AUDIENCE REVIEWS FROM THE NEW YORK PREVIEW AT THE BARROW GROUP PRE-HOLLYWOOD FRINGE 2026

Perimenoparty: The Welcome Party to a Stage of Life You Can’t Escape

María
Communication specialist
★★★★★

“Irene takes the audience to her own private journey through her red brick road, to claim women’s strength and reality”

Edu Díaz
actor, clown, and theatermaker
★★★★☆

“Hilarious, unique, heartfelt… a new clown is born!”

Viorica Anderson
Philosophy Professor
★★★★★

“I love it, presented some of the problems faced by women in a very funny way. I felt represented and like Irene was my best friend friend sharing her life.”

May Lee
Actor and writer
★★★★★

“Perimenoparty was so funny and moving at the same time! It brings out to the open the same questions and experiences that I’ve been going through during perimenopause. I feel seen!”

Eric Daniel Weiner
Writer/Actor
★★★★★

“Irene is such a natural clown and such a force of nature. She manages the big tonal shifts with ease. It’s not just a funny show, it’s touching—it has stayed with me.”

Carol
Visual artist
★★★★★

“When I first got my period at puberty, I remember seeing myself bleed and feeling its warmth. I was shocked. I could never have imagined that this would become part of my life for years to come. Once I got used to it, I never really considered that there would also be a moment when it would disappear.

This play beautifully explores the tragedy and the comedy that exist between these two thresholds of life. With joy, intelligence, and tenderness, it invites us to reflect on how we relate to our bodies and how, as a society, we might care for them better.

Simply brilliant. Irene’s work is moving, insightful, and deeply necessary."