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''Voices From the High School'' is a play that exposes the attitudes, feelings, and issues that high schoolers face.

The play is told in short skits with one-shot characters, interspersed with short anecdotes given by nameless characters. Each skit deals with a specific issue, from being the new kid to working to teen pregnancy.

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!!This play contains examples of:

%%* AbusiveParents: Larry's dad.
%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Sheila and Steven
%%* AllMenArePerverts: Most of the male characters are.
* BadassBiker: Hank wants to be one.
* BigEater: Freddy "couldn't live without ice cream."
* BuxomBeautyStandard:
-->'''Charlie:''' What do you think of Annie Harrigan?\\
'''Hank:''' Nice knockers.\\
'''Charlie:''' Yeah.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Larry talks about doing this to his abusive father.
-->'''Larry:''' Someday when he hits me. He's going to get a big surprise. You know. Cause I'm going to grow up and he's not. I mean I'm going to grow stronger and he's going to get weaker. That's just nature, you know. So he's bigger than me now but he won't always be. You know what I mean, Bobby? Know what I mean?\\
'''Bobby:''' Yeah.\\
'''Larry:''' Right. So some day when he beats me for no good reason. I mean just because that's the only way he can get off at life and what's driving him crazy... on that day I'm going to beat him. Right into the ground.
%%* CampStraight: Hector
%%* ChastityCouple: Kim and Miko
%%* ConversationalTroping: the anecdotes.
%%* DoubleEntendre: Doug, as well as others.
* DrivenToSuicide: Jimmy. The reason is never given, but [[spoiler: he gets better.]]
%%* FlippingTheBird
* FramingDevice: The skits are all separated by short anecdotes by "Group Member."
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: played for laughs. Two characters listening to music are having a conversation, but can't tell what each other is saying.
%%* HighSchoolSweethearts: Kim and Miko
%%* IfICantHaveYou: Andrea and Chris
%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Almost everybody.
%%* MallSanta
%%* MenAreUncultured: Discussed.
* MotorMouth: "Ever try to follow a girl's conversation? If she's excited it's like chasing a paper in a windstorm; just when you think you got the point she's sixteen feet over your head and whirling in a spiral."
%%* ThePowerOfTrust: Maria and Rosa.
%%* SadistTeacher: Also discussed.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Jerry decides to imitate Shakespeare.
* ShoutOut: One character says, "I had a girlfriend that told me she thought all teachers should be like that character [[Series/WelcomeBackKotter Kotter]] on TV."
%%* TheStoner: Doug
%%* StylisticSuck: Ellen's singing.
* TakeThat: Harry really dislikes ''Theatre/{{Othello}}''.
* TastesLikeFriendship: When Stephen and Sheila meet, he eventually persuades her to get ice cream with him.
%%* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Rosa.]]
%%* ThatCloudLooksLike: Hank and Charlie.
* TotallyRadical: Unfortunately the fate of this play as it ages.
* TVTeen: Played with. While a few skits portray the stereotypical teen, others go in depth and show realistic teenagers. The play is also popular with high school drama clubs.
* {{Understatement}}:
-->''[Roger enters with a giant Valentine.]''\\
'''Mary:''' That's for me?\\
'''Roger:''' Just a little card.
%%* ValentinesDayEpisodes: Played for Drama.
* {{Yandere}}: Andrea
-->'''Andrea:''' Yeah, I know. the jerk's waiting. So go. I haven't got a gun. Yet.
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