Middle Class

Middle Class (2008) by Brad Slaight (Bakers Plays), ISBN: 9780874402957 — Condition: Fine — as sold by Crappy Old Books

Finally, a play that puts the “drama” back into drama class. Brad Slaight’s Middle Class (2008, Bakers Plays) isn’t about 401(k)s, mortgages, and minivans—though the title might trick you—it’s actually a sharp, funny, and sometimes painfully honest look at the soap opera that is high school. Packed with monologues and scenes perfect for young actors, this script has become a backstage staple: equal parts angst, laughter, and “oh wow, that was me at 16.”

This particular copy is in Fine condition—which in the world of Crappy Old Books is rarer than an adolescent who doesn’t roll their eyes. The cover’s clean, the pages are crisp, and the binding hasn’t been manhandled by a dozen frantic drama teachers looking for “just one more scene for the festival.” No coffee stains, no suspicious doodles in the margins (at least none we’ve spotted), and no missing pages where the best punchline should be. It’s practically begging to be highlighted, rehearsed, and performed.

Whether you’re a director in need of fresh material, a student hunting for an audition piece that isn’t “Shakespeare, again,” or simply a curious reader who likes their theatre with a dash of teenage truth serum, Middle Class delivers. Bakers Plays put it out to equip drama programs everywhere, and Brad Slaight—himself a former high school teacher—knows exactly where the funny bone and the tear ducts live in adolescent life.

And of course, it’s brought to you by Crappy Old Books, the noble supplier of volumes that are not crappy at all, just delightfully pre-loved. This one, however, is so “Fine” you might suspect we bribed the Drama Club to keep their hands off it. Spoiler: we didn’t.

Cue the stage lights, sharpen your pencils, and prepare for a performance—Middle Class is waiting in the wings.

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