A Brand New Musical

Young love is the center of this musical adaptation of Lauren Gunderson's I and You, making its World Premiere at the Olney Theatre Center this spring! Housebound Caroline hasn't attended school in months, and with no one else for company, Caroline turns to the heady world of Facebook and Instagram to feel connected; that is, however, until classmate Anthony turns up with an urgent assignment from their English teacher.

As a last-minute race to complete the school project ensues, this particular assignment becomes more than just a piece of homework. As the pair begin to share and reveal their deepest hopes and dreams to one another, they discover that it's not just school that bonds them...

Lauren Gunderson

More than just a 'teenage drama', I and You explores friendship, innocence, and living life to its fullest. After first premiering at the Olney Theatre Center and becoming a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, I and You is considered Gunderson's signature play, seeing her become America's most produced playwright in 2017. Gunderson has also received the coveted Lanford Wilson Award and two Steinberg/ATCA New Play Awards.
This exciting musical re-imagining of the play has a book by Gunderson, music and lyrics by Ari Afsar
and direction from Sarah Rasmussen