Carousel Players Arts Education Centre

This funny and heartwarming play focuses on characters Zoey and Leah, who have been best friends for as long as they can remember. They still wear the friendship bracelets they made together at summer camp when they were seven! Now that they’re in grade six, things are beginning to change between them. Zoey is an athlete who loves soccer more than anything. Meanwhile, Leah is drawn to art, and especially to fashion, as her mom teaches her how to sew. Added to this mix, there’s a new very cool kid at school, Makayla, who is also into fashion, and who Leah wants to be like. As Leah begins to spend more time with Makayla and her popular crowd, Zoey feels like she’s losing her friend. And maybe Leah is losing herself, too, when she is given a smartphone, and starts to focus more and more on how many likes she is getting on social media.

Helping Zoey and Leah to navigate through these challenges are: Coach Dana, who has lots of inspirational advice about soccer and life; Madame LaGrange, their enthusiastic French teacher (who also sees herself as an artist!); and Zoey’s frazzled Mom who is trying to stay on top of everything while taking care of newborn twins.