All My Distances Are Far
by Leda Siskind

Over the course of a school year, six inner-city high school students are forced to speak with the new school counselor.

Through a series of monologues, we meet a diverse group of students including: Ruby, a foster kid who struggles with sobriety as she ages out of the system; Wade, whose Asperger’s poses a unique problem for him when he develops his first crush; and overweight Marcy, an aspiring poet devastated by a cruel prank.

Their struggles challenge the experience of the school counselor, who discusses her work in therapy sessions of her own.

Beautifully drawn, funny, and heartbreakingly poignant, All My Distances Are Far turns the audience into a silent confidant as each character struggles to make it to the end of the school year.