A great deal of both pleasure and insight is gained from witnessing the dynamics between Daryl, Jennifer, Larry, Bethany, and Carly in Dave Osmundsen's 'The Wonderful Out There', a play about neurodivergent children growing into and grasping their surroundings, their relationship to their environment. It is about achieving communication in face of the looming failure of it. The play renders a paced but rhythmic naturalism that gently sidles its way into your heart, despite its mystery framework.

I don’t think I’ve read a play that has dredged up more emotion, elicited a harder sob out of me than The Wonderful Out There by Dave Osmundsen. It is a marvel, a heartbreaking tribute, a eulogy, a call to action. I saw myself most in Daryl, but I also saw so many loved ones, kids I went to school with, kids I taught, people I know and have known. This play will stay with me for a long time.

THE WONDERFUL OUT THERE is a hard hitting play beautifully executed with love and compassion. Dave Osmundsen gives us a story about a group of kids whose searching and longing is so powerful it transcends life and death. This piece highlights the abuse faced by many neurodivergent children.

This is a captivating story that will make for a heartfelt evening of theatre, but it is also a memorial and a call to action that deserves a spotlight center stage.