I and You
Intimate, Youthful, Surprising Drama
Winner of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, 2014
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist, 2014
1 act, 80 minutes
1 f, 1 m (diverse cast)
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One afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline’s door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, an urgent assignment from their English teacher. Homebound due to illness, Caroline hasn’t been to school in months, but she is as quick and sardonic as Anthony is athletic, sensitive, and popular. As these two let down their guards and share their secrets, this seemingly mundane poetry project unlocks a much deeper mystery that has brought them together.
I and You is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness.
Top photo: George Cannon
“…sharp and funny. Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit…the touching ‘barbaric yawp’ (Whitman’s phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids.”
The Washington Post
Patricia Leslie, Washington Speaks