# Quiz Out

## Metadata

- Slug: quiz-out
- Type: Full-length Play
- Genre: Dramedy
- Acts: 2 acts
- Duration: 90–120 minutes
- Cast: Medium (7-14)
- Cast Summary: 5f, 3m
- Suitable For:
  - Professional Theatre
  - Community Theatre
  - College/University
  - High School/Secondary
- Primary Image: https://content.uproartheatrics.com/w0e0xvd9mm4pms3w64d3s9a14sab

---

## Authors

- By [Margot Connolly](https://www.uproartheatrics.com/md/authors/margot-connolly)

## Overview

We're deep in the middle notch of the present-day Bible Belt. Two seventeen-year-old girls on a Bible Quiz team spend more and more time together, and learn more about themselves and the Bible than they ever thought they would.
Harper's moved back to her aunt’s house for her junior year of high school and her aunt
thinks she should pick everything up where she left off - school, youth ministry, her childhood best friend Hannah. But her relationship with Hannah has changed, and Hannah seems to feel it too.
**Princess Grace Award finalist and The Kilroy's List honorable mention**
**“Connolly writes with incredible love both for her queer protagonists and for the odd religious world they come from.** It's beautiful to see these two worlds come together, balanced well by the light world of the Bible Quiz Bowl (which is, of course) very high-stakes for some of us...). A well-balanced dramedy that brought a tear to my eye.**”
—**[Lainie Vansant](https://newplayexchange.org/users/13645/lainie-vansant)
And here's Margot's [Bible Quiz playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Nu60YOwo9YanOImlURIBB) to help you get in the mood.
*Please note: there are no line alterations available for QUIZ OUT.*

## Plot

Harper’s returned to live with her Aunt Kate after six years living with her father, and her aunt thinks Harper can just pick up her old life where she left off, complete with youth ministry and her childhood best friend Hannah. Hannah’s eager to make Harper feel at home again, encouraging her to join the Bible Quiz team under the leadership of their slightly tyrannical team captain, Matthew-Mark, so they can spend more time together. As Harper starts finding her way in Bible Quiz practices and she and Hannah spend even more time together, they realize their feelings for each other go deeper than they’d previously thought. Together, they have to try to balance their burgeoning relationship, their Quiz Team responsibilities, and a world that doesn’t understand or support them, all while cramming for Nationals.

## Cast

| Name | Role | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
| HARPER | Principal | Female, 16 - 17. Lives with her aunt. Unsure about church stuff, sure about Hannah. |
| HANNAH | Principal | Female, 16 - 17. Into church stuff, into Harper. |
| MATTHEW-MARK | Principal | Male, 17 - 18. Captain of Quiz Team. Excellent at church stuff, still figuring out friends. |
| AUNT KATE | Supporting | Female, late 40s to mid 50s. Harper’s aunt. Desperately wants to make Harper happy, unclear as to how. (Can be doubled with Official 2.)
 |
| COACH PASTOR KIRK | Supporting | Male, early 40s to mid 50s. Youth minister. (Can be doubled with Official 1.)
 |
| FAITH | Supporting | Female, 16 - 18. Captain of rival quiz team. Archnemesis.
 |
| HOPE | Supporting | Female, 16 - 17. Faith’s best fried/sidekick. Slow on the uptake.  |
| NATHAN | Supporting | Male, 17 - 18. The third chair. Slower on the uptake than Hope.  |

## Materials

### Available for additional fee:

| Name | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| 60-Minute Talkback with the Creator | A 60-minute Zoom/Google Meet with one or more of the show's creator(s). Licensees and guests can ask questions, share experiences, and hear about the artistic journey of the show and creative team. This can be scheduled before or after the performances. If we are unable to make scheduling work, the cost will be refunded. |
| Video Recording License | License to create an archival recording of the show that may be distributed to the cast and crew. This does not allow publicly posting the performance. |

## Production Images

| URL | Caption | Credit |
| --- | ------- | ------ |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/e2afq5wzzy69a9zccwg7a5c2ycfr | Mackenzie Elsbecker, Sammi Shane: University of Iowa | Pam Connolly |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/o2qggrerx7awiew5b49p2kecb2r6 | Hunter Menken, Lukas Brasherfons, Sammi Shane, Mackenzie Elsbecker: University of Iowa
 | Pam Connolly |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/qigdmbuv2iv0pikfq6tvvde6mx8g | Mackenzie Elsbecker, Lukas Brasherfons, and Sammi Shane: University of Iowa | Margot Connolly |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/egyemp925vjnhgvooh9n04e22zjr | Robert Fu, Nicole Gabrione, Kaylyn Kluck, Lukas Brashfons, Sammi Shane, Mackenzie Elsbecker: University of Iowa
 | Pam Connolly |

## Links

- [View HTML page](https://www.uproartheatrics.com/shows/quiz-out)