What would happen if you put down your phone for a half an hour and had a real conversation with another human being? Now let's mix it up further; sit down and talk to someone in your class who you don't really know that well or at all. Are they who you thought they were? Were they surprised about who you are? This one act play, styled for the classroom (no sets, no costumes, no props), has a group of teens who do not tweet, email, Facetime or chat on their mobile devices for one half hour. They must TALK to each other, face to (real) face. Drop the Phone is a one-act play designed for classroom use, and joins a series of stand-alone 10-minute plays by Trisha Sugarek that require no props,costumes or sets; making them perfect choices for budget-stretched classrooms looking for short, affordable drama pieces. The contemporary flavor of this one-act play will not only educate drama students on how to depict the scenes and emotions of characters, but teaches acting in the course of a drama that teens will easily relate to. Drop the Phone is a wonderful blend of honest portrayal and useful drama student scripting! As for the content of this piece itself: expect conversations filled with acronyms, slang and local lingo and attention to realistically depicting a high school scene that is spicy, interactive, and revealing. This approach offers students a satisfyingly realistic scenario of interpersonal interactions based on familiar high school culture. A drama class's interactions and objectives creates insights on the acting process, as well, as exploring other people and other ideas. D.Donovan, Midwest Book Review Sugarek's collection of short plays are an astonishing work that finds a way to say so much with so little, and turns the bare stage into every young man and woman's world. A perpetual study in teen issues and their everyday lives. --BookReview.com Black vs. White vs. Brown ~~ D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review Black vs. White vs. Brown is a one-act play designed for classroom use, and joins a series of stand-alone 10-minute plays by Trisha Sugarek that require no props, costumes or sets; making them perfect choices for budget-stretched classrooms looking for short, affordable drama pieces.This short work is #32 in the series and features nine characters, a 'Greek Chorus' of texters, and is introduced by production notes to the play director. A drama class' interactions and objectives creates insights on the acting process, as well, as students encounter discrimination, experience school challenges, and explore the shake-up of a school prom turned into a lesson in prejudice and tolerance. The contemporary flavor of this one-act play will not only educate drama students on how to depict the scenes and emotions of characters, but teaches acting in the course of a drama that teens will easily relate to. Black vs. White vs. Brown is a wonderful blend of honest portrayal and useful drama student scripting! [More]: writeratplay.com/reviews-short-plays-for-the-classroom/ Teens have their faces in their phones 24/7. They hardly ever interact with their peers, face to face. I thought it would be fun to have the characters in my ten minute play put their phones away for the length of one class. So not only do the 'characters ' in the play  have to interact with people they don't know at all or barely know, but the students playing the characters have to interact with different people that they hardly know.  Trisha Sugarek has enjoyed a twenty year career writing stage plays, (after leaving an acting/directing career that spanned decades). She also writes fiction, children's books and poetry. She expanded her body of work to include fourteen novels, of which ten are a series of true crime mysteries. Plus five children's books. She has written a collection of 27, ten minute plays for the classroom.  Trisha lives in Savannah, Georgia with a ridgeback hound, Miss Molly and our two cats, Fiona and Barcode. All were rescued and adopted by Trisha. writeratplay.com