Tallahassee Ca. 2045

In the year 2045, a group of politically conscious high school seniors decides to organize a youth rally—a protest to lower the minimum voting age. Just before the protest is scheduled to happen, a massive ice sheet breaks off of Antarctica, causing global flooding. The youth rally becomes a demand for radical change of climate policy, and the politics of the students are put under new pressure. Relationships between the original group of friends strain as the protest grows further and further out of control, and any hopes of changing the world look dimmer and dimmer.

Tallahassee Circa 2045 is an exploration of protest culture, shifting ideologies, and the intersection of youth and politics, set against the backdrop of global catastrophe and an ever-shifting national landscape.

Running time is approximately 120 minutes. The cast is 1M, 5F, 3NB.

In addition to this play, this publication includes an afterword by the author, which constitutes an in-depth look at youth rights, representations of high schoolers, and the politically tumultuous period in which the play was written.

With the exception of the cover, copyright of the entirety of this publication has been waived by Francis Bass, the author, in celebration of Public Domain Day 2019.