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Packet B: Bonus 12

A play by this author begins with an excerpt of a real-life chat log between an 18-year-old boy and a former mayor of Spokane, Washington, using the handle “theright-biguy.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this American playwright who depicted three teenagers’ plan to expose their predatory teacher in Speech and Debate. This author won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2016 for The Humans.
ANSWER: Stephen Karam (“CARE-um”)
[10m] In Speech and Debate, the precocious Diwata performs a one-woman musical centered on a maid from this play. That character gives a pregnant woman a “poppet” stuck with a needle in this play.
ANSWER: The Crucible (by Arthur Miller)
[10e] In 2016, Karam produced a semi-translated vernacular adaptation of a play by this author. Christopher Durang’s play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike riffs on Uncle Vanya and other plays by this Russian author.
ANSWER: Anton Chekhov
<HG, American Literature> | Packet-B_Harvard-A_UNC-B_Virginia-Tech_Waterloo-A_Yale

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4915.3194%55%4%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Georgetown APurdue0101020ME
Georgetown BNorthwestern B0000
IowaNotre Dame C0101020ME
Notre Dame ANotre Dame B0101020ME
Stanford BNorthwestern A0101020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California2025-02-01✓316.67100%67%0%
Florida2025-02-01✓33.3333%0%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓616.67100%67%0%
North2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%
Overflow2025-02-01✓516.0080%80%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01✓215.00100%50%0%
South Central2025-02-01✓220.00100%100%0%
Southeast2025-02-01✓417.50100%75%0%
UK2025-02-01✓1016.00100%50%10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓815.00100%38%13%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓316.67100%67%0%