A ten-year-old child named Billie has been brought to summer camp for the first time, and it is not going well. It is noisy, it is busy, it is chaotic, and you can NEVER be alone. Not even to go pee. Feeling out of place and overwhelmed Billie retreats to the lakeshore one evening and speaks to the Moon, who answers back! Billie and the Moon connect over their love of nature, fun facts, and spaceships. Fed up with the chaos of camp Billie decides to build a spaceship to go visit the Moon. But all does not go as expected as Billie's mandated buddy Sam catches on to the plan, forcing Billie to question everything. Is the Moon really speaking? Is Billie a weird, loner, loser? Is needing to be alone sometimes okay?
Keywords: Moon, summer camp, introvert, elementary school
Produced by Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Winnipeg MB, May 2025
Genre: Comedy, Theatre for Young Audiences
Acts: 1
Run time: 60 minutes
Suitable for students 10+
Cast size: 4 actors
Casting notes: Characters can be played by actors of any gender, any ancestry, any age and any ability. Every effort should be made for the play to be cast with actors who identify as disabled, female, BIPOC, and/or LGBTQIA2S+.
This is intended to allow actors to bring their identities and their experiences to the characters if they choose, not as an invitation to construct characters with identities/experiences the actor does not have. For example, an able-bodied actor should not perform the role using mobility aids they have no lived experience using.
Pronouns are written as s/he, her/him, hers/his in dialogue, they/them in stage directions, but once actors are cast their preferred pronouns should be used.