Stephen Chbosky's 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' returns to Pittsburgh as a play by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The buzz surrounding the recent Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" and its depiction of teenage bullying and suicide can trace its lineage, on page and screen, to "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," the best-selling 1999 YA novel by Stephen Chbosky. The Upper St. Clair writer set his story in Pittsburgh, then filmed his screenplay here in 2011 and earned the Independent Spirit Award for best first feature film.

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