Good Years

by Ada A.

As five teenage girls congregate regularly on the holy steps of twitter.com as OG One Direction stan accounts, the girls’ fandom gradually devolves into righteous fanaticism. Being One Direction fans exposes the girls to their first confrontations with racism, classism, and overt sexism. In this cyber coming-of-age story, where memories are both ephemeral and archived, Dada-our narrator-, welcomes us into the...

As five teenage girls congregate regularly on the holy steps of twitter.com as OG One Direction stan accounts, the girls’ fandom gradually devolves into righteous fanaticism. Being One Direction fans exposes the girls to their first confrontations with racism, classism, and overt sexism. In this cyber coming-of-age story, where memories are both ephemeral and archived, Dada-our narrator-, welcomes us into the world of One Direction Twitter™.

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  • Cassandra Rose: Good Years by Ada A.
    “

    I was momentarily in the room while this play was being developed. So honest and cringy and beautiful and horny. It'll make you feel like a teenage girl again (or for the first time)

    I was momentarily in the room while this play was being developed. So honest and cringy and beautiful and horny. It'll make you feel like a teenage girl again (or for the first time)

    ”
  • Chandler Hubbard: Good Years by Ada A.
    “

    Enthralling, disgusting, beautiful and perverse. An in-depth look at a microcosm of the online world with its macrocosmic influence.

    Enthralling, disgusting, beautiful and perverse. An in-depth look at a microcosm of the online world with its macrocosmic influence.

    ”
2 Black Women
1 Muslim Woman
1 non-white woman
1 white woman

Development History

  • Reading, The New Colony, 2020

Awards

  • Bay Area Playwright's Festival
    Semi-Finalist
    2021