Exception to the Rule

Exception to the Rule

Exception to the Rule

Dave Harris

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Exception to the Rule

Exception to the Rule

Dave Harris

Overview

How do you make it through detention? In the worst high school in the city, six Black students are stuck in Room 111. They flirt. They fight. They tease. Should they follow the rules and stay put, or find an escape? Are the walls keeping them in, or are stronger forces at play?

Five Black high school students are stuck in detention on the Friday before a long weekend. Business is as usual until Erika, the college-bound star of the worst high school in the city, shows up to her very first detention. As the play progresses, we learn why each of them has been sentenced to seemingly never-ending detention. Exception to the Rule attacks the issue of surviving in an institution that was not built for you. Maybe you smoke some weed in detention. Maybe you find love in detention. Maybe you wait for something to change in detention. But no matter how we survive, maybe we're all stuck here together.

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Cautions

  • Caution Strong Language Strong Language
  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes
  • Caution Smoking Smoking

Details

  • Time Period: Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Cast Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s), Role(s) for Teen(s)
  • Target Audience: Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

Authors

Dave Harris

Dave Harris

Dave Harris is a poet and playwright from West Philly. Selected plays include Tambo & Bones (LA Drama Critics Award for Best New Play, TimeOut London’s Best Plays of 2023), Exception to the Rule (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2022) and Tender (Soho Theatre, 2026). His first fea ...

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