By David Lee White
After a destructive tornado in a small town, 8 emerges. This new person does not use masc/fem pronouns and is not aware of standard human customs of communication. During the course of the musical, 8 learns more about living and high school life while 8’s gesture-based way of communicating spreads to other youth. The town is also dealing with the suicide of a trans youth character and the drive to keep strangers out of town while they recover from the storm. At the end of the play, 8 leaves town and tells the community that more strangers will be coming soon. It’s unclear if they are referring to aliens or just those that are ‘alien’ to the community.
| Playwright: | David Lee White |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Youth Plays |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Length: | Full Length |
| Cast Size: | ~ 20 |
| Specific BIPOC Characters: | No |
| Identity Structures: | Gender-Queer, Non-Binary, Bisexual, Transgender |
| Plot Tropes: | Suicide, Religion-Christianity |
| Red Flags: | Suicide |
