Suzy's theory leads her into an imaginative world of her own, in which she immerses herself in a study of jellyfish with the help of online authorities--and ultimately an avuncular Australian deep-sea ...

Ali Benjamin’s acclaimed kids book about a girl processing a tragedy gets a new stage adaptation meant to resonate with ...

Ali Benjamin’s acclaimed kids book about a girl processing a tragedy gets a new stage adaptation meant to resonate with ...

Even if you’re an actual adult, young-adult art can still charm in its poetic simplicity. Its imagination runs free of workaday cares and assumptions. And an ending overflowing with unconditional love ...

Barrington Stage Company’s 2025 season explores the theme of truth with a dynamic lineup of seven productions, including ...

Young actor Matilda Lawler is brilliant in a difficult, internalizing role as teen at the center of Ali Benjamin’s story ...

The Thing About Jellyfish delves into a young girl’s wonder with a topic she believes will satisfy her need to explain a ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosted a Lunar New Year party at the only Mandarin-service chapel in ...

Why can’t you idealize a friendship when you memorialize it? Tyne Rafaeli directs the world premiere for Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Among the many options for eating and drinking in the area, perhaps ...

The past year of Leslye Headland’s work has been a love letter to her teenage self. The multitalented ...

Ali Benjamin, whose bestselling novel “The Thing About Jellyfish” has been adapted into a new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, knows it can be easy to misinterpret a young person’s silence. Her ...

Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier presented the Midwest premiere of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” a comedy that enjoyed a twice-extended Broadway run and was nominated for five Tony Awards ...