Roles:

• Kate: 12. Biracial Korean-American.
• Matt: Kate's single dad. Came to the US from Korea at a young age to study piano
• Paul: a native Minnesota and well-known comic strip artist
• Charlotte Evans: Kate's Teacher
• Jon: African-American musical theatre actor
• Omar: 12. Somali-American. Came to the US via London at a young age.
• Lia: 12. Hmong-American. Extremely ambitions and perfectionist.
• Gomo: Kate's Great Aunt. Korean-American immigrant.
• Jason: 12 Midwestern and a goofball
• Justin: 12 Midwestern and a little rowdy
• Anderson: 12 or 13. Midwestern drummer

Playwright is open to working with theatres to adjust racial makeup of the cast to reflect your local community.

The following resources are included in each performance license:

• Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:

• Logo/Media package

Michi Barall is a New York City-based actor, playwright, and academic. As an actor Michi has worked extensively in theatres in New York and across the country. Michi's dance-theatre piece, Rescue Me, was produced at the Ohio Theatre by Ma-Yi in 2010. Her music-theatre adaptation of Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt and The Norwegian Hapa Band, premiered in 2107 at the ART/NY Theatre. Michi holds degrees from Stanford University, NYU (M.F.A., Grad Acting) and Columbia (PhD, Theatre/English & Comparative Literature). She has taught at Columbia, NYU, and MIT and is currently on the faculty at Purchase College. 

Originally commissioned and produced by Children's Theatre Company and Mi-Yi Theatre Company as part of the Generation Now Partnership.