LINKS
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JonathanDorf.com, home page of playwright Jonathan Dorf, author of 4 A.M. and numerous plays for teens and adults alike.
YouthPLAYS, the publisher of exciting new plays and musicals for young actors and audiences, with scripts for high schools, middle schools, youth theatres, universities and community theatres, as well as professional theatres for young audiences.
ProduceaPlay.com, a massive resource site for those interested in producing theatre at schools, colleges, community and professional theatres. Thank You for Flushing My Head in the Toilet and other rarely used expressions, the acclaimed play about teen bullying by Jonathan Dorf. 
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Young Playwrights 101, the ultimate resource for young playwrights and those who teach them.
Declaration is a one-act play by Jonathan Dorf that explores the befores, durings and afters of a group of students whose school is yet another ground zero for a mass shooting. Through a series of connected scenes and monologues, they'll try to piece together what's happened in the frantic moments after, calm themselves with imaginings of what they'll have accomplished years from now--assuming they make it through the morning--and consider whether hiding in classrooms, closets and bathrooms was what our country's founders had in mind when they penned the Declaration of Independence's famous phrase about the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." 
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The Locker Next 2 Mine by Jonathan Dorf, available in both one-act and full-length versions, addresses the troubling issue of teen suicide.
4 A.M., the hit one-act play for teens by Jonathan Dorf, about a group of teen characters all awake and searching for connection in the magic hour. 4 A.M., the musical , the full-length musical, with composer-lyricist Alison Wood, based on Jonathan Dorf's one-act. High School (non) Musical, the hit parody by Jonathan Dorf of the Disney sensation. 
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