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From Footlights to Flashlights is Gwyn English Nielsen's collection of character-building plays for teenagers. Previously, she has found success with her children's books, Serendipity and the Dream Catcher and Torey the Turkey Goes Skiing, as well as Teaching Love Life, autobiographical poetry. In the anthology, there are ten chapters, each including a play focusing on a specific theme related to a challenge that adolescents often experience in today's society. Contents include Allegorical Chairs, a morality play; Chain Link, an exploration of identity; To Be-or Not to Be-One of Us, a piece on peer pressure; Cup of Random Joes, a play about love; Two Guys and a Guillotine, a story of inequity; Trilogy of Rude Behavior, a trio about socialization; Hold the Phone, monologues related to miscommunication; Baseball: America's Pastime, an exploration of sexism; Within and Without Magic, a portrayal of grief, and Rainbow Blue, a lesson on tolerance.

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