A sweet, wistful pas-de-deux of adolescent love (or love-adjacent feelings, at any rate - adolescence is complicated) that also features some of the biggest belly laughs I've seen on stage in a good long while. Burke's is a wonderfully specific voice, alive to nuances not only of race and sexuality, but of how each generation finds new ways to tell the same timeless story.

I had the privilege of seeing this piece performed at the 48th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. This play is FUNNY FUNNY, academic, sweet, and fun to watch. A satisfying will-they-won't-they meet cute that will give you butterflies. Seeing queer, black joy on stage is so needed and important. A strong new voice that I can't wait to see more from.

One word: REAL. I love the depth and complexity of the characters. And, most impressively, they "sound" like teens. That is a challenging task on which many of us stumble. I *believe* these characters, and I feel invested to learn what happens to them. I didn't want this play to end! ALSO, the writing is hypnotic. Rhythmic. Poetic. Even the stage directions sing. I feel like I just got a front-row seat to a consequential new voice in theater.