This is Water

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