Six Inches Above the Knee

by Sally Seitz

Okay, so, here’s the thing, the valedictorian gets to speak, the salutatorian gets to speak, so that leaves exactly, only, one more student speaker spot at The Harpeth Valley Preparatory School for Girls 2013 graduation ceremony. And it will be absolutely over Mary Elizabeth, Mary Alice, Mary Louise, and M.Kat’s DEAD BODIES that they miss the chance to finally expose Coach Mag and tell the whole school community...

Okay, so, here’s the thing, the valedictorian gets to speak, the salutatorian gets to speak, so that leaves exactly, only, one more student speaker spot at The Harpeth Valley Preparatory School for Girls 2013 graduation ceremony. And it will be absolutely over Mary Elizabeth, Mary Alice, Mary Louise, and M.Kat’s DEAD BODIES that they miss the chance to finally expose Coach Mag and tell the whole school community what he did to their friend Mary Morgan. It’s about time everyone heard her side of the story. Revenge is best served in a kilt.

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Six Inches Above the Knee

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  • John Patrick Bray: Six Inches Above the Knee by Sally Seitz
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    I had the pleasure of seeing a staged-reading of Six Inches Above the Knee at the 2025 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. Seitz has crafted something truly special. The girls that populate this school support each other, even when they sometimes get it wrong. They have ownership over their narrative showing us the true danger Coach Meg presents. And what will become of Coach Meg? Well, it's their play, after all! They get to decide. Six Inches Above the Knee is a theatrical triumph.

    I had the pleasure of seeing a staged-reading of Six Inches Above the Knee at the 2025 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. Seitz has crafted something truly special. The girls that populate this school support each other, even when they sometimes get it wrong. They have ownership over their narrative showing us the true danger Coach Meg presents. And what will become of Coach Meg? Well, it's their play, after all! They get to decide. Six Inches Above the Knee is a theatrical triumph.

    ”
  • Sean Swenson: Six Inches Above the Knee by Sally Seitz
    “

    The best play about high school girls that I've ever read. Bar none.

    The best play about high school girls that I've ever read. Bar none.

    ”
This play calls for five comedic young women. They do not have to be actual teenagers, but they should be believably 17 to 18 years old. The student body of the school that inspired this play was (in 2013) 85% white. At least one of the five girls isn’t white. It’s likely M.KAT and/or Mary Elizabeth. It is not Mary Morgan or Mary Louise.

Development History

  • Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama, 2024