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...five of these Gen-Xers work at Bowl and Brass, a cheesy Crate & Barrell/Pier One hybrid. Using flashblacks and present-day scenes, Matteau tells a series of interlinking stories about the protagonist Jen, her slacker-poet boyfriend Joe, Joe's exgirlfriend (and Jen's ex-best friend) Joan, Jen's boss Jack, who nurses crushes on both her and Joan, and June, the dippy new shift supervisor...
...center of the plot is Jen and Joe's relationship, which began after Jen stole him from her best friend Joan. As the play opens, Joan is transferring to another branch of Bowl and Brass to avoid the situation. Meanwhile, the people Joan leaves behind have to deal with the mess they've created for themeselves...
When we meet Jen, she is a first-class flirt with few qualms about stealing other people's men. As the play progresses, though, we see more of Jen's insecurities, as she struggles with maintaining her authority at work and her self-confidence at home, all without the aid of a college degree...
...want to beat Brown because they're Brown and because we want the Ivy League title," freshman goaltender Jen Burney said...
Harvard is beginning to look like the Los Angeles Dodgers of women's soccer. Last year Emily Stauffer was Ivy League Rookie of the Year. This year a Harvard player has won the Rookie of the Week award four out of the seven weeks. Goalkeeper Jen Burney, (one) forward Naomi Miller (two) and Chu (one) have split the awards for the Crimson. The future certainly looks bright...