Perhaps the only play I've read that successfully subverts a fundamental rule of storytelling: "show, don't tell." In following two teenagers whose lives interweave, Pak almost exclusively lets the girls tell rather than show, giving the audience only the subtlest glimpses at the trauma below the surface, hidden from themselves as much as from each other. The result is a deeply intriguing play, one that keeps the audience leaning in, even as the girls push each other away.

This play really captures the complicated shitshow of being a girl in junior high. I also found myself laughing a surprising amount for a show with such dark themes. Overall, I really cared for these two girls by the end, especially Mo.