←Recommendations of The Juniors

An incredible play you won't put down that really takes a good look at our relationship to parenting and trauma in a bold and comical way. Well done.

The second I opened this play, I couldn't stop reading. A captivating, Lord of the Flies type of story, The Juniors is wonderfully dark and brutal. It is full of surprises, and serves as a grim callout to human nature.

Wow! I loved this piece. The heightened, hilarious, and terrifying tone is so compelling to read. I just loved how Diaz used satire and absurdity to explore social truths about adolescence, growing up, parenting, the ways family can fuck you up and the messy business of trying to escape those cycles. The everyday poetry of some of the language is so beautiful and coexists with some super dark but sidesplitting humor. I never imagined how poignant the violent death of a flour sack baby could be. Memorable moments, stage images, and characters.

Deliciously cruel, calamitous, and complex - "The Juniors" - schools us in more ways than one with its hilarious and harrowing viewpoint on adolescent anarchic angst. With knife sharp dialogue reminiscent of Jawbreaker on Ritalin and a tone that veers from amoral absurdity to tender destructiveness in a split second, this play plays with our personal histories towards parenthood, epigenetic family trauma, and worldwide domination in a way that is masterfully fun as it is frightening.

Such a (dark, dark, dark) delight! This play does what so few do: takes young people seriously, without denying them any agency, and without obscuring their defects. A pleasure to read. Someone produce this play now - and don't shy away from the gore, please and thank you.

Dark, hysterical, and transgressive (in the best way possible), this play is a such a (brutally guilty) pleasure! The repitition and use of imagery are inspired. The script is compulsively readable, and I imagine it would be an exciting challenge to produce (and watch).

"The Juniors" is the best high school dark comedy since "The Heathers". It is an incredibly visceral experience, and Diaz has a knack for unique characters that jump of the page. So dark, and so satirical I laughed, and felt bad for laughing, and continued to laugh some more.

A script hasn't made me laugh this hard in a long time. This play is pure gold. Would love to see a production one day.