This play is about Wendy Darling finding her voice through her deeply emotional struggle to move on from the boy she first loved - the boy who told her to wait for him, that he'd come back, then never did. For Wendy, letting go of sadness means letting go of memories - memories that keep her first love alive. Those around her do all they can to help her reclaim her own narrative. Her inner monologue portrayed by 3 performers each representing different periods in her life weave throughout this beautiful piece.
From the author's notes Kimberly Belflower tells us that, "I write for and about young people because there is so much life in-between. "Because of those feelings. Because of that search for light. Because the things we experience at that age are real, and they matter."
Lost Girl takes such iconic characters into a new and very real place, filled with the big, oftentimes overwhelming emotions of adolescence. Lost Girl reminds us that "everything matters." The love, the loss, the way in which we grieve, and the time it takes to heal and grow. "You can't get back what you give," Belflower writes. "But you can keep giving."
The young performers on stage tonight are impressive not only in their talent but in the way the cast and crew (with the help and support of some of our very own Thaetre alumni) came together to create this magical, powerful and stylized work. I am so incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to work every day with this wonderful group of students and thrill to watch them find their light and continue to shine.
~ G
