Synopsis
The Gifted Program
$13
Published by Dramatists Play Service
9 Male 6 Female
In 1986, at the very bottom of Washington High's
social food chain are the last remaining members
of the Dungeons & Dragons' club - four maladapted
refugees from a defunct program for gifted and
talented students, who have been thrown into the
harsh arena of an inner-city public high school
When the identity of a secret admirer is revealed, the school's rigid hierarchy is upended; for Washington High's four most unpopular students, the simple pursuit of an education becomes a fight for survival
"Carbajal's humor alternates between lacerating and indulgent, and never slackens" ~ The New Yorker