This play says so much in comparatively so little time, keenly observing just how arbitrary gender performance is, how restrictive societal expectations of such can be, and how ludicrous the collective overreaction to self-discovery can be when it does not meet those expectations. All this is done with the archetypical high school girls prepping in the bathroom scene as a springboard into broad physical humor, incisive wit, and, ultimately, profound beauty.
This play says so much in comparatively so little time, keenly observing just how arbitrary gender performance is, how restrictive societal expectations of such can be, and how ludicrous the collective overreaction to self-discovery can be when it does not meet those expectations. All this is done with the archetypical high school girls prepping in the bathroom scene as a springboard into broad physical humor, incisive wit, and, ultimately, profound beauty.