Some Other Kid
10 Minute Play, Drama / 2m, 1f
Part of the collection, Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege.
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Cast Size
2m, 1fDuration
10 minutesAccolades
From Off-BroadwayTarget Audience
- Adult
- Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Additional Info
Three young people weigh both the potentially liberating privileges and the potentially deadly consequences of being just some other kid.
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Reviews
"The playwrights [of Facing Our Truth...] are Latino, white, Middle Eastern, Asian-American and black ... [The theatre event] was inspired by the debates and nationwide protests that greeted George Zimmerman’s July 13 acquittal in the killing of Mr. Martin, an unarmed black teenager." - Keith Josef Adkins, quoted in The New York Times, Read More"We're excited to bring our community together to witness how a select group of artists will approach this tragic event and its aftermath ... These are events which, if not considered and explored thoughtfully, could fracture communities." - Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director, Center Theatre Group, Read More
"Adkins, co-founder and artistic director of The New Black Fest, a New York City–based theatre festival, was so upset by the [verdict acquitting George Zimmerman] ... Days later, still struggling to sort out his feelings of rage, disappointment and confusion, Adkins decided to look for solace and answers where he’d always found them: in the theatre." - Theatre Communications Group, Read More
"Like no other form, theatre definitely promotes dialogue ... It puts us all in a room together, so we’re not just showing the work—we’re also opening communication around the issues that the work stirred up." - Dominique Morisseau, quoted in Theatre Communications Group, Read More
Considerations
Performing Groups
- High School/Secondary
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
- Reader's Theatre
- Shoestring Budget
- Large Stage
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Cautions
- Intense Adult Themes
License details
- Minimum Fee: £30 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Production
Details
- Time Period: Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
- Duration: 10 minutes
- Setting: Some day at the end of some summer. Some American suburb.
- Additional Features: No intermission
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Casting
2m, 1f
ELISSA - 17, any race (non-white), some kid.
ANDRE - 17, African-American, some other kid.
OWEN - 17, any race, their friend.
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ANDRE - 17, African-American, some other kid.
OWEN - 17, any race, their friend.
Cast Attributes
- Role(s) for Asian Actor(s)
- Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
- Role(s) for Latino Actor(s)
- Non-Traditional casting
- Roles for Teens
- Multicultural casting
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Authors
Some Other Kid was originally commissioned for Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays On Trayvon, Race And Privilege and produced by The New Black Fest, Keith Josef Adkins, Artistic Director. The original reading took place at the Martin Segal Theater at CUNY Graduate Center, NYC December 5, 2013.
Facing Our Truth is not associated with the Trayvon Martin Foundation.
Facing Our Truth is not associated with the Trayvon Martin Foundation.
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