Rachael Goldberg

Many of us have less-than-fond memories of high school, and can relate to the idea that “high school is hell” – enough so that a musical about a high school literally at the mouth of hell, overrun by demons and evildoing feels fairly apropos. It’s not a unique idea in media (especially to those of us who grew up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, or Stranger Things), but it’s a recurring genre because it’s so fitting.

It’s not uncommon for weddings to go off the rails – major events have a way of doing just that. But when everyone gathers for Leyla and Joel’s wedding in Prologue Theatre’s latest production, Sam Holcroft’s A Mirror, not everything is what it seems, and the wedding quickly goes in a direction you don't expect. A Mirror is an intense, thoughtful examination of the stories we tell ourselves and others.

In times of upheaval, art can be a way to unpack and examine our own decisions – it helps us explore our moral scope, the systems we participate in, the lines we’re willing to draw, and what we owe ourselves, each other, and our society. The dilemmas we face may be deeply specific to our lives, circumstances, and worlds, but there’s a universal quality to our morality, and recontextualizing it can help lay bare where we stand.