Project Fear (And All the Feels)

Project Fear (And All the Feels) is a documentary-style play that delves into the fears and obstacles faced by youth in Middle and High School today. With the added pressures of social media, gender identity, and cancel culture, as well as issues of racism, violence, and a global pandemic, teenagers are facing an unprecedented amount of challenges. This production compiles the stories of over fifty teens from various backgrounds across the United States to tell the stories that are meaningful to them.

“The documentary format of the play lends strength by ensuring that there’s little room for insensitivity or misrepresentation within the narrative. When an actor directly recites the words of a teen who’s experienced homelessness, it carries an authenticity that a work of fiction is often unable to capture." ~ The Corsair

"I hope that young people will see what connects them rather than what divides them. I interviewed kids from Alaska to Hawaii to New York to South Carolina to Iowa.  I interviewed progressives, conservatives and kids of varying cultures and identities. Almost every single kid told me that they had anxiety, that they hated middle school, and that they were scared of spiders. Those are great places to start when it comes to finding commonalities instead of differences." ~playwright, Michelle Kholos Brooks