The War of the Worlds
By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus
The War of the Worlds is a one-act play that needs 8 or more performers (2 women, 6 any gender). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 8 or more performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 6 any gender
- Cast notes
- 2w., 6 either gender.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
During the morning video announcements at Grover's Mill High, something crash lands in the football stadium. Something not of this Earth. Inspired by Orson Wells’ 1938 radio broadcast The War of the Worlds , this modern adaptation is designed to be rehearsed and performed live online. Through a series of Zoom calls, our morning-show hosts find themselves covering the biggest story in human history. Martians have landed and are taking over the Earth. Can our group of scrappy high-schoolers surviv
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