This is Water

This beautifully written play took its audience on a journey with the playwright and performer. There were many twists and turns in this personal story of one seemingly average white person in America. What this character discovered during their exploration of race in America has left me thinking and changed my perspective more profoundly than any news story that I have read on the topic. ... full review

This is a deeply personal and moving show that takes on the huge subject of our country's racial legacy with grace, humor, storytelling, and most importantly, music. ... full review

I learned so much without feeling like I was “in class.” Rain made her own family’s experience relatable and timely. This play is right on time in this cultural moment. It acknowledges that as white folks we need to get a clue. And we are works in progress; we need to look at our empathetic evolution. And the songs! The musicians are wonderful too. Rain is such an amazing songwriter, too. Brava!... full review

It was an informative and timely show, with great direction. The set and use of projections really helped tell the story!... full review

Thank you for a wonderful performance last night. We were very moved by this timely, provocative and beautifully presented play. Your songs and the way you performed them were icing on a delicious cake. We consider ourselves very fortunate to have had the opportunity to see “this is water”. We just returned home from a protest and it was uplifting to be around so many like-minded people. Now I wish “this is water” would be compulsory for students across the country... full review

Rain takes on the worthwile Herculan task of entertaining, engaging, and educating the audience on national, state, and personal history. ... full review

This Is Water is award winning musician Rain Perry's retelling of her history growing up in California as a white woman and being aware of the effects of segregation laws. The plot follows as she sits down to write her album and shuffles through her own lineage, creating and performing songs that convey her feelings to match the timeline. This show is highly relevant for our time, with racial injustices being enforced as we speak, and Perry's experience will resonate with a large audience. This Is Water opens up a conversation we need to have.... full review

The things I loved about 'This Is Water', include: •the video clips from the 70's (which met my needs for nostalgia & comfort), and the 'schoolhouse rock' throwback. •the alter-ego 'muse' (which gifted me with curiosity, fun & play), and the phone-calls (both as scene changers & present-moment nervous-system resetters) •the painfully-beautiful history lessons (including e.o. 9066, the lady of the harbor's french shackles & g.i. bill/red-lining) •the music, the songs and the asymmetrical visual effects. *in a world that often times pretends that love, understanding, support, acknowledgement & visibility AREN'T essential human requirements, TIW does all of the above. And as a higher shade of brown, american of african-ancestry (... full review