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Begets: Fall of a High School Ronin

  • Qui Nguyen
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Adventure, Contemporary
  • 3M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573705120

A new action-packed play from playwright Qui Nguyen who penned She Kills Monsters.

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy, Adventure

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
In this action-packed samurai story set inside the halls of an all-American high school, Begets: Fall of a High School Ronin tells the tale of Emi Edwards, a high school geekgurl whose fighting to overthrow the cruel shoguns of her school. However in her journey to right wrongs, will her own cravings for popularity and power corrupt her quest to save the school? Will she be able to establish a new world order? Or will violence just beget more violence?

Premiere Production: Begets: Fall of a High School Ronin premiered at Waterwell Theatre in New York City in April 2015.
  • Casting: 3M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Features Teens, Expandable casting, Multicultural casting

  • EMI EDWARDS - 17, female, Geek, badass, Samurai
    INSIDE GIRL - 17, female, Emi's inside voice
    LAURA - 17, female, The lovable girl Emi saved
    MARY - 17, female, Queen Bee in-training
    ANDREA - 18, female, Queen Bee
    PATRICK - 15, male, Vengeful nerd
    DJ MC - 18, male, Andrea's boyfriend
    TREY - 17, male, QB1 in-training
    PRINCIPAL PARKER - 40s, male/female, Hipster Principal of EHS
    VP FRACONNE - 40s, male/female, Non-hipster VP of EHS
    COUNSELOR THERESA - 22, female, Former cool kid turned teacher
    JILLIE LEE - 19, female, Second year senior
    CHANTAL - 18, female, Patrick's online GF
    SHELDON - 17, male, Goth Henchman
    DUSTIN - 17, male, Goth Henchman
    THATCHER - 18, female, Drama Queen Shogun
    SARAH - 18, female, Teen Tea Parties Shogun
    MOM - 40s, female, Emi's self-centered Mom
    DAD - 40s, male, Emi's absentee Dad
    CRYSTAL - 18, female, Co-Shogun of the Band Nerds
    KRYSTY - 18, female, Co-Shogun of the Band Nerds
    ROCKER GIRL - 25, female, Anxious girl in the park
    WALTER - 16, male, The real Chantal
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    In this action-packed samurai story set inside the halls of an all-American high school, Begets: Fall of a High School Ronin tells the tale of Emi Edwards, a high school geekgurl whose fighting to overthrow the cruel shoguns of her school. However in her journey to right wrongs, will her own cravings for popularity and power corrupt her quest to save the school? Will she be able to establish a new world order? Or will violence just beget more violence?

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