The Diary of a Teenage Girl, written by and starring Marielle Heller, is truly a masterpiece.  It is an amazing work of art that was adapted from a graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner (now on exhibit at the 3LD Art & Technology Center) about a fifteen year old girl trying to grow up in a world she was not ready to take on herself.  She began to live her life in the fast lane, doing things you would not think a normal teenager would do.  But the main character Minnie Goetz is not normal at all.

The play begins with her obsession over a man named Monroe who is nearly twice her age, who just so happens to be her mother’s boyfriend.  Talk about a shocker within the first fifteen minutes!  From the moment the play started there was never a dull moment;  my eyes were glued to the characters as though this was one of my favorite movies.

The seating arrangement of this play was unique, especially where I was sitting;  I was so close to the characters, if I wanted to stretch out my arms I could actually touch them.  To be honest, the view was perfect from whichever area you sit at because the story was told as though it was happening just as if you were peeping through one of the windows at the house.  The story line was great and the way the actors/actresses performed together made the story seem so real at that very moment.  For a minute, I forgot that this is not real life because the acting was just so believable.

Throughout  the play you were able to see how a young woman with no real direction in her life can go astray and sometimes when you notice, it might just be a little too late.  Due to Minnie’s inquisitive mind she seemed as though she is more advanced than most fifteen years old.  Minnie had more in life to learn and because there was not strong parental guidance she never quite fully developed the way she needed to be.

I loved this play, and I would recommend anyone to see this.  On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest, I would rate this play an 8 because the story and the actors were great, and everything was on key.  My only negative feedback was if you did not read the book at times you might have been lost, as well as the excessive cursing seemed to get kind of old.  I would also recommend reading the graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner, which was the inspiration to the play The Diary of a Teenage Girl.  I am reading this book right now.  It is so good you do not want to let go.