Nerds
By Debra Oswald
Nerds is a play that needs 5 or more performers (6 women, 4 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 5 or more performers
- Roles
- 6 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 4m., 6w. (1m., 4w. with doubling)
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Gillian is a nerd, a misfit, totally uncool who sees herself as fat, ugly and a social cripple. Throughout this play, commissioned by the Canberra Youth Theatre specifically for teenagers, Gillian takes us on a funny, excruciating journey through the world of adolescent anguish and awkwardness. She finds it hard to cope with her bright gung-ho sister, who is not only totally together physically but also has a bouncy, positive mental attitude; her gossipy girlfriends; her addicti
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