The tall girls
Subtitle: a play about playing basketball
By: Meg Miroshnik
Edition: Samuel French acting edition.
Publisher: Samuel French
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9780573703652
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Basketball for girls; Drama; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Teenagers; School sports; Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939) fast (OCoLC)fst00899651
Description: Award winning playwright, Meg Miroshnik transports her audience to Poor Prairie, the dusty, desolate town where fifteen-and-a-half-year-old Jean has been exiled as caretaker for her wild-child cousin, Almeda. It's a grim, dangerous place to eke out an existence as a teenage girl -- until a handsome man arrives with a past and a brand-new basketball in tow. As the town's girls come together to form a team set on making it out of Poor Prairie, a murky committee of townspeople threatens to stamp out girls' sports altogether. Inspired by the flourishing and the decline of high school girls' basketball teams in the 1930s rural Midwest, The Tall Girl asks: Who can afford the luxury of play? And what is the cost of childhood? Featuring a strong ensemble of female characters, The Tall Girls examines issues of class and gender amidst the historic 1930s Dust Bowl.
Notes: "Drama / 1m, 5f / unit set"--Back cover.

"First produced by the Alliance Theatre ... in Atlanta, Georgia. The opening date was March 12, 2014"--Page 4.

Text in English.