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Overview
Synopsis
The Undertakers Club follows five students and the faculty advisor of their somewhat unusual club for future funeral directors. The students’ attitudes towards death range from the flippant to the professionally serious, but all are forced to face the issue personally when one of their members dies. The Undertakers Club is a cathartic vehicle that allows teenagers to imagine what the death of a friend at an early age would mean to them.
Show Information
- Book
- Con Chapman
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- First Produced
- 2005
- Genres
- Drama
- Settings
- Contemporary, Simple/No Set
- Time & Place
- The Present Day, An American High School
- Cast Size
- small
- Ideal For
- High School, Middle School, Mostly Female Cast, Includes Early Teen, Late Teen, Adult Characters, Small Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
| Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Female |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Female |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Female |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Either Gender |
Spoken |
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Featured |
Either Gender |
Spoken |
Songs
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Guide Written By:
Alexandra Appleton
Writer, editor and theatre researcher