The (MiS)Education of the Young Miss Cassie Jonze

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by Cris Eli Blak

Play, 3f 1m

After her twin sister is murdered by campus police while rehearsing for a school performance of "Romeo & Juliet," college senior Cassie Jonze is forced to navigate her grief and anger while feeling like the world seemingly moves on without any acknowledgement of wrongdoing. Through conversations with friends and a young adjunct professor, moments of verse, and a little Shakespeare, she may learn how to get through the darkness and step into a new light.

by Cris Eli Blak

Play, 3f 1m

After her twin sister is murdered by campus police while rehearsing for a school performance of "Romeo & Juliet," college senior Cassie Jonze is forced to navigate her grief and anger while feeling like the world seemingly moves on without any acknowledgement of wrongdoing. Through conversations with friends and a young adjunct professor, moments of verse, and a little Shakespeare, she may learn how to get through the darkness and step into a new light.

About the Author

Cris Eli Blak is an emerging, proud Black playwright and screenwriter whose work has been performed around the world. He is the inaugural winner of the Black Broadway Men Playwriting Initiative, the 2024 Charles M. Getchell New Play Award, and the Atlanta Shakespeare Company’s inaugural winner of the Muse of Fire BIPOC Playwriting Festival. He is currently an artist-in-residence with Abingdon Theatre Company, Ojai Playwrights Conference, and Liberation Theatre Company, and a 2024-2027 Core Writer with The Playwrights Center. He is a writer for the fifth season of the hit Starz series "Power Book III: Raising Kanan." His work has been published by Smith & Kraus, Inc., Ghost Light Publications, YOUTHPlays, Applause Books, The PlayGround Experiment, New World Theatre, Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, Flowersong Press, and in the Black Theatre Review.