←Recommendations of Trees in their youth

A revealing coming of age tale that captures the journey honestly. Well done.

This piece uses line breaks in a truly wonderful way, capturing a somewhat lyrical, but also natural rhythm of speech effortlessly. I also loved the amplified and heightened world of the piece. While high school coming of age stories tend to be full of oft-used tropes, the characters rendered here were recognizable, but also fresh, unique, and distinct. This piece captures with theatricality, music, and rhythm what disingenuous teen movies fail to capture onscreen. Wonderful on the page, and would be even more kinetic onstage!

The definitive high school coming of age play. Highly recommended.

Another excellent play by Dominic. Highly recommend!

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Dominic Finocchiaro and their play Trees in their Youth as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers were struck by how the play approaches universal themes and experiences by using rhythmic dialogue and heightened theatricality...