So You Wanna Be a Cheerleader

by M.G. Davidson

When cheerleading captain Britney and her three squad members Britnee, Brittani, and, uh, Kevin...realize they have to find a fifth squad member to be eligible to compete at Nationals, they decide to hold tryouts to see who in their school is up to the challenge. After a series of terrible tryouts, each one more hilarious and absurd than the last, it's clear that everyone wants to be a cheerleader. But how can you choose from a talent pool that includes a football player with a head injury, an eccentric goth girl, a nerd with a vendetta, and...um...a gorilla? This screwball comedy asks the eternal question of our time: So You Wanna Be a Cheerleader?

30 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Shawn Deal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very entertaining play all about cheerleader tryouts. Each scene is basically a tryout gone wrong for the cheerleading squad, who are desperate to find enough cheerleaders to compete this year.
This was well done and very funny.

[Elizabeth Day · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as I needed it to be, but is short and would probably be fun to do with middle schoolers or something. So many all caps moments that it was overkill. Would almost definitely be funnier staged, though, as it had some funny characters and concepts. A couple moments did make me laugh out loud.

(G rating)