Produce this play now! A heartfelt show that both kids and adults will love. Plus it’s entertaining. Plus it teaches wonderful lessons about kindness, difference, and appreciation. Take all my money. I want to see it onstage today. Highly Recommend!

While this play acknowledges the coldness and the challenges of being different in an elementary school setting, it somehow also finds hope. So much is done right, the frustration of being ahead yet behind, the way the smallest attempts to push back are penalized, and the utter unwillingness of authority to ease the difficulty. Osmundsen excellently depicts the contradiction of being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world, the way society both demands conformity while necessitating competition. Where this play is uplifting is in the moments of camaraderie and togetherness, a message that is timely and very much needed.

In grade school, being different is its own kind of hell. Being different with artistic aspirations makes you a freak. Being different and artistic while being labeled as limited or "special" is a feeding frenzy.

Osmundsen gives us a gentle tale without ever allowing us to forget the brutality of elementary school social Darwinism. His four principle characters represent different special needs, yet they are always individuals first -- and what individuals they are! Their bravery in confronting the everyday and the extraordinary is inspiring without being manipulative or twee. Lovely, honest storytelling with great roles for young actors.