What is the author's style in Off the Map by Joan Ackermann?

The play is fashioned in a monologues style. Adult Bo steps in at various times during Off the Map to give the audience her spin on the scene and characters. Adult Bo lives on the map in Salt Lake City, Utah and works as a banker. Her language and dress are formal. This is directly juxtaposed with Young Bo and her family living off the map in northern New Mexico. The Grodens are not uneducated or unintelligent, but they are very informal in language and dress—in Arlene's case, she dresses informally when she's actually clothed. The diametric tones are intentional. Not only do they separate Adult Bo's life from her youth, it also helps to emphasize the family's separation from society. The stark difference between Adult Bo in Utah and Young Bo in New Mexico is drastic, just as the Groden family's way of life was drastically different from the social norm.