A play about troubled teens with total reality
Rating: 5
TLC
KC Fringe Festival
The performers all played characters that were real children that have been at TLC, a group home in Olathe for children in need of care and juvenile offenders, removed from their family homes. It is a stark portrayal of the troubled lives that led to them residing at TLC and the adverse impacts of being in a group home, as well as the positive impact that a caring counselor can have on their lives. Some of the characters in that were portrayed have since died in real life. I know how realistic this play was because I have done a lot of work with troubled juveniles from dysfunctional homes. As an attorney, I have specialized in Juvenile cases in the past and I have been a foster parent, adopting one of my foster sons. If you want to understand these youth, go see this play if it is performed again elsewhere, but take a tissue or two with you.
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