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MaMa Does Dada: Absurdist Theatre

Solo Theatre · Madeline Magnifico (MaMa) Presents · Ages 14+ · 1hr · United States of America

Content Warning Multi-Lingual Performance One Person Show World Premiere
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mama does dada: absurdist theatre

Review by CODY JOHNSON

June 08, 2026 certified reviewer
tagged as: dada · experimental · Absurdist · absurd

What I liked

“Mama Does Dada” functions as a sort of absurdist variety show chosen at random, and each vignette shows Jerilyn’s skill in expressing sentiment through abstract imagery and performance; sentiment that is simultaneously comic and tragic, both deeply personal and universal, nothing and everything.

What I didn't like

More people showing up.

My overall impression

" THE ADMIRAL HAS FOUND NOTHING…" A deeply evocative and emotional experience told in the hushed whispers and clamorous wails in the dead tongues of a world abruptly gone silent. An experience that is deeply expressive and symbolically abundant despite being abstract and absurd. Something that is genuinely and sincerely felt if not completely understood.

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