About the Play
Dramedy. 10-15 minutes. 4 females, 1 male, 1+ any gender (6+ performers possible). Suitable for high school (and mature middle school) and older.
AP Despondency is also available as part of Pieces of Mind: Ten Plays about Mental Health for Teens, a collection that may be produced in any order (and with any plays left out).
A free downloadable curriculum to support your study of the plays in Pieces of Mind is available through Mind Matters, a joint project of the University of Central Florida and Orlando Family Stage, by clicking here.
Synopsis
When anxious, sleep-deprived Maeve attends her AP Biology class without studying, all of her worst paranoia materialize in the form of monster teachers, demon classmates and evil projectors—Maeve is pushed to her absolute limit, and the bell can't ring fast enough. Will Maeve remember that nothing is as bad as her head makes it out to be? Or is this a diabolical daydream that she can't snap out of?