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Zap: A Play

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By Paul Fleischman
Publisher Candlewick Press
Zap: A Play
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Aimed at a generation of short attention spans and a taste for razorsharp comedy, the rapidfire ZAP is a smart, farcical new play for highschool students thats ready to bring the house down. When theyre not dusting off the old classics over and over highschool drama departments are constantly in search of new material. But what play could possibly suit the pointandclick attention spans of kids born with remote controls in their cribs? Cue the lights for ZAP, a nonstop farce that juxtaposes seven different plays performed simultaneously with a comic genius reminiscent of masters from Monty Python to the Marx Brothers. Combining spoton parodies of Anton Chekhov, Agatha Christie, Tennessee Williams, Samuel Beckett, Neil Simon and performance art and throwing in scenes from RICHARD III for good measure, ZAP flicks rapidly back and forth from play to play, with hilarious results. As characters from one play end up on the set of another, their befuddlement, exasperation, and brave attempts at improvisation are truly priceless. A hoot to read, ZAP is a dream to perform as high schools in California, New York, and Florida have already discovered.

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16474 words16,474 words
96 pages96 pages
Lexile NPLexile NP
Grade K to 3Grade K to 3
Published 2005Published 2005

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Book ISBN:

9780763632342

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