Yes, I love this, all of this. Ignorance to knowledge to action. A young voice calls out education for sidelining minority and female voices of theatre, and ends with fighting for diversity and awareness in curriculum and study. What a clever way to introduce us to Elizabeth Wong.

This is awesome. Sally’s teacher is awesome. Sally is awesome. Elisabeth Giffin Speckman is awesome. And it must be said: what makes it all so awesome isn’t just the powerful and important message it conveys, but the high level of execution: idiosyncratic, natural, active, entertaining, urgent, very funny, and with an entire tight dramatic arc, Make It Known hits all the right notes and makes it look easy. Brava.

I felt the rise of this piece in my chest. Speckman builds and lights what becomes a roaring bonfire in Sally's reluctance, discovery, embracing and championing those who don't merely not get a seat at the table, but are never told about the party in the first place. The vernacular and cadence endear Sally to us, highlighting her youth and certainty, which reveal themselves to be tools of war once she's climbed the hill her teacher (beautifully drawn) has led her to. This is a fight song. I f*&^ing love it. YES.