It’s so great! It plays with expectations and conventions in a really smart way.

I love this idea!

Interesting…

The trickle down of the DOE closing is going to make this worse. Many districts are going to need to make up for funds and will replace certified librarians with paraprofessionals who have no protections in their contracts and often no training in intellectual freedom.

Any “savings” at the federal level are not being passed on to the average voter, so it will be a hard sell to raise budgets at the state and local level. There will need to be cuts and, for some reason, school libraries and librarians are always targets.

It also made me wonder if there are more plays that feature teen characters. Because just like I think teens deserve their own books, I think they deserve theater that represents them.

I, a 48-year-old woman, was thrown back into what it was like to be in high school -- the fears; the threats; the fierce, complicated friendships -- as I sat next to my daughter who will be in high school soon. And I am so glad that she has this play as a touchstone.