A Rocket In His Pocket
by Tom Erhard

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120 minsPresent DayEnsemble CastInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican Comedy

Full Length Comedy / Into Rimrock High School comes mild mannered Oswald Agnew, new graduate of Hackensack Teachers' College.

One expects a certain number of problems in a new job - but Oswald discovers that he's the first male teacher in the school in ten years!

Mr. Agnew's first day is an absolute shambles.

While he's diagraming a simple sentence on the blackboard, Spaceman sends up another one of his homemade rockets.

Then Arlin gets his finger stuck in his desk.

Then the fire drill bell rings!

As they all carry Arlin, desk and all, towards the nearest exit, Mrs. Matchett, the principal, storms in!

It looks like an impossible situation, but the students rally behind their new teacher who proceeds to win the respect of his fellow teachers!

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Arlin Abbott the fun loving, but slightly bumbling class prankster.	—	—	the fun loving, but slightly bumbling class prankster.
Harry Cooper Arlin's buddy and class "heart throb."	—	—	Arlin's buddy and class "heart throb."
Janis Brown Harry's pretty, spunky "steady" -well, at least once in a while.	—	—	Harry's pretty, spunky "steady" -well, at least once in a while.
Jackie a muscular, athletic minded student.	—	—	a muscular, athletic minded student.
Barbara Jackie's studious friend.	—	—	Jackie's studious friend.
Lulu an older, more mature student -sophistication's gift to Blue Rimrock.	—	—	an older, more mature student -sophistication's gift to Blue Rimrock.
Mrs. Matchett the ruggedly individualistic principal and football coach.	—	—	the ruggedly individualistic principal and football coach.
Mr. Agnew a mild mannered, conscientious graduate of Hackensack Teachers College and first male teacher at Rimrock High in ten years.	male	—	a mild mannered, conscientious graduate of Hackensack Teachers College and first male teacher at Rimrock High in ten years.
Miss Chisle a prim, grim English teacher who talks like a textbook and looks just about as glamorous.	—	—	a prim, grim English teacher who talks like a textbook and looks just about as glamorous.
Spaceman an inventive, eccentric senior at Blue Rimrock High.	—	—	an inventive, eccentric senior at Blue Rimrock High.