The Teacher is a one-woman show written and performed by Mary Andrews, a veteran chemistry teacher whose lifelong struggle with emotional regulation has played out against the backdrop of America's classrooms. Raised in a household marked by addiction, emotional unavailability, and abuse, Mary spent decades showing up for her students while navigating a profession that offers its teachers little support or protection. By turns funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive, "The Teacher" weaves together memoir, scene work, and song — including the music of Stephen Sondheim — to ask a question every educator and every wounded person will recognize: what happens when the person responsible for nurturing others was never properly nurtured herself? This is a story about survival, self-knowledge, and the particular grace of someone who never stopped showing up.