The Difference Between Big Girls and Little Girls

by Serena Berman

Miriam is living in New York City and writing feminist essays online when she finally comes to terms with a dark childhood memory. Returning to her small East Texas town, she realizes her own trauma may be nothing compared to the experiences of the childhood best friend she left behind. Can she help? Should she help? Or does the isolation of trauma and the loves we sacrifice to heal create a barrier too thick to...

Miriam is living in New York City and writing feminist essays online when she finally comes to terms with a dark childhood memory. Returning to her small East Texas town, she realizes her own trauma may be nothing compared to the experiences of the childhood best friend she left behind. Can she help? Should she help? Or does the isolation of trauma and the loves we sacrifice to heal create a barrier too thick to cross?

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  • Premiere Stages at Kean University: The Difference Between Big Girls and Little Girls

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIG GIRLS AND LITTLE GIRLS by Serena Berman as a Semi-Finalist for the 2022 Premiere Play Festival. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIG GIRLS AND LITTLE GIRLS rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 35 semifinalists out of 655 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the nuance and vividness of the play’s portrayal of trauma and the striking, effective simplicity of the...

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIG GIRLS AND LITTLE GIRLS by Serena Berman as a Semi-Finalist for the 2022 Premiere Play Festival. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIG GIRLS AND LITTLE GIRLS rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 35 semifinalists out of 655 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the nuance and vividness of the play’s portrayal of trauma and the striking, effective simplicity of the casting convention. Our congratulations to Serena.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization The Women in Theater Festival, Year 2024
  • Type Reading, Organization Fuller Road, Year 2020
  • Type Reading, Organization The Bechdel Group, Year 2019

Awards

  • Princess Grace Award
    Semi-Finalist
    2022
  • Premiere Play Festival
    Premiere Stages
    Semi-Finalist
    2022
  • National Playwrights Conference
    Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
    Semi-Finalist
    2022