PAST PRODUCTIONS

Love (Awkwardly)

Q: How do you handle emotions that are adult in magnitude when you're cramped by the confines of high school?
A. Awkwardly.

Love (Awkwardly) focuses on the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward moments of relationships, following eight teenagers as they explore critical moments in their lives.

 

Productions

The play was first produced in June 2009 at Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

In November2009, Love (Awkwardly) was selected for Manhattan Theatre Source's Playground Development Series where is sold out its initial run and won the Audience Favorite Award, which brought the show back for a second run in January 2010.

Love (Awkwardly) has been produced at Bordentown Regional High School in Bordentown, New Jersey in October 2010 and at Red Bank Regional High School in May 2011.

Love (Awkwardly) was a finalist in The Big Shout Out Play Writing Contest, at Echo Theatre in Dallas Texas in April 2011.

The Play was nominated for Outstanding New Play, Supporting Actor (Winner), Tech Crew, Lighting and Media Design (Winner), Theatre Night Awards, Montclair State University, 2010, for Love (Awkwardly)

 

Synopsis

In the realm of high school, relationships can be as complicated as adult ones are normally perceived. Eddie is hopelessly in love with his best friend, Wendy, who, unaware of his interest, is infatuated with another guy. Luke and Roxanne have the perfect relationship – they communicate, give each other space, are never jealous. But Roxanne is about to graduate and go to Fordham, leaving Luke, a junior, behind – the one subject they avoid. Randy and Charlotte's relationship is tempestuously opposite – jealousy, mistrust, poor communication. However, on the side, Randy is seeing Laura, Charlotte's best friend. Last year, Laura broke up with George, Randy's close friend.  George hasn't ever really recovered from this and still hopes desperately that she will come back to him. The play, a series of vignettes, monologues and media, focuses on the wonderful, painful, exhilarating moments of relationships.  It is a comedy that follows the relationships of eight juniors and seniors as they are confronted by emotions that adult in magnitude but are cramped by the confines of high school.

 

The Authors

The play is a collaborative effort of twelve high school students and Maryann Carolan and John Rotondo. John and Maryann worked with the students and brainstormed critical ideas in relationships: the first kiss, flirting, dating, breaking up and going to college

 

"I absolutely love this play. It was a blast working on and every character is so different and expresses themselves throughout the entire play. The humor is funny and age-appropriate. You will laugh and might even shed a tear in this wonderful show!"
-Sophia Gutchinov as Wendy McGann, Red Bank Regional High School

"Love (Awkwardly) was the perfect fall play for my students. Never before had we produced a show where they had so strongly identified with the characters they were portraying. The rehearsal process was filled with discussions about relationships, both their own and their characters', and it was amazing to see how much they opened up to each other as well as to their audience. I highly recommend this play to any high school theatre director who is looking for a show that their students will truly enjoy, both as performers and as audience members."
-Stacie Morano, Director, Bordentown Regional High School

 

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