The play opens dramatically, the performers’ outlines illuminated just barely by a cool glow and their faces indistinguishable from their identically dressed, athletic bodies. One steps forward into an unforgiving spotlight and delivers the first of several indirect, circuitous testimonies. Later we will learn of the unseen police officers who are investigating the sudden disappearance of their teammate Ava. But for now, we move instead to the subtle sweetnesses of girlhood—the lights are raised to illuminate their locker room, as we see the girls snapping open identical Nalgene bottles and braiding each others hair.

The stage is flooded with rainbow colors. When the lights dim, the audience is greeted by a man donning a large knit phallus tied around his waist and resembling the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ iconic modesty socks. By the end of the production, he will have exchanged his Bowie-esque pantsuit for a set of lingerie.

The rabbi’s T-shirt makes a single demand—the word “PEACE,” written in English and Hebrew, is emblazoned in the gentle rainbow ombré of Pride Month merch. “It’s a Jewish value to stand up against authority,” says Barry Silver, who is also a lawyer fighting for the right to abortion in the new documentary “Under G-d.”