One of the problems I found with the show was the very amateur/disconnected acting. I know that the characters are not, themself actors, but the play as a whole just felt like community theatre. The actors were not really listening to each other and nothing seemed to be happening for the first time. The performance I saw had an understudy as the main character – the teacher. I usually love to see the understudy but in this case it really felt flat. At times I even thought they had dropped some of the lines. The funny in this play just didn’t come out funny – try as they would.

It really was a very clever idea to explore this “woke” idea and the paralyzing effect that can happen when you work to please all people all the time – – and try to tell history in an accurate vs. a more “palpable” way – i.e. the Pilgrims were sloughtering the Indians – OR inviting them to a celebratory dinner on Thanksgiving. Pick your truth; you can’t have both. As the play draws to an end you see the poignant affect of creating art that offends NO ONE. What you are left with is an empty stage with a single light on it. If offending no one is your goal, you will have little art in your hands. Test Sentence.