←Recommendations of A Story About a Girl

Powerstories Theatre congratulates Jacquelyn Reingold for being a finalist in the 2026 Voices of Women Festival. One reader noted: "The play leaves you reflecting on the power of connection beyond words. It stirs tenderness for Bethany’s resilience and ache for her isolation, reminding us that imagination and love can create a language where silence is misunderstood."

This play is not only a story about a girl, it is a story about life, love, trauma, and coping. The neurodivergent characters are so beautifully scripted, so real on the page, I can imagine how wonderful the play will be onstage. A truly theatrical play with a moving story.

A truly moving story of love and friendship in it's perfection and imperfection along the journey of life. Well done.

I was incredibly moved and captivated by A STORY ABOUT A GIRL. Jacquelyn Reingold writes with so much insight and sensitivity about love, neurodivergence, and the complexity of relationships across the lifespan. Even the stage directions read beautifully, opening the text for such imaginative staging, and the representations of water throughout connect so well to the dialogue and story. This play is also wonderfully layered with experimental elements and would be a delight to watch come alive on stage.

I adore this play. The story of a girl with a disability presented in an extraordinary style, it addresses the need to allow, encourage, and listen to voiced words, thoughts, feelings, and people. Technically clever, allowing us to follow Bethany through thirty years of life using only 6 actors playing various roles.

Wow. I truly cannot recommend this play enough. My wife works with children with autism and some of them are non-verbal, so I was able to identify with Beth in a personal way; even though the play never definitely states. Reingold perfectly captures the essence of Bethany's struggle and her hidden gifts. This is an incredibly touching play with complex characters that you will be rooting for till the very end. The ending absolutely crushed me in all the best ways. What a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful coming of age tale for our time.

What a poignant play full of all the aches of growing up as an outsider. Heart breaking and all too real. Bethany's stifled voice speaks eloquently for us all.

So moving and complex. This play takes on a lot - lives - in all their messiness! While the play is filled with beauty, love, longing, and the power of art, it is also filled with the frustration of being differently abled living in a world that does not really ever take that into account. I loved the ways Reingold uses rhythms to depict the differences in the abled world and the disabled people struggling there. There is a lot to love in this piece! I hope it gets produced soon!