Blaire has everything—good looks, popularity, a brain. It's her senior year, and she's going to be valedictorian. No one is surprised when she is chosen Homecoming Queen at the season's final football game. Her friends are delighted—everybody likes her. And then Blaire finds out that she has cancer.

A gripping, meaningful play. The original production won honors in a state one-act play contest, where it has become a perennial favorite.

The play has fun, excitement, and some tears. The setting is the Doghouse restaurant, the favorite hangout for the young people of the small town of Clearwater (the author set the play in Texas, but with a few minor changes in the dialog—permission for which is granted—it could take place anywhere). With one simple set, modern, everyday costumes, and roles that are easy to play, Her Senior Year is easy to stage, and it's ideal for touring. All but one of the characters are teen-age. Audiences of all ages enjoy it. Young people see themselves; adults see their children in familiar situations and recall their own teen years—and perhaps offer a prayer of thankfulness. The play makes you think.

See also: Plays About Personal Relationships, Plays About Death and War