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The Importance of Being Ellie

  • Jim Peterson
  • Short Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 4M, 5F
  • ISBN: ps2953

Teen actress Jill is starring in her local community theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, but that's not the only role she's playing.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 50 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
Teen actress Jill is starring in her local community theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, but that's not the only role she's playing. In order to hide her passion for acting from her sports-obsessed parents, she's disguised herself as Ellie for the last two years. 

But when a promising prom date hinges on her parents attending the play's premiere, Jill and her best friend Allie hatch an identity-swapping scheme that throws both the production and their love lives into chaos.

A playful take on The Importance of Being Earnest with a Shakespearean twist.

  • Casting: 4M, 5F

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Teen actress Jill is starring in her local community theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, but that's not the only role she's playing. In order to hide her passion for acting from her sports-obsessed parents, she's disguised herself as Ellie for the last two years. 

But when a promising prom date hinges on her parents attending the play's premiere, Jill and her best friend Allie hatch an identity-swapping scheme that throws both the production and their love lives into chaos.

A playful take on The Importance of Being Earnest with a Shakespearean twist.

$19.95