Do you have a sample of a 5 or 10-minute play on drug awareness?

Answer 1

I don't have it with me at work, but I went to Willcox, Arizona a year ago and watched a theatrical presentation done by teenagers in this group called Willcox Against Substance Abuse, or WASA for short. I came home to Utah with some scripts that might work for you, but I'd have to look through my files for them. They do have a website, though. See below. I also remember doing a skit in Logan, Utah, with college students about 12 years ago, where one person narrated how the effects of alcohol starts to affect a driver. One by one each person in the skit would attach themselves to the driver in the driver's seat (you can use a car and mime a steering wheel or use a detached one). I don't have the exact data with me on the skit, but you say something like, "Within 2.7 minutes after drinking 2 beers, your judgment and reflexes are slowed down by 32%." So then one or two people put their hands on the driver's hands to literally slow down their turning reflexes, and someone else holds their head to slow down their reaction to look at oncoming traffic. If you use a real steering wheel, someone can even sit on the top of the steering wheel. You continue with the narration to say, "With the third drink your night vision is impaired 67%" (or whatever statistic you can find). Then one person comes behind the driver and places their hands over the driver's eyes, only allowing a little bit of access to daylight. The way the skit ends is with the narrator saying, "And people say drinking makes them feel freer, and stronger, and able to do things they couldn't do before. (In a sarcastic tone). Yep, it looks like this person is really more able to drive now. Looks really free and strong to me." It's a very concrete way to show the physical effects of drinking alcohol. This whole skit takes about 5 to 8 minutes, as I recall. You can write your own skit with just a few statistics from any anti-drinking website, I think. Good luck.