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Citizenship

Short Play, Drama  /  6w, 7m

Citizenship
by Mark Ravenhill

A funny, outspoken drama, focusing on teenager Tom, who dreams of kissing someone but can't tell whether they're female or male. Is he gay? "Gay Gary" his schoolfriend, is gay by nickname only. deClerk, the young Citizenship teacher, is gay but stres…

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 7m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
A funny, outspoken drama, focusing on teenager Tom, who dreams of kissing someone but can't tell whether they're female or male. Is he gay? "Gay Gary" his schoolfriend, is gay by nickname only. deClerk, the young Citizenship teacher, is gay but stressed out and professionally cautious; Amy, Tom's self-harming best friend, has sex with him as an experiment then Tom meets Martin, who helps him to answer some questions while raising others.
Cast Attributes
M7 F6.

Note from Mark Ravenhill: I'm happy for any of the parts to be played by whoever, whatever
gender. The gendered casting is only a suggestion and the parts are open to
anyone wherever they are on the gender spectrum. 

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Simple settings

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Mark Ravenhill

Mark Ravenhill was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex in 1966. He studied Drama and English at Bristol University. His first play Shopping and Fucking was produced by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre in 1996. Subsequent plays include Faust Is Dead and Handbag (both ...
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