In April, Subtext Studio Theatre Company dove into dysfunctional relationships between women with Eliana Theologides Rodriguez’s Poor Queenie . Their entry in this year’s Destinos festival, Maria Arreola’s Saving Myself , covers some of the same territory—most notably the push and pull adolescent girls feel as they’re torn between the expectations of adults and the power dynamics of their own social circles. But the tone is quite different.

Set at a sleepover retreat at a Catholic church, Arreola’s comedic one-act follows three high schoolers left to their own devices when their teacher fails to show up. On the surface, they seem to channel familiar teenage stereotypes. Elena (Liam Bouza Díaz) is the bossy goody two-shoes with an obsession for the virgin martyrs. Hana (Raquel “Roc

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