Question
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>
Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 100% | 50% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Michigan B | Michigan A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Kenyon | Michigan C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Case Western A | Michigan D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Michigan State | Case Western B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Carnegie Mellon B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Ohio State B | Carnegie Mellon A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |