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A Peacock In The Rubble

Solo Theatre · Marissa Rutka · Ages 13+ · United States of America

Content Warning One Person Show World Premiere
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Review by JESSICA MELE

June 07, 2025 certified reviewer

What I liked

The use of music and family videos brought us into Marissa‘s childhood and present life living with OCD.

What I didn't like

Nothing!

My overall impression

In this very personal show, Marissa takes challenging topics like grief, OCD, and deep sadness and turns them into art. She imagines loving and caring for her six-year-old self, and I imagined her loving and caring for the audience in the same way. Please go check out this heartfelt and warm show about painful scary things. They don’t seem so painful or scary after a ukulele serenade of “The way you look tonight.”

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