The Cool Kids Wear Black Lipstick
(8W, 2M, 1 NON BINARY)
A GROUP OF MISFIT TEENS OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF ‘COOL’ HAPPEN UPON a book about witchcraft from urban outfitters. THEY IMMEDIATELY ASSUME IT IS THE COOLEST THING THEY HAVE EVER LAID HANDS ON. AS THEY LEARN HOW TO CAST SPELLS AND TRANSFORM INTO ‘REAL-LIFE WITCHES’, THEY WON’T REALIZE THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING MAY NOT BE SO COOL AFTER ALL. A COMEDIC DRAMA ABOUT UNINTENTIONAL APPROPRIATION, TRYING TO FIT IN, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TAILOR OURSELVES TO BECOME SOMETHING WE ARE NOT.
The Tenants
(6 or 32 NON GENDER SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, depending on casting)
IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET in a wealthy neighborhood IS A run-down HOME LITTERED WITH TRASH and old, FORGOTTEN OBJECTS. A GROUP OF FRIENDS SPECULATE HOW A HOUSE MAY HAVE become THIS WAY. THROUGH EACH NEW THEORY, THE KIDS ACT OUT VASTLY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS — MINI PLAYS, IF YOU WILL — IN IMAGINATIVE, RIDICULOUS, HUMOROUS, AND SOMETIMES EVEN MUSICAL WAYS. BUT THE REALITY OF THIS HOME’S HISTORY MAY BE A DARKER STORY THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
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