Gracie and Rose

What a wonderful performance! An interesting and touching story of love told beautifully by a talented actor. See it!... full review

This beautiful one-woman show kept me riveted to my seat from the moment it started through the final exit. A great script, a powerful performance rooted in strong character work, and visceral imagery merge into a tour de force production that exemplifies what one-person theatre should be. Bonus, this show featured strong production value for Fringe, showing that "simple" doesn't have to mean stripped down to nothing. Thank you to Cindy Marie Jenkins for recommending this show to me.... full review

As I emerged from writer and performer Anastasia Coon’s “Gracie and Rose,” all I could think about was getting my hands on the play. I wanted to read the script. That hasn’t happened since I saw my last Tennessee Williams’ play. Coon’s writing reminds me of Williams’: that unique blend of regionalism and poetry. This is what theatre is meant to do: expose the audience to a different landscape –psychologically and physically — from their own where the only thing that stays the same is the human condition. “Gracie & Rose” explores the marriage of Rose, a love mad wife to Gracie, a woman so broken by her father’s abuse, she has determined to live her life as a man. This would be difficult enough to pull off in a metropolis, but Coon sets her... full review