I was drawn into this play and its themes of isolation, particularly in how it uses a boarding school as a way to highlight inequalities based on intersections of gender, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation, but always feeling like a lived experience. We get to be very close to Raymond's and Sasha's lives, seeing them hear or respond to other people without showing those others on stage. This self-awareness was particularly striking in how it brings an audience very, very close to the characters, offering insight to the major challenges youth faced based on their identities.
I was drawn into this play and its themes of isolation, particularly in how it uses a boarding school as a way to highlight inequalities based on intersections of gender, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation, but always feeling like a lived experience. We get to be very close to Raymond's and Sasha's lives, seeing them hear or respond to other people without showing those others on stage. This self-awareness was particularly striking in how it brings an audience very, very close to the characters, offering insight to the major challenges youth faced based on their identities.