This is the sort of play I love seeing about trans kids and their families - not perfect parents, or horrific parents, but parents and siblings doing their best to understand and affirm. Simple and sincere in the best way possible.

Tender, honest, and deeply affirming, Telling Dad captures a moment of vulnerability with compassion and nuance. Donnelly shows how love, growth, and imperfect understanding can still lead to genuine acceptance and hope.

Paul Donnelly’s short play Telling Dad is a loving, touching play about the difficult of being a transgender teen. Just that Donnelly was able to cover so much truth about such a complex subject in such a short piece is incredible. I was very moved by how the 3 members of this loving family deal with Billie’s life choice. Beautifully done.