The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced LESSONS as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were highly engaged by this story of pain, manipulation, abuse, female competition, and a young person's desire to feel the music more than disappointment. We leaned into the play's questions around how far would you sacrifice for something you love and how far would you go to feel? We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

I'm in awe of this play. It gripped me with mystery from the first scene and skillfully doled out one event after another that kept me riveted as I continued reading. The dialogue is sophisticated and feels lived-in. The characterizations are rich and dimensional. It's a satisfying blend of elegant structure, honest storytelling, and provocation (without being gratuitous or shocking). My congrats to Matthew.