GIANT SLALOM

by Jess Honovich

FULL LENGTH: After a sponsorship representative shows up unexpectedly to their seemingly low-stakes race, high schoolers Dagny, Skylar and Lauren — three of the best alpine ski racers on the Big Bear Race Team — must compete both for victory and for his attention. That is, unless their cutthroat attitudes tear their friendships—and like, maybe their careers — apart.

FULL LENGTH: After a sponsorship representative shows up unexpectedly to their seemingly low-stakes race, high schoolers Dagny, Skylar and Lauren — three of the best alpine ski racers on the Big Bear Race Team — must compete both for victory and for his attention. That is, unless their cutthroat attitudes tear their friendships—and like, maybe their careers — apart.

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  • Giulianna Marchese: GIANT SLALOM by Jess Honovich
    “

    I have wanted to include this play in Red Theater's script club for so long. One interesting thing that our conversation highlighted is the choice of time. I'm so fascinated with the differences in the voices of young millennials versus gen z. It's such as strong choice to set this play in 2017 and you can hear that choice in the way the characters speak and what they speak about.

    I have wanted to include this play in Red Theater's script club for so long. One interesting thing that our conversation highlighted is the choice of time. I'm so fascinated with the differences in the voices of young millennials versus gen z. It's such as strong choice to set this play in 2017 and you can hear that choice in the way the characters speak and what they speak about.

    ”
  • Spencer Diedrick: GIANT SLALOM by Jess Honovich
    “

    What a pressure cooker - it's impossibly easy to get invested in the lives of these three teen athletes and how they navigate the world/each other. It's such a great opportunity for young actors to dig into some meaty, funny, complex roles, plus design elements that invite creativity and beauty amid the high-speed thrills and emotional violence.

    This belongs in the canon of excellent teen dramas. Stage this now, please! Yes, YOU!

    What a pressure cooker - it's impossibly easy to get invested in the lives of these three teen athletes and how they navigate the world/each other. It's such a great opportunity for young actors to dig into some meaty, funny, complex roles, plus design elements that invite creativity and beauty amid the high-speed thrills and emotional violence.

    This belongs in the canon of excellent teen dramas. Stage this now, please! Yes, YOU!

    ”
  • Zach Barr: GIANT SLALOM by Jess Honovich
    “

    As fast and unforgiving as an icy peak, Honovich's look at the violence that young women dole out to, and take from, each other slaloms excellently between a thriller and a comedy. Filled with opportunities for innovative theatricality and anchored by a trio of plush roles for anyone ages 14-40, the script is a rich blueprint that hundreds of unique productions could spin off from. Hoping for an ongoing future for this one.

    As fast and unforgiving as an icy peak, Honovich's look at the violence that young women dole out to, and take from, each other slaloms excellently between a thriller and a comedy. Filled with opportunities for innovative theatricality and anchored by a trio of plush roles for anyone ages 14-40, the script is a rich blueprint that hundreds of unique productions could spin off from. Hoping for an ongoing future for this one.

    ”
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