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Seesaw
by Dennis Foon
Seesaw, a play for young
adults by the award-winning playwright Dennis Foon, reveals how the
balances and trusts between children and their friends, parents and
society, are a constant teeter-tottering of values and predicaments.
Charla is the new girl at school, nervous about her shabby clothes and
mourning her parents’ break-up; Paige, Charla’s new friend, is only
concerned with fashion, gossip and her good-looking boyfriend, but the
emptiness of her life soon comes to light; Josh, a shy and timid loner,
neglected by his career-minded parents, resorts to magic in order to
make himself disappear when being victimized by the school bully, Adam,
who passes on the rough treatment he receives at home. With adult characters
represented only by puppets and inanimate objects—a busy career mom
is a briefcase containing video games and a plush pillow heart, while
a single working mom is a marionette caught up in her strings—the
unique world of the four young people in Seesaw
reaches us through their own eyes.
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