In the years before 1998, girls had a lot of questions. After 1998, girls had a book of answers to pour over in the form of The Care and Keeping of You, published by the American Girl Doll company. Featuring dubious advice, an iconic art style, and a self-described “cool aunt” tone, decades of girls have grown up looking to this holy text for guidance. But nothing’s perfect, right? Especially not a sanitized, commercial account of the murky waters of adolescence? When a nervous vampire shows up to run The Care and Keeping of You under a microscope, there’s no saying what she’ll discover - about shame, devotion, and the very world that made her a monster.
Join Dacha for our off-night programming on The Best Damn Thing's set this month! This reading will serve as a peek into the world of a script in progress - the author will be taking notes and making adjustments to the script in the very same audience that you're sitting in!
Join Dacha for our off-night programming on The Best Damn Thing's set this month! This reading will serve as a peek into the world of a script in progress - the author will be taking notes and making adjustments to the script in the very same audience that you're sitting in!
The Care and Keeping of You Cast
Steph Couturier*
Tatyana Emery
Emily Huntingford^
Kristina Roy*
Rachael Uyeno*
Lexi Warden
Paula Wilson-Nitka*
Tatyana Emery
Emily Huntingford^
Kristina Roy*
Rachael Uyeno*
Lexi Warden
Paula Wilson-Nitka*
Playwright: Daisy Schreiber
Producing Artistic Directors: Mike Lion^ & Kate Drummond^
Director of Audience Services: Orianna O'Neill^
Season Technical Director: Kyle Levien*
Associate Producer of Accessibility: Hannah Votel*
PR Manager: Jasmine Flora*
Additional Dacha Producing Artistic Staff: Sean Hendrickson^, Emily Huntingford^, Nathan Olson^
Producing Artistic Directors: Mike Lion^ & Kate Drummond^
Director of Audience Services: Orianna O'Neill^
Season Technical Director: Kyle Levien*
Associate Producer of Accessibility: Hannah Votel*
PR Manager: Jasmine Flora*
Additional Dacha Producing Artistic Staff: Sean Hendrickson^, Emily Huntingford^, Nathan Olson^
* denotes a Dacha company member
^ denotes a Dacha producing staff member
^ denotes a Dacha producing staff member