Candid
by Michael Scanlan

Name: Candid
Brand: Michael Scanlan
SKU: 9780874409826
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One Act 40 mins Present Day Bare Stage/Simple Set

T.J., a young student photographer, chronicles the break-up of his family after his mother walks out.

The demise of the family and its devastating effect are captured in dramatic and photographic flashbacks.

T.J. tries to make sense out of all this, but no one is willing to talk or to listen: not his mother, his girlfriend, or teacher.

Using his photographs, he reflects, All Art is enlightening.

But does it have to be so painful?

Presented at Project Discovery Playwrights' Workshop, Choate Rosemary Hall School, Wallingford, Ct.

Chosen for publication in Dramatics, the magazine of the International Thespian Society.

Mr. Scanlan is also the author of the popular collection of plays, Inside Out .

"One of the top ten plays in U.S. high schools."
— Dramatics Magazine

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Rose his mother, strong, loving, but fierce when angered	female	—	his mother, strong, loving, but fierce when angered
Nicki his sister, 12 years old, moody, still very much a child	female	—	his sister, 12 years old, moody, still very much a child
Tom his father, stodgy, control-oriented	male	—	his father, stodgy, control-oriented
Rico his best friend, steady, plodding, but with a sense of humor	male	—	his best friend, steady, plodding, but with a sense of humor
Karen his girlfriend, intelligent, imaginative, and lots of fun	male	—	his girlfriend, intelligent, imaginative, and lots of fun
T.J. Toeffler a high school junior, intense, sensitive, with a compulsion to be entertaining	—	—	a high school junior, intense, sensitive, with a compulsion to be entertaining