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Essay
School Pictures
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Written and performed by
Milo Cramer
Directed by Morgan Green
Vulture calls School Pictures the BEST PLAY OF 2023.
Faith hates reading, Jane lost her flashcards, and Javier sees no point in studying because of climate change. This playful collection of poem-songs, written and performed by Milo Cramer – a former tutor – paints intimate portraits of ten NYC students fighting to get into competitive schools. School Pictures is a charming musical journal of keen observations which builds to a sweeping meditation on inequality, learning, parenting, and the cruelty of puberty.
Ikechukwu Ufomadu's Amusements, Alexandra Tatarsky's Sad Boys in Harpy Land, and Milo Cramer's School Pictures will be performed in rotation throughout November.
Age Recommendation: School Pictures is appropriate for audiences ages 12+.
For a detailed description of some mature content and themes in School Pictures, please click here to read our Content Transparency Statement. If you have any additional questions about accessibility, content, age-appropriateness, or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please utilize our Audience Services Form or email audienceservices@phnyc.org. You may also contact Audience Services directly at 212 564 1235 x6204.
Creative Team
Andreea Mincic
Scenic Design
Taylor Lilly
Lighting Design
Michael Kiley
Sound Design and Music Director
Jo Fernandez
Production Stage Manager
Kelsey Vivian
Rehearsal Stage Manager
School Pictures was developed in association with Immediate Medium.
School Pictures was developed and produced by The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia: Yury Urnov, James Ijames, Morgan Green, Co-Artistic Directors, and Leigh Goldenberg, Managing Director.
Playwrights Horizons' season productions are generously supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
“School Pictures is COMPLETELY WONDERFUL! Milo Cramer is GENTLY RIVETING.”
— Sara Holdren, Vulture“A layered, compassionate view of the striving urban parents and pressured children so routinely distilled to cliché.”
— Ginia Bellafante, The New York Times
