The richness and relevance of these plays lie in their complex portraits of diversity and cultural collision. In , Somali-born Najma and African American Tay C share the same skin color but struggle to understand each other. The heroine of must forge new connections with her Puerto Rican and West Indian neighbors while maintaining her connection to her Russian mother. In , Mexican immigrant farmworkers navigate complicated relationships with other Mexicans who are in the United States illegally. And in , the character who knows the most about the Dakota way of life is not a Native American but the daughter of a white family. A culturally plural society can separate people by perceived chasms of unfamiliarity and difference. But as the characters in these plays learn, there can also be bridges built to span those chasms and connect the two sides. The plays in a will serve as cultural bridges for young people everywhere.