I was lucky enough to see the world premiere of this play at Boomerang. Gina Femia has written an achingly true, screamingly funny, delicately awkward, and emotionally resonant depiction of queer adolescent pain and desire. Centering three very different teenage girls involved with a Catholic high school production of Romeo and Juliet, Femia’s play finds these young people facing the same pangs of longing that Shakespeare articulated centuries ago. Brilliant work! I loved it!

Is there anything more Shakespearean in the tangled scope of its passion than the American high school experience? Well, yes - the American Cathlolic girls' school experience as endured by queer teenagers, and there's no better guide to this particular landscape than Gina Femia, as this marvelous three-hander amply demonstrates. A wise, passionate little gem.

Every moment in this play vibrates with an urgent momentum, with the heedlessness of youth and also with its paralyzing insecurities. The playwright knows how people talk and the play conveys how these people feel and the whole thing's so alive it almost demands to be staged.