Hey, I'm River by Matthew Sheppard & Pamela Edwards

Lemon has invited all of the top educators from across the globe for their latest keynote presentation product reveal. In an industry-leading, cutting-edge, forward-focused education system, Lemon introduces you to "River". You'll be so impressed with everything River can do, with how River can elevate your classroom, that you'll NEVER be able to think of teaching the same way again. Thanks to Lemon, the standards of education are being raised once again and because of River, everyone else has to decide whether to rise… or explain why they didn’t. Keywords: AI; school; education; physical education; choir Produced at the Avalon West Regional Drama Festival, Carbonear NL, 2026 and at the 47th Annual Provincial Theatre Arts Festival, St. John's NL, 2026 Genre: Comedic Drama, Play with Music, Mystery Acts: 1 Run time: 35 minutes Suitable for students 12+ Content notes: The word "crap" appears at the end of the play. This play contains no major triggering events, however it does address the dangers and society's fears of AI. Cast size: 14 actors Female roles: 2 Other roles: 12 Casting notes: The play has been designed so that the two "salespeople" are both women, but otherwise, "River" is a gender neutral name, so the six students can truly be any one of any gender. Similarly, the teachers can either be of any gender as they are all written to be "Mr./Mrs". This is a play written for high school theatre students.