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Dramedy. Cast of 8-20 or more performers. 30-35 minutes. Now You See Me is suitable for middle and high school performers and audiences and was developed specifically for teen performers at the Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory. It has been used in anti-violence programs in New York City and across the United States. It premiered at Oak Park High School in Kansas City (MO). Some of the comments from the students involved in that production:
"This play has made me think."
"The first night we ran the whole play...I cried."
"Being involved in the play opened my eyes...This play was real to life as it could come...Rewarding, intellectual, challenging, helpful."
"Thank you for this inspiration."
A teenager (played by a male and a female actor who trade off playing the main character throughout the play until they unite at the end) threatens to blow up a school but is dismissed by school officials and his own parents for not looking the part. At school, the teen is virtually invisible to his schoolmates, who ignore him as they scramble for seats in a crowded class. Even the teen’s teacher doesn’t respond to him. A trip to the guidance office is a flop, as he doesn’t seem to be on anyone’s list. Depression sets in, and a psychologist far more intent on her own problems visits the now-bedridden teen. When the teen finally gets up, she is picked out by an unsavory group of new, similarly invisible friends who burn socks in their spare time. Even this group drops her, and one final appeal for help to her oblivious parents fails. It isn’t until this moment that the male and female actors share the stage as the teenager, who then returns to school to seek revenge on those who have wronged him/her.
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