One Act
Comedy/Drama
4W or 3W, 1NB

Play

Fourteen


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Awards

WINNER of the 2021 Tennessee Williams One Act Play Contest

Synopsis

WINNER of the 2021 Tennessee Williams One Act Play Contest

In the near future, a robot named Laura has joined a high school to see if it can learn as humans do. Two girls, Ruth and Teri, decide that the superiority of computers would make Laura the perfect class president. When Laura helps Madison, the school bully, with her math homework, she adopts Laura as her best (and perhaps only) friend, and joins the campaign. After a disastrous assembly ends their election dreams, Madison learns that loneliness can’t be answered by a machine.

Casting & Production


Casting

MADISON — a high school freshman, 14, female, the school bully

TERI — a high school freshman, 14, female, serious and thoughtful

RUTH — a high school freshman, 14, female, a bit high strung

LAURA — a robot who presents as a high school freshman, 14, female or nonbinary

Casting Note:
All characters can be any race or ethnicity. Laura can be female or nonbinary.

The girls wear school uniforms; Madison would wear the pants version.


Setting

Place
The yard outside of a private girls’ school.

Time
The near future.


Reviews

“It’s funny…it’s sweet…I laughed out loud…and it’s very moving.”
—Peter Hagan, Tennessee Williams One Act Play Contest