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A riff on Oscar Wilde's The Painting of Dorian Gray (it even says as much in the press release) Beautiful Monsterz updates the setting to the modern world of models and advertising. ... full review

Charting a journey of someone who feels in a real sense out of touch with themselves and the expectations surrounding gender, desire, identity, much of what we entwine with our sense of sexuality.... full review

A very charming personal journey, punctuated with song, about two different self images vying for control of a woman's life. ... full review

The title Boy Crazy Psycho Slut did give me the wrong impression, but maybe that was me. Images of some rebellious woman trapped in her teen image and growing into adulthood long after her being able to vote or legally drink came to mind, shades of Joan Jett, P!nk, Wendy Williams, etc. What I got was different, and I am not complaining even a tiny bit.... full review

Most solo shows tend to be a bit short, especially for the Fringe. Lies, Anger and Forgiveness seems like it should be much too short. At only thirty minutes, one wonders how it could really delve much into anything, especially since most solos last almost twice that and leave me wanting more.... full review

I am going to pontificate a lot here. The various characters entwine over the fact so many have connections with the then-current war in Iraq (the play is set in 2007), and one way or another nearly all connect with a young woman who is a U.S. Army casualty notifications officer. That job is exactly what it sound like. She has to go and tell loved ones in person their son, daughter, spouse, sibling, etc. has died. In person. This CNO has been saddled with an army photographer and a freelance ... full review

A one person show about how Carey Matthews became Veronica Carey Matthews, told with the same kind of humor which I always loved in my friend. But lots more naked honesty. ... full review

Long ago I came to conclusion that the best dramatic medium to tell epic fantasy is not, in fact, film with all its amazing special effects, but live theatre with its power of imagination. Gideon and the Blundersnort is an example of why I feel that way. It relates a story in much the same vein as The Hobbit, and The Princess Bride, with more than a dash or two of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.... full review

An intimate and very personal tale, full of humor and winning wisdom the hard way, via experience. Steeves is gay and has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, also known (sometimes) as high functioning autism. He recounts, with an almost startling amount of good humor and wit his romantic history up to the present (or at least up until the writing of this piece). Along the way, we eventually get an image of a lonely person, growing up with very few friends, struggling with an identity th... full review

Lady LiberTease is about the personal fallout of Trumpelstilskin's election to a California drama teacher who is also a wife and mother--one who felt (as so many did) profound shock not only that this man (of all people) was elected President, but that the Republican Party swept the into control of both houses of Congress. She had been desperately hoping in November 2016 to see the first woman President of the United States, that (as she put it) her ceiling would be her children's floor. In ... full review