Banana Point

It's 1999 at Jewish sleepover camp and the dance is nine days away. The girls of Cabin G-6 are determined to get a date. Through lessons on shaving their pubic hair to giving the perfect blow job, the girls learn exactly how to attract the boys. But how far is too far? What must they change about their bodies, and personalities, to get a coveted date? And how will these necessary transformations affect the women...

It's 1999 at Jewish sleepover camp and the dance is nine days away. The girls of Cabin G-6 are determined to get a date. Through lessons on shaving their pubic hair to giving the perfect blow job, the girls learn exactly how to attract the boys. But how far is too far? What must they change about their bodies, and personalities, to get a coveted date? And how will these necessary transformations affect the women they will become? Banana Point tells the story of all the wrong lessons girls learn and, more dangerously, teach one another.

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Banana Point

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Banana Point

    The community of Playwrights Foundation Bay Area literary council readers advanced Banana Point as a finalist for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

    This script spoke deeply and directly to many of our readers, who felt very seen by its exploration of tween girlhood and Jewish identity. We are eager to follow the future life of this project!

    We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in its journey towards production.

    The community of Playwrights Foundation Bay Area literary council readers advanced Banana Point as a finalist for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

    This script spoke deeply and directly to many of our readers, who felt very seen by its exploration of tween girlhood and Jewish identity. We are eager to follow the future life of this project!

    We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in its journey towards production.

ANDREA: 12, quiet, angry, has trouble communicating, interested in her stuffed dragon and its imagined fire-breathing capabilities
ALLISON: 12, immature, desperate to be liked
ELLEN: 12, rules-based, scared, fiercely loyal
MO: 13, considers herself mature, sarcastic, unaware of the fact she's gay
SARAH: 12, self-conscious, boy-crazy, observant, sensitive
SHAYNA: 13, the queen bee, misinformed, overly sexual
NICK: 26, Bro-ish, late-twenties or early thirties
ADULT SARAH: 26, Insecure, late-twenties or early thirties (doubling)

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization San Francisco State University, Year 2023
  • Type Workshop, Organization San Francisco State University, Year 2022