I saw this play at Seattle's Strawberry Theatre Festival in summer 2023. The script, at first, gives us a familiar premise: two characters stuck in a room together, despite neither fully wanting to be there. But Gunderson soon cleverly subverts our expectations in more ways than one, all while charming us with her characters' banter and tenderly, cleverly drawing us closer to a gut-punch of an ending.

I was going full speed with this play, and the ending hit me right in the face. Beautifully and brilliantly crafted.

This full-length play is a coming-of-age tale told on an imaginative scale I've never experienced before.

I originally read Lauren Gunderson's "I and You" in American Theatre magazine. Absolutely everything works, starting with Gunderson's characters, the almost entirely opposite Anthony and Caroline. Their personal histories more than address their current-day choices, they form the very basis of the story itself.

Yes, enjoy the surprise ending, but audiences and readers will enjoy the trip to that destination as much as the destination itself. A brilliant play.