MONOLOGUE. Owen, a millennial trans guy, shares what happened today at the grocery store he's working at in his hometown the week his former high school drama teacher was arrested for sexual misconduct.

The project this piece comes from, a one act telephone/radio play, is a work in progress.

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Context: In May of 2020, after reading that Mr, Prince, his high school drama teacher of nearly 2 decades ago has been arrested for grooming & sexually assaulting several female students over the past 5 years, Ty (30s, he/him) calls up an old friend who he knew was in an inappropriate relationship with this teacher when they were seniors. He learns that his friend, now named Owen (30s, he/they), is transmasc, & has come back to their hometown to ride out the pandemic, where he’s living with his dad (a teacher at their old high school), & is working at the same grocery store where he worked as a teenager. In their conversation thus far, Owen has been reluctant to label what happened between him & Mr. Prince as abuse, although he recognizes that Mr. Prince abused other students after him.