It's 1994 and Lenore Littlefield is a junior at Briarwood School for
Girls. She plays basketball. She hates her roommate. History is her
favorite subject. She has told no one that she's pregnant. Everything,
in other words, is under control.
Meanwhile, Disney has announced plans to build a new theme park just up
the road, a "Technicolor simulacrum of American History" right in the
middle of one of the most history-rich regions of the country. If
successful, the development will forever alter the character of Prince
William County, VA, and have unforeseeable consequences for the school.
When the threat of the theme park begins to intrude on the lives of the
faculty and students at Briarwood, secrets will be revealed and
unexpected alliances will form. Lenore must decide whom she can
trust--will it be a middle-aged history teacher struggling to find
purpose in his humdrum life? A lonely basketball coach tasked with
directing the school play? A reclusive playwright still grappling with
her own Briarwood legacy? Or a teenage ghost equally adept at
communicating with the living via telephone or Ouija board?
Following a cast of memorable characters as they reckon with questions
about fate, history, and the possibility of happiness, At Briarwood
School for Girls is a stunning and inventive new work from a master
storyteller.
