Catch the Wall

by Gab Reisman

When champion bounce MC, Benefit, dies unexpectedly, 6th graders Cleo and Justice set out to make a dance video so that their mentor’s memory can live on. But when Benefit’s ghost begins haunting the halls of their charter school, the girls must push back against their teacher’s expectations and find a story they can claim as their own.

When champion bounce MC, Benefit, dies unexpectedly, 6th graders Cleo and Justice set out to make a dance video so that their mentor’s memory can live on. But when Benefit’s ghost begins haunting the halls of their charter school, the girls must push back against their teacher’s expectations and find a story they can claim as their own.

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Catch the Wall

Recommended by

  • Cheryl Bear: Catch the Wall by Gab Reisman
    “

    A powerful look at coping with loss and finding their way through creating a story of their own. Well done.

    A powerful look at coping with loss and finding their way through creating a story of their own. Well done.

    ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Catch the Wall by Gab Reisman
    “

    I saw this read in Omaha, and it is a dynamic and fascinating story. There is great tension between the students and the teachers - not the typical tension of schoolroom expectations but Reisman exposes a grand disconnect between the goals of schooling and the needs of these students wholly at odds with each other, separate worlds that collide and create a moving distinct experience. Unforgettable!

    I saw this read in Omaha, and it is a dynamic and fascinating story. There is great tension between the students and the teachers - not the typical tension of schoolroom expectations but Reisman exposes a grand disconnect between the goals of schooling and the needs of these students wholly at odds with each other, separate worlds that collide and create a moving distinct experience. Unforgettable!

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, Great Plains Theatre Conference Mainstage, 2016
  • Reading, EST Memberfest, 2015
  • Workshop, Sundance Summer Theatre Lab, 2015
  • Workshop, The NOLA Project, 2012

Production History

  • Workshop, The NOLA Project, 2013

Awards

  • O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
    Finalist
    2018
  • Holland New Voices Award
    Great Plains Theatre Conference
    Winner
    2016
  • Rosa Parks Award
    Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
    Winner
    2012