Comedic Play Dear Diary, Bye

Ellie Brown’s (WOO ’04) new comedy play Dear Diary, Bye is coming to the Skinner Studio (1714 Delancey Place, 3rd floor of Plays and Players Theater) from April 4-13. A humorous juxtaposition between a male voice and a girl’s thoughts, Dear Diary, Bye is based on the diary of nine-year old Ellie Brown from 1984, with a twist. Philadelphia actor Arlen Hancock presents the diary as his own, exploring thoughts on school-yard scrapping, a fickle stream of crushes and love interests, a post-divorce family situation, and naïve misunderstanding of some very adult concepts. The play circumvents ideas about age and gender, and speaks to human notions of love, loss, play, joy, family and maturity. Tickets can be purchased here.