Drama.  2 males.  10 minutes.  Unit or suggested set. Finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award under its original title, Newt Gingrich at Boys Town.  It was first produced in a longer version by Theatre Double at the Brick Playhouse in Philadelphia.  Suitable for high school and perhaps even skilled middle school performers.

Jason and Nick, residents at a facility for troubled teens, wait for then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to arrive. Jason expects Newt's dinner and photo op visit to change their lives, while cynical Nick wants to resist but can't quite help wanting to believe. Meanwhile, their underwear has disappeared. And when Newt's limousine finally arrives, it's raining, and since the photo op will be ruined, Newt gets back inside and drives away again, leaving Jason and Nick right where they started.