What I liked
The projections were a great addition to the show’s humor and storytelling.
What I didn't like
The scene changes could be a touch more fluid. But this is a very minor note to the production.
My overall impression
I love a show that knows its making fun of itself and brings the audience in for a fun ride that begins at an adoption clinic and climaxes at Svengali’s dark underground lair! This is a coming out story told like no other through head bopping hip hop beats and rhymes (effortlessly delivered by the cast) that cut through the most awkward and tension filled moments of the plot. Each character had their moments to shine in the dialogue’s quirky humor. Setting the levity aside, one of the more poignant moments was between Vanessa (Matthews) and new found sister Irene (Lappin) who is questioning her own identity and asks Vanessa for advice. As the show ends with the understanding that “family is family” I was left wondering with the following questions: “If a pacifist vampire transgender woman can be fully embraced by her family, can society accept her as well?” “What does it say about us (audience/society) if we view being a vampire is less of a shock then being transgender?”
