World Premiere
The Burn
Written by Philip Dawkins
Directed by Devon de Mayo
Steppenwolf for Young Adults
About the show
Mercedes is an outsider. Tara makes sure she knows it. When a high school production of The Crucible forces them together, tensions escalate into acts of bullying–both online and IRL. This world premiere play explores what happens to a teacher and his students when a classroom conflict turns into an online witch-hunt.
The Burn was commissioned by Steppenwolf for Young Adults.