Overview
A group of high school seniors face their final year learning online with a beloved teacher as a pandemic rages outside. Together they will face social isolation, missed milestones, the potential loss of friends and family, their places in the world and what the birth of a new social justice movement means for them.
Casting & Production
Casting
Donna Rhodes — An English teacher. A smart, caring and dedicated educator. (Caucasian)
Eli — A high school student. Smart and funny. Tends to get away with things because of his charm. Everyone loves him. Doesn’t take life too seriously until it all changes. (African American)
Mia — A high school student. Intelligent, strong, knows who she is. (Latinx)
Darius — A high school student. Smart kid, hard worker. Caretaker of friends and family (Any ethnicity)
Kaylee — A high school student. Wants to be friends with everyone. Still figuring things out. Has some anxiety (Caucasian)
Esther — A high school student. Good student. Very involved in school activities. Knows everyone. (Any ethnicity)
Hugo — A high school student The consummate theater kid. (Any ethnicity)
Weston — A high school student. Good kid. Average student. (Caucasian)
Emily — A high school student Well informed, opinionated, struggling a bit with depression (Any ethnicity)
Captain Vanessa Moore — Eli’s mom. Captain in the navy. A strict but supportive parent trying to keep it all together under very challenging circumstances. (African American)
Emmet — Mrs. Rhode’s son, 15. An off-stage voice.
Character Note:
Where race and ethnicity are indicated, they should be honored. Where race or ethnicity are not indicated, that does not by default indicate whiteness, but rather that a character can be of any race or ethnicity.
Setting
Various English online class meetings for an American public high school during the 2020 Covid 19 Pandemic.
