This play comes to the Rep in collaboration with TheaterWorks in Hartford Connecticut where it ran from July 2 to August 22, and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park where it ran from September 4 to October 2. Maybe St. Louis is lucky to be the last stop on the list -- HIGH is aiming for a Broadway run in 2011, resulting in much scrutiny and some significant rewrites since its opening in Hartford, so we can assume that the version we'll be seeing here will be very different from what was seen in Hartford. Actually, the play may change while it's here in St. Louis. The night I went, there was a post-show discussion and the director explained to us that there was a recent script addition that was omitted that performance. That's how vigorously this play is being tweaked. But don't get me wrong -- the fact that this show is a work in progress in no way implies that this is some half-baked idea of a play. This show in its present form is tight and intense.
