Mead Hunter News Today

Three Washington University in St. Louis playwrights — Maddy Klass, Bela Marcus and Charlie Meyers — will present world premiere staged reading as part of the 2023 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival.

Do you remember what it was like to be 17? Excited, angsty, passionate, confused, and hopeful all at once. And maybe you fell in love for the first time with someone who was oh-so-wrong but also perhaps oh-so-right. If any of that sounds familiar, and especially if you happened to be a teenager in the 90s, Jessica Wallenfels’ GREAT WIDE OPEN should be on your radar.