Zombie Thoughts and Ballet for Aliens: Two Plays for Young Audiences

Zombie Thoughts addresses the topic of generalized anxiety disorder set in a video game world. Co-written with a then-nine‑year‑old Oliver Kokai‑Means, the play was first commissioned and developed by small professional company Plan‑B Theatre in Salt Lake City and toured to 10,232 elementary students at Title I institutions (high economic need) with the support of a grant from the NEA in 2018. The audience is introduced to the formal diagnosis and symptoms of anxiety disorders (which in kid...