A play about a girl who compares her anxiety disorder to the Incredible Hulk. Won an honorable mention in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2015) Eventually, turned into a 50,000 word novel for National Novel Writing Month.
JOSEPH
Hey, Lee!
(Freeze for everyone except LEAH.)
LEAH
That’s Joseph, Joe for short. He’s the best companion I could ask for in this dark dismal outcast setting, called high school. He’s kind of my sidekick, helping to restrain the monster in me from time to time. He’s the type of guy who should have his own TV show with his amazing one-liners and his “dashing good looks” or so he says. He’s more put together than I’ll ever be. (Pause.) His favorite superhero is Iron Man, but I try not to hold it against him...
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