The Outsiders – Brodie Copeland Theatre at Willow Bend Center of the Arts

The classic teen novel comes to life in this play with takes us back to the 1960’s and the struggle to find acceptance in family and in school. Cherry, on of the popular gilrs, comes to share a special sensitivity with the “greaser” Ponyboy as she discovers that he remembers poems and needs to watch sunsets. At the same time, Cherry’s attracted to the older, tougher Dallas, and in a sense she’s caught in the violent space between the Greasers and her world. . While she appears appear to have everything, the only thing a Greaser has is his friends. As these young people try to find themselves and each other they find that they have more in common then they thought.