A satiating tale of feminine strength
Sorry, let me fix that real quick: Teenage girls are so full of the rich spectrum of human emotions. And Broad Theatre ’s production ofThere’s something about a big event – like, say, an overnight track meet – that riles up every possible feeling in the book. Anikka Lekven ’s script uses this concept to show the emotional roller coasters of five girls in less than 24 hours.
To be clear, the cast is all grown adults. No actual youths were exploited in the making of this production. But all five actors on the track team expertly channel the specific combination of heightened overconfidence and intense self-consciousness of teenagedom. It didn’t take long to get lost in their high school malaise. Anger, love, anxiety, and joy are all right under the skin, threatening to bubble up at the slightest provocation. The actors owned that.
From the beginning, there are glimpses of the power in female ferocity. As it’s unleashed, we see the joy in raging against an unfair system. This is about girls’ high school sports, but it’s tempting to reach for more in the message.
Amara Johnson Anikka Lekven Ariane Stier Broad Theatre Hyde Park Theatre Shelby Surdam Taylor Childress Travis Owens
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