Welcome to Author Insights! Ever wonder what goes on in the mind of a playwright? In this series, you get a rare and exciting opportunity to hear directly from the authors themselves. Each article offers personal insights from the playwright, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process, character motivations, and thematic explorations that bring their scripts to life.
Below, you’ll find a downloadable blog post offering valuable insights directly from the author of The Right Now. The downloaded PDF also includes supplemental classroom activities to help you connect the play’s themes and characters with your students.
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We’re thrilled to share the latest addition to our Author Insights series with The Beauty of Letting Go: A Playwright Reflects on Love, Loss, and The Right Now by Andrew Geha.
In this heartfelt essay, Geha reflects on the emotional roots of The Right Now, a play that begins with a time loop twist and unfolds into something much deeper: a meditation on grief, memory, and the human desire to hold on to what we love. Drawing on his own experiences with loss—and the bittersweet ritual of final circles at his school—Geha shares what inspired the play’s central question: Can we ever truly hold onto a perfect moment?
Geha writes with candor about how impermanence gives meaning to relationships, community, and theater itself. His reflections will resonate with anyone who’s struggled to say goodbye, from graduating seniors to drama teachers watching a final bow.
Whether you’re teaching The Right Now, directing it, or simply exploring the emotional power of youth theater, The Beauty of Letting Go offers a moving window into the play’s heart—and into the temporary but transformative magic of the high school stage.
👉 Don’t forget to download the PDF for bonus classroom activities that invite students to reflect, create, and imagine what it means to live in the “right now.”