Neal speaks to the audience: "The topic is acceptance... Many of us are fortunate...Words such as exclusion, discrimination, and prejudice are not part of our lives. However, they are reality for many people."

Each of 9 vignettes addresses a group of targeted people. An almost bare stage, except for seating pieces, allows movement between scenes with modern clothing for all except angels in white robes. This 1-act is Patsy's first play script and the end of a personal journey. Some scenes are based on actual events; others are fictional. The play toured Canada and The Netherlands before publication.

Patsy's summary: "I feel a personal kinship for those students who march to a different drummer...those whom society reserves for their slings and arrows, their barbs and putdowns. A Different Drummer is my gift to all those whom society shuns but by whom I am forever touched with every encounter. May they have the strength and courage to continue teaching the rest of humanity the importance of acceptance and love in their truest forms."

Other plays about social issues: Artie, A Friend Like Artie, Close the Door So It Can't Get Into Your Room, Don't Say It, Help, How Reading Came Back to Nowhere, Isolation, The Other Person's Shoes, The River Between, Rhubarb Jam, All the World's a Stage, Stark Drama, Stations, A Trying Ordeal, Turners, Welcome to Carnie, What Will Happen to the Children?

See also: Plays About Prejudice and Injustice