Premiered at the Springfield Academy of Arts and Academics (Springfield, OR). Special thanks also to Idyllwild Arts Academy, where the play was first read, and to Socorro High School (El Paso, TX), the second production of the play.
It has its own dedicated website at www.thankyouforflushing.com, where you’ll find production notes, a study guide, and more testimonials and pictures! You will also find a pair of optional alternate endings that amplify the connection between suicide and bullying.
Winner, Georgia Independent School Association State Class AA 2011 One-Act Play championship (Piedmont Academy, Monticello, GA).
The play has also been a winning choice for competitive forensics in dramatic interpretation, producing the Tennessee state runners-up in duo and the Georgia state champion in solo intepretation.
“…poignant and timely…”—The Monticello News (Monticello, GA)
“In my 17 years of teaching, I have rarely found a script that has touched the cast, crew, student and adult audience in such a profound way. Upon our first reading of the play, our company stated that it was a play that we had to produce. My students felt like they needed to do this for their school.”
—Troy Herbort, head of the Fine Arts Department, Socorro High School (El Paso, Texas)
“We were the first high school in Mississippi to perform this play. We enjoyed it because it played on a theme that the students could connect with and really learn from.”
—Dr. Phil Burchfield, Superintendent, Clinton Public School District (Clinton, MS)
“Thank you for writing a delightful script that while humorous still brought home the seriousness of the issue of school bullying.”
—Bruce Turner, Counselor, Royster Middle School (Chanute, Kansas)
