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AFTERMATH
By: Michael Blevins
(: 30 : 4 , 3 , 7 )
The fact is, teenagers can make wise choices about drug and alcohol usage, dieting, sexual promiscuity, and other issues pertaining to respect for one’s body. But what choices are they making? And why are they making them?

Penned by an award-winning playwright, and originally produced by NY’s Group Theatre Too for their Social Awareness Theatre program...  read more

AND THE GIANTS FELL
By: Todd Ford
(: 25 : 5 , 4 , 12-15 , 21-24 
     )
And the Giants Fell examines the events leading up to the September 11th tragedy and our reaction to the events. Through four sections, we examine the thoughts and reactions of the participants and victims of the historic event. In the first section, And the Giants Fell, we examine two families and how their lives were touched by this tragic event...  read more
ASYLUM
By: Dennis Bush
(: 45 : 5 , 3 , 8 )
Set in a state-run mental institution and, at times, in the minds of the patients, Asylum explores the flip side of sanity. We meet a former pop star who continues to live like she's in a music video, a girl who was harmed by her best friend's boyfriend, a young man who does operations on stuffed animals and himself, a woman who believes she's in the 11th...  read more
THE BRIDGE WATCHER
By: Mike Willis
(: 15 : 2 , 1 , 3 
     )
Being a young person in today's world is no easy task. Tragically, many young people feel they are not able to cope and become desperate enough to take their own lives. Suicide is not something that happens to other people. It can be a reality in any family. This award-winning drama creates an awareness in the minds of the audience regarding the...  read more
BROWNSTONE 213
By: Ann Cerv
(: 30 : 7 , 9 , 16 )
Francis stands at the edge of the Brownstone Building rooftop late at night, heart pounding and deliberate, contemplating suicide. Keb Krat, who died jumping from that very building 60 years ago, introduces Francis to his fate if he takes this determined leap. Keb has until dawn to change the mind of this young man so eager to take his own life. He proceeds...  read more
A BULLY'S BALLAD
By: Jason Brooks
(: 45 : 6 , 4-5 , 2 , 12-13 
     : 0-1 )
Billy is a bully. He torments classmates, his little brother and his girlfriend daily. Billy's long-dead British pet bunny, Fluffy, visits Billy and warns him that it's time he bear witness to the havoc and hurt he's caused over the years and to expect visits from three ghosts: a short-tempered fairy, a surfer with great strength, and a tall, dark and really...  read more
DRIFT
By: Dennis Bush
(: 40 : 5 , 4 , 9 )
Among the shadows of the bright lights of New York City's theatre district, nine homeless people search for hope and meaning. They're not movers and shakers, they just get moved and shaken. In a world that's been turned upside down, they find poetry and pain, with no pity and no shame.
DROWNING IN QUICKSAND
By: Debbie Lamedman
(: 45 : 2 , 13-39 , 15-41 
     )
An in-depth and heartbreaking portrayal of a group of high school teenagers reckoning with the everyday struggles of mental health, depression, self-harm, and suicide.
 
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