The Bathroom Play or Meet Me In The Bathroom
What happens when an “innocent” picture with your favorite teacher turns into the biggest scandal the school has ever seen? When all of the people you thought you could trust seem to be the ones who started the rumor? And the only person willing to help you is your former best friend turned antagonist? How much does the truth really matter when everyone is convinced that you’re an attention-seeking liar? In the girls’ bathroom of a nondescript suburban high school, five teenagers are forced to reckon with their past as it begins to bleed into what they hope for their future, all while navigating conflict of Greek tragic proportions. Narrated by a teenage Greek chorus of band geeks, cheerleaders, goths, skaters, jocks, and everything in between, Meet Me in the Bathroom gets at the heart of what it means to be a teenager and watch everything you’ve known fall apart around you.
This play tackles belief in the world of #metoo. Of how black and white things feel when you are in high school. And how messy it is to be a teenager in the age of social media.
This play tackles belief in the world of #metoo. Of how black and white things feel when you are in high school. And how messy it is to be a teenager in the age of social media.
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Cast Of Characters FRECKLES, 16-year-old high school girl. Freckles is her nickname, her real name is Francine. She is smart, top of her class, not popular, but not a total pariah yet either. She has some minor OCD and this can be seen through micro-actions that can get more noticeable as the play goes on. LASER, aka Jenna Lazar, is a cross between a traditional “high school freak” and a feminist punk rocker. She is 16 going on 17, but she thinks she acts 20 going on 21. She is very sexually open and out there, but it stems from a deeper trauma that she has covered in thick eyeliner and alternative lipstick colors (like blue, purple, and black). PRISS, aka Felipe Ruiz, is a sprite, fashionable, snarky, teenage boy, who identifies as queer, wears makeup, nail polish, and gender neutral clothing. He often likes to blur the lines of gender norms. However, due to his stark Catholic and Costa Rican family, he is too afraid to explore the idea of being trans. Note: the script uses He/Him pronouns in the script, but based on casting choices please make decisions on when and where do adjust pronouns for them. JUMPER, a senior, almost 18, Jesse Palmer. He is a James Franco in Freaks and Geeks type of high school student. On the surface he can seem dumb, but inside he’s actually a poet and a reader. He’ll never let you see that. PENNY, aka Pia Luningning Sulu, 16 new girl in school, she comes from a strict immigrant Southeastern Asian family, and she desperately wants to fit in with the popular crowd, while also aspiring to an Ivy League future. PA SYSTEM aka LIBBY, the bubbly school president of the student body who makes the morning announcements. She is perky and friendly and a product of the system. THE STUDENT BODY CHORUS, A Greek chorus of high school students that could be played by 3 to 10 actors. This Chorus can be additional actors or members of the existing ensemble. They can speak in unison, or divide up their text between each other. There should be a monster with many heads feel to them. |
"Have You Read? February" with Interim Writers
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Readings and Workshops
"Have You Read? August" with Interim Writers
Workshop and Reading with Moonbox Productions at their New Works Festival at The Boston Center for the Arts, directed by Dori Robinson.
Script-in-hand Staging of MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM with Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company at The Democracy Center at 8pm on February 8th. Directed by Vicki Schairer.
The Lesley University MFA Reading Series presented by the Writing for Stage and Screen Program will present a staged reading of the full play on Thursday September 20th at 6:15pm at Lesley University Hall. Directed by Christopher Webb, featuring: Sarah Smithton, Jake Strautmann, Nick Sulfaro, Paige Berkovitz, Marchant Davis, and Celia Hottenstein.
Interim Writers produced a staged reading of the full play on Friday August 24th 2012 at "Have You Read? August Part 1." The reading was directed by Vicki Schairer. It featured: Erin Brehm, Michael Dix Thomas, Tony Rios, Nicholas Sulfaro, Melanie Garber, and Alison Luntz.
Interim Writers produced a staged reading of the first 51 pages of Meet Me In The Bathroom at "Have You Read? February," on February 3rd at The Democracy Center in Harvard Square.
The reading featured: James Crosby, Melody Madarasz, Meg DiMaggio, Tony Rios, Rachel Kurnos, and Austin Auh.
Script-in-hand Staging of MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM with Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company at The Democracy Center at 8pm on February 8th. Directed by Vicki Schairer.
The Lesley University MFA Reading Series presented by the Writing for Stage and Screen Program will present a staged reading of the full play on Thursday September 20th at 6:15pm at Lesley University Hall. Directed by Christopher Webb, featuring: Sarah Smithton, Jake Strautmann, Nick Sulfaro, Paige Berkovitz, Marchant Davis, and Celia Hottenstein.
Interim Writers produced a staged reading of the full play on Friday August 24th 2012 at "Have You Read? August Part 1." The reading was directed by Vicki Schairer. It featured: Erin Brehm, Michael Dix Thomas, Tony Rios, Nicholas Sulfaro, Melanie Garber, and Alison Luntz.
Interim Writers produced a staged reading of the first 51 pages of Meet Me In The Bathroom at "Have You Read? February," on February 3rd at The Democracy Center in Harvard Square.
The reading featured: James Crosby, Melody Madarasz, Meg DiMaggio, Tony Rios, Rachel Kurnos, and Austin Auh.
