What I liked
This was a minimalist set with minimalist props and yet you felt like you went so many places – the airport, the pharmacy, doctors’ offices, a memory care facility etc. There was only one actor but we met so many different characters who were quite vivid and distinct. We experienced a wide range of emotions quite deeply. The ending felt really perfect to me – there is no resolution to this experience but it felt fully lived.
What I didn't like
Maybe the blurb advertising the play… The play was way deeper and funnier and more beautiful than I expected from the blurb.
My overall impression
I was totally blown away by this play. It is incredible. Natalie keeps you very focused and engaged the entire time. She takes on a really painful subject – losing her mom slowly to a terrible brain disease – and lets you cry as you feel her deep sadness but also gives you some release with her humor, so you can laugh deeply. The story of how this young woman is managing her feelings, her mom’s health care, trying to still live a life of a young woman in her 20s gives you a lot of reflect on about the fragility of life and time and what it means to be human.
