Roles:

Can be doubled for a cast of 7 males, 7 females

• Akeelah
• Gail
• Reggie
• Dr.Larabee
• Georgia
• Batty Ruth
• Drunk Willie
• J.T.
• Dylan
• Javier
• Dylan's Dad
• Izzy
• Ratchet Rhonda
• Trish
• Principal
• DJ Rule
• Judge
• TV Announcer
• Chucky
• Pronouncer
• Snorting Girl
• Crying Girl
• Foxy Fay
• Horse Girl
• Mohawk Girl

The following resources are included in each performance license:

• Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:

• Logo/Media package

Cheryl L. West's plays include: Something Happened in Our Town, Last Stop on Market Street, Akeelah & the Bee, Mwindo, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Addy: American Girl Story, and Pullman Porter Blues. Her plays have been seen in England, Off-Broadway, on Broadway (Play On!)and in numerous regional theaters around the country. She has written TV and film projects at Disney, Paramount, MTV Films, Showtime, TNT, HBO, CBS and is the Webby-nominated writer for the original web series Diary of a Single Mom. Ms. West is the recipient of several awards: American Alliance For Theatre & Education (AATE) Distinguished Play Award (2016), the 2016 Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award, the Helen Hayes/Charles McArthur award for outstanding new play, the Susan Smith Blackburn prize, an international playwriting award for distinguished new plays, the National Endowment Playwriting Award and the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Best Playwright Award.

Originally produced in Children's Theatre Company's 15-16 season

Winner of the AATE Distinguished Play Award in 2016