/NVASIVE

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One-act drama

/NVASIVE

by Leo Clarin

/Nvasive is a sharp, funny, and unsettling contemporary play set at Weinreich High School, where two tech-savvy teens create a new social media app designed to reward students for capturing bullying, hate speech, and bad behavior on camera.

Running time30 min
Cast20 or more actorsMany roles, any gender
SetSimple locationsSuggest each place with a few pieces
CompetitionReady as writtenFits a 40-minute limit
ForMiddle and high school
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The story

/Nvasive is a sharp, funny, and unsettling contemporary play set at Weinreich High School, where two tech-savvy teens create a new social media app designed to reward students for capturing bullying, hate speech, and bad behavior on camera. What begins as a well-intentioned idea quickly spirals out of control as the app turns morality into a points system, popularity into currency, and student life into constant surveillance. As rankings rise and clout becomes king, the school divides into “Ranked” and “Unranked,” exposing how easily justice can be distorted when it’s filtered through algorithms and likes.

Led by Becca, one of the few students who refuses to play the game, a small group begins to question what’s been lost in the rush for attention and approval. Blending satire, heart, and absurdity, /Nvasive explores the dangers of performative morality, the pressure of online identity, and the cost of valuing content over compassion. With a large flexible ensemble, fast pacing, and moments that are both laugh-out-loud funny and uncomfortably familiar, the play challenges audiences to ask a vital question: Who are we when no one is watching—and who do we become when everyone is?

Producing it

Cast20 actors, and the ensemble can grow as large as you like. Many roles can be played by any gender. You can change lines, roles and genders to fit your students.
SetCafeteria, basement game room, innovation lab, bleachers.
TechA projection or LED screen drives the show, showing a live leaderboard and app graphics, though a rolling sign can substitute. Plan for voice-overs, confetti, glitch lighting and choreographed slow-motion movement.
For your scene-stealersA large, flexible ensemble for rallies, slow-motion scenes and a surreal montage, plus a direct-address narrator and strong speeches for the student who pushes back.

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