Box

This show was an age-appropriate leveled piece of theatre literature. It sends a good message to the audience and to the actors.

Box was wonderful for my new actors! It gave everyone a chance to shine with no star vehicle!

My students loved producing this play. They felt very connected to the message.

The greatest experience was how the message of Box resonates with cast members, students and adults.

The theme of this play became a stepping stone to conversations regarding real-life experiences.

My students loved the content of the show and had an absolutely amazing experience performing.

We had a fun time putting on this production and received much good feedback about how our audience appreciated the message.

The students enjoy playing a variety of characters and the adults in the audience feel that it presents a great message about being who you are. One Facebook comment even read, "All middle school students should see this play."

You'll be hard pressed to find someone who isn't touched by this script and its characters. We used BOX as a student-directed play for my advanced 8th graders. It has its challenges, it's touching, and it's very real-to-life. I cannot recommend this enough to any director or group considering it.

I have done Box several times and I love the play. A fun fact is that the scene with groups A B and C always makes a parent cry--because of all the students on stage (with each other) yelling "I am alone!" It really shows how alone we feel in our culture, even though we are surrounded by people who feel alone.

This was an amazing play that my students could connect with and had a great message for adults too. My kids enjoyed putting this on! It had a great mix of comedy and drama. I would recommend this play to anyone who is thinking about doing performing it.

The play resonated with our students and gave them many opportunities to be creative. They enjoyed the themes and ideas in the play and had fun playing many different characters.

The play was easy for the students to understand, fun for them to play a variety of roles and a REALLY great fit for these particular middle school students.

Every Spring, I have chosen one of Lindsay's originals: Hoodie, Anxiety is Orange, and now Box. All three of these plays are vignette-style, abstract explorations of concepts and experiences that are very relevant and evocative for my middle school groups. I can't recommend these titles enough, but Box is definitely my favorite so far.

The kids really connected with the messages in this play. Our better actors found a lot of depth in the text and made really poignant things happen; our younger actors found a lot to work with that expanded their skills by demanding shifts in their usual deliveries.

The play was well received by both actors and our virtual audience. The production elements were simple and it sparked a lot of important conversations.

This play was perfect for a Zoom production with middle school kids who are literally in boxes- video boxes- discovering their personalities. It was enough of a challenge to feature some kids and easy enough for that kid that wanted a "small part to just try."

Our production of Box was by far the best ensemble work done by any group of students I've worked with. It was a wonderful combination of scenes and monologues that let each actor shine. The material was so relatable to the students that they were able to really connect to the characters and the audience enjoyed it so much.

This was awesome! The students truly connected with the material and the audience left with a great message!

We loved the themes that ran through the script, and the vignette nature of the play makes it great for a class project. Particularly given the current level of stress placed on students regarding fitting in on social media, college acceptance, etc... it was a wonderful outlet for kids to be able to express what it feels like to be a teenager.

Box was a highly successful play at our small, rural middle school. The vignettes addressed lots of scenarios that student and their families could relate to. Our audience and administrators were overflowing with positive comments about the students' characters, the dialogue, and the themes interwoven throughout the show. I am so happy that we chose this play to perform at our school. It was one of the best plays we've ever presented at our school!

The students really enjoyed performing this play and exploring the various characters. The audience of adults said they could relate to the various vignettes with their memories of middle school.

My community theatre class loved working on, and performing Box and it was well received by our audiences. It has a good mix of comedic and dramatic moments and helped my group to work on their ensemble skills.

The script is amazing! Multiple audience members said our production was "powerful", "so applicable to our students" and "outstanding". The students loved this play from the first read through and keep quoting lines in everyday life. Thank you to Lindsay Price for writing such a poignant play!

Students really bought in to this play. They were skeptical at first but after the read through they were somewhat excited and the excitement only grew the more they explored their characters. They ended up loving the challenge of their more serious and emotional characters. Many of them said they felt like they learned a lot about themselves as a result of these character explorations.

Box is a wonderful play and easy to produce. My students loved it and their families loved it too. I highly recommend this fabulous play!

Box speaks to so many issues adolescents have with navigating their world. Our actors ranged in age from 10 to 15 years old and each of them found something 'recognizable' in their characters and the characters of others.

Cast felt connected to the vignette situations from the first read, some requesting (very urgently) to be cast in particular roles/scenes. The relevance of the themes continued to reveal itself to us as we worked through rehearsals toward performance weekend. Audience response was strong. Audible gasps during both performances in a couple places as devastating lines landed. Two retirees in the audience let us know how much they wished the message of this play was available to them when they were in their pre-teen and teen years. No regrets whatsoever with choosing this script. A winner from start to finish.

The themes covered really resonated with all the students, actors and audience. We are already looking to choose another by the same playwright for next year!

This was the perfect play for my 7th graders, who performed it for the entire school, from 1st to 12th grade. Costuming was easy, the set was minimal, and the subject matter felt incredibly relevant to middle school students. The vignettes were funny, moving, and engaging, and every student had a chance to shine.