The Vonnie Borden Theatre will be showing “Distracted,” written by actress and comedian Lisa Loomer later this month.

“Distracted” will be directed by James Winter, associate professor of acting and directing. “Distracted” is about a nine-year-old boy named Jesse who is diagnosed with ADHD. The play will go into details about if he has ADHD or not and how his parents deal with the situation.

“It’s a really exciting script that speaks to everyone in society right now,” said Winter. “It says a lot about what we’re all going through with our increasing reliance on technology and how that effects our lives and how many people seem to be in some way or shape in form connected to those suffering from ADD or ADHD or perhaps those misdiagnosed having it.”

Winter said that the play gets its name from Jesse being “easily distracted.” He also said that the viewer and reader would see that everyone is “distracted.”

Anyone going out to the play will be able to speak to the University Counseling Center. They will have a table set up in the lobby of D. Vickers Hall.

“We will have both full time staff and interns available,” says Emily Moïse-Fontenot, M.Ed., NCC and Mental Health Counselor for the University Counseling Center. “If there are any triggering events for our students, someone will be there to debrief them so we can support our students through that.”

Winter says that this is the first time in 10 years that the university has had to bring counselors to their production.

“It’s a good way to show we’re one big campus family and that we are aware, that we’re not just putting up art, but we’re also putting up social commentary and things that make people think and feel,” said Winter. “We thought for this show that it might be important to have people on hand as a resource for our audience members.”

One of the cast members, Judah Fabre, said that this play has had an influence on him as well.

“Some of the things that they said Jessie had done, I have done when I was in elementary and high school,” said Fabre, a sophomore art major and the Dad in “Distracted.” “I’ve always had the idea in the back of my mind that it was possible that I had ADHD.”

On top of having the Counseling Center present, the play also has a new designer role that has not been present in previous productions at the Vonnie Borden.

“This is my first time designing a show, so I’m really excited,” said Grace Jovanovic, a senior communication major and visual designer for “Distracted.” “It is so different from stage, costume and makeup, because I don’t have a physical canvas. It’s all digital and concepts from my mind and maybe using stock footage. The play is set in 2007, so a lot of it is time specific.”

Jovanovic uses videography and projectors to grab audience’s attention and “Take them on a ride.” Her use of digital media in a stage play makes this production different than traditional productions of the past.

“It is one of the most technically ambitious productions that we have done in this theater,” said Winter. “And I don’t want to let too much out of the bag, but it is certainly the most technically ambitious production I’ve ever done anywhere in my life.”

“Distracted” will premiere Tuesday, Oct. 18 and will continue through Friday, Oct. 21. Doors open at 7 p.m. and will close at the start of the performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be bought on the first floor of D. Vickers lobby at the ticket office. Tickets are free for all students who present their ID’s. All patrons are recommended to get there at least 15 minutes before doors close.