Text graphic reading 'Detention Deficit' in stylized black and white font.

Five students in detention find themselves forgotten & trapped in their school's basement and must grasp the resolve to escape and live.

Five high-school seniors, all strangers to one another, are stuck in detention after school when the teacher supervising them steps out and locks the door; until an unknown emergency announced by their estranged principal reveals that not only are they trapped inside, but they are trapped inside a school evacuated inside a town quarantined. Several of the detention-goers butt heads with their differing ideologies when it comes to their fate, and must find the courage to escape and live.

official poster

Poster for the play 'Detention Deficit' directed by Justin Lynch and Hakem Jean-Baptiste, featuring five young actors standing against a dark brick wall, with their names listed above them.

CAST

Brooke Lawson - Alisa Jordyn

Eli Whitaker - Harrison Ensler

Harmony Monroe - Danielle Kott

Tommy Jarvis - Braeden Richardson

Naomi Lee - Anika Christmas

Principal Wood - Justin K. Lynch

CREW

Co-Directors - Justin K. Lynch/Hakem Jean-Baptiste

Producer - Hakem Jean-Baptiste

Writer - Justin K. Lynch

Director of Photography - Erika Miyamoto

Editor - Ashleigh Melvin

Assistant Sound Editors - Justin K. Lynch/Erika Miyamoto

Composer - Ellis Hall

1st AD - Isabella Moreno

2nd AD - Alena Christmas

Script Supervisor - Micah Lynn

Sound Mixer - Vete Derisse

Boom Operator - Jacob Dudley

1st AC - Kateryna Dmytrenko

2nd AC - Henry Severe

Camera Operator - Timothy Le Thanh

Gaffer - Ashleigh Melvin

Production Assistants - Tatiana Brown/Emilee Namphengsone

Special Thanks - Bruce Wood

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Young woman in a classroom with closed eyes, holding her forehead with her fingers, wearing rings and a black leather jacket.
A man with long dreadlocks making a facial expression of pain or discomfort, eyes closed tightly, mouth open showing teeth, sitting indoors with a person in the background.
A young man with dark hair and light skin sitting against a beige cinderblock wall, looking up with a serious or concerned expression while another person, partially visible and wearing a dark jacket, leans over him.
A woman with long dark hair wearing earphones is talking to a woman with short dark hair, seen from a reflection in a mirror attached to a wooden door.
Five teenagers in a classroom or study room, with three seated around a table and two standing, looking serious or contemplative.
A young woman and young man are standing in a hallway near an elevator. The woman, with curly hair in a ponytail, is handing the man a card. The man has dark hair, is wearing a white sweater, and carries a backpack.