“Hoplo” is a play centered around a teenage girl in therapy after surviving a recent active school shooting. It’s the story of a young girl, Hope, healing after these traumatic events and it shows the effects it had on her family and community. Through the support of her father and therapist Hope prepares to go back to school soon but suffers with PTSD and feels she isn’t a “normal” kid anymore. Pressures from her friends being back at school and her own self-doubts begin to build up on her. Though many are supportive, Hope is faced with protestors yelling at her every time she enters and exits her appointments, making it difficult for her to feel safe.