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POVERTYAdd to Cart
By: Bobby KenistonAdd to Wish List
Script: $8.75
First Performance Royalty: $15.00
   (Performance royalty waived for forensics competition)
Each Additional Performance: $15.00
Limited Video Rights: $15.00
Limited Streaming/Broadcast Rights: $5.00
Extra Streams: $0.05
Types: Ten Minute Monologue, Social Awareness Play
Genres: Drama, Forensics, Speech and Debate, Social Scene
Themes: Social Issues, Life Lessons & Experiences, Embarrassment
Running Time: 10 minutes
Speaking Cast: 1 either, 1 total cast
Flexibility: gender flexible
ISBN: 978-1-60003-859-4
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Recent Productions:
Gayville-Volin School District - Gayville, SD
Central Lyon Community Schools - Rock Rapids, IA
Lopez Middle School - San Antonio, TX
Mount Vernon CSD - Mount Vernon, IA
Sitka School DIstrict - Sitka, AK
Mandan High School - Mandan, ND
St Catherine of Siena - Seattle, WA
USD 489 - Hays, KS
St James R-1 School District - Saint James, MO
Tiftarea Academy - Chula, GA
Nedrose High School - Minot, ND
Kiowa County High School - Greensburg, KS
Jefferson City High School - Jefferson City, MO
ciechs - fayetteville, NC
Brandon Valley High School - Brandon, SD
SMOS - St. Louis, MO
Bullard TALENT K-8 FUSD Forensics Team - Fresno, CA
Sibley East ISD 2310 - Arlington, MN
Pelham High School - Pelham, GA
Saint Pius Saint Leo - Omaha, NE
Lawrence High School - Lawrence, KS
Exeter Mo School District - Exeter, MO
Tabernacle Christian School - Martinsville, IN
Drama Club - Richmond Hill, GA
Liberty University - Lynchburg, VA
Darlington High School - Darlington, WI
WOOD River Rural School - Wood River, NE
Barneveld School - BARNEVELD, WI
Pembroke Hill School - Kansas City, MO
Exeter-Milligan Public Schools - Exeter, NE
LTHS Speech - Lockport, IL
Grays Creek Middle School Forensics Team - Hope Mills, NC
Cedarville University - Xenia, OH
Parkway Christian Academy - Lakeland, FL
Pinnacle View Middle School - Little Rock, AR
Speech - minto, ND
Madison Central Speech and Debate - Madison, MS
Northwest Nazarene University - Nampa, ID
HMB School - Hazelton, ND
South Platte High School - Big Springs, NE
 
Synopsis
April, an average teenage girl, doesn't understand why her mother “strongly encourages” her to volunteer at the local food cupboard every week. She likes to help out, but the environment makes her sad. When her mother explains why it's important to confront a problem head on, April begins to relive an old memory, long-forgotten, of a terrible encounter in a grocery store when she was just a little girl. This ten minute dramatic monologue confronts the issue of poverty, and the need to be an active participant in fighting hunger.
 

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