Hysterical!

It's the Bandits' best year EVER! Until... one by one, the girls succumb to a mysterious illness. A play for five young women, HYSTERICAL! follows a group of American cheerleaders over the course of an eventful school year. Loosely inspired by the real life events that occurred in upstate NY, the play follows Mia, Madison, Maddie, Shannon and Charlotte as first one, then another, then another girl contracts a mysterious illness. With only some girls afflicted and others seeming immune (at least for now), the traditional high school pecking order is upended and relationships between the girls are tested. Though there are comedic scenes and rah-rah cheerleading sequences throughout, HYSTERICAL! is a drama, concerned with the vulnerabilities of teenage girls and the poignancy of life on the cusp of adulthood.