{"product_id":"9780810138834-exit-strategy","title":"Exit Strategy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Play\u003cbr\u003eRighteously angry, riotously funny, and wise to the tensions between abstract policy and lived experience, Ike Holter's play \u003cem\u003eExit Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e centres on vivid, unforgettable characters struggling to maintain faith in a vocation that is being determinedly undermined.\u003cbr\u003eRighteously angry, riotously funny, and wise to the tensions between abstract policy and lived experience, Ike Holter's play Exit Strategy centers on vivid, unforgettable characters struggling to maintain faith in a vocation that is being determinedly undermined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from the headlines, \u003cem\u003eExit Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e is set in Chicago and tells the story of a fictional public high school slated for closure at the end of the year. Despite funding cuts, bureaucrats run amok, apathy, and a rodent infestation, a small, multiracial group of teachers launch a last-minute effort to save the school, and put their careers, futures, and safety in the hands of a fast-talking administrator who may be in over his head. The tenuous situation also raises fears and anxieties among students, and within the volcanic neighborhood that is home to the school. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHolter has said that \u003cem\u003eExit Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e was inspired by the 2013 mass closure of forty-nine Chicago public schools, which displaced nearly 12,000 children—the majority of directly impacted students were African American and Latinx. Hailed as \"\"riveting,\"\" \"\"sharp,\"\" and \"\"richly metaphoric\"\" by critics, the play indicts how we educate our children in big American cities, and shows why gaps between \"\"haves\"\" and \"\"have nots\"\" continue to grow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExit Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e is one of seven plays in Ike Holter's cycle of works set in Chicago, or Chicago-inspired, neighborhoods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55419609809270,"sku":"9780810138834","price":13.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33650513.jpg?v=1748825583","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780810138834-exit-strategy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}