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THE OXY-MORONS	Add to Cart
By: Christopher Burruto	Add to Wish List

Script: $9.00

Notebook Script: $16.75

(8.5 x 11 3-ring binder with large margins for notes)

First Performance Royalty: $65.00

Each Additional Performance: $65.00

Limited Video Rights: $50.00

Limited Streaming/Broadcast Rights: $50.00

Extra Streams: $0.50

Personalized Poster: $2.50

Type: Full Length Play

Genre: Comedy

Theme: Teen Experience

Running Time: 75 minutes

Speaking Cast: 9 females, 10 males, 8-9 either, 27-28 total cast

Flexibility: 0-10 extras, doubling possible, gender flexible

ISBN: 978-1-61588-206-9

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Author's Notes:

This play hits close to home as it is the most autobiographical play I’ve written. My best friends today are those I met in middle school. While we didn’t pull quite as many pranks as in the play, we certainly pulled our fair share. We had a principal named Mr. Valentine - hence Hart - who was stern, but had a good sense of humor, enough of a sense of humor to hire me even when I parked in his parking spot before the interview! We were also close to our school’s secretary. What they don’t know isn’t worth knowing is all-too-true. They act as confidant, friend and counselor rolled into one. The group, the “Oxy-Morons,” actually existed. They were a group of boys and girls who were equally smart and irreverent. And, there is precedence for a boy wearing a skirt to school. Several years ago, a student of mine decided to wear one on the last day of school. This is the same student who represented our state in the National Spelling Bee. My good friend Burt had a great Hot Wheels pencil that was broken by a bully and he never forgot it, and we never fail to remind him. So, as both student and teacher, this play resonates with me in many, many ways.

Synopsis

Everyone hangs out in the school lobby between classes. It’s the place to see and be seen. Jason Henshaw and his friends: Dewey, Skiz, and Riley have sat at the same spot since sixth grade - even through the chicken nugget scandal and the eighth grade coup d’ état. When a group of girls (including his on-again-off-again crush, Monica) lay claim to the spot, trouble ensues. They decide to have a contest: who can pull off the best practical joke, with the winner claiming the spot for the rest of the year.