spirals dangerously downward. Hope replaces despair when, at Jen's urging, Angela finally reaches out to her parents. This well-researched and thought-provoking play explores the hidden world of aggression and violence in teen dating while encouraging young people to make choices that result in healthy relationships. Area staging. Approximate running time: 1 hour.

Also Available: 40-minute version

$19.95

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