Cookie & The Monster

This is an amazing, brave and insightful show. Jaime Andrews takes us on a journey through a young girl's life from kindergarten into college. Not only is it all well acted, but it has a depth that surprises. All this with hysterical moments and painful heartbreak. This is a wonderful show. Please go and see it, you won't be disappointed.... full review

Fun stagecraft and comedy combine with honest, moving writing and subject. You should definitely go.... full review

I saw the review night & then went back Saturday for more. The play is so well written. A tough storyline told with youthful enthusiasm filled with happiness, sadness & angst. The cast is so well placed. Everyone shines in this dark gem. Jaime Andrews is my hero & I applaud her amazing work with this. ... full review

Not your typical coming of age story -- raw and hilarious! Don't miss it.... full review

Bold, brave, beautiful and funny. This show is exactly what the Fringe is made for. Equal parts laugh out loud funny and harrowing. Jaime Andrews gives an amazing performance, filled with pathos and humor and never once less than truthful. Highly recommended.... full review

Cookie & The Monster was funny, disturbing and poignant. Performers nailed it. Sort of a twisted after school special. Loved it!... full review

Fearless. Fierce. Honest. Dark. Funny. Imagine a girl growing up with a monster from "Where the Wild Things Are." Autobiographically-based plays are hard: they're hard to write, to perform, and to watch. Ms. Andrews succeeds where most artists fail in this genre. She wrote and plays a character that is subjected to and participates in the urges of her monster, and we take that ride with her. It ain't preachy or didactic, just experiential. It's based on Ms. Andrew's life, but I bet there are a lot of other people who can personally relate. This is the kind of play I'd like to see touring high schools with paid actors. I think it could be a catalyst for dialogue between parents, teachers, and students. And have the students moderate the ta... full review

This real-life fairy tale celebrates all of the very worst humiliations a suburban dystopia has to offer a young anti-heroine. With clever direction by JJ Mayes and well-balanced performances across the entire ensemble, Jaime Andrews as the cute but committable Cookie leads a rag tag cast of high octane utility players through the maze of school reputation angst, drug-fueled "decision" making, and almost relationships with so-called friends. It was hysterically painful and laughably bleak and I loved every minute of it.... full review

Go see this play!!! The writing and the acting are fantastic. You will laugh, cry and after the show...days later you will think about your own monster when you hear him/her in your head. I can't say enough good things about this play. Read all the great reviews and go see it for fringe sake!... full review

Jaime Andrews' fact-based fairytale, COOKIE AND THE MONSTER, stomps into humorous and disturbing life in this year's Fringe at Theatre of NOTE. While it's easy for audience members to root for Cookie as a kindergartner whose imaginary Monster inspires her to stand up to bullies and shout at hypocrisies, our identification with her--and willingness to laugh at her--grows more troubling when the Monster's advice eventually leads her into drugs, promiscuity and adult nightclubs. Ms. Andrews throws herself and her considerable, big-eyed talents into a somewhat autobiographical role (full disclosure: Ms. Andrews did voice-over work on a previous production of mine) and Scott Leggett punches up a husky, hearty Monster who never fails to come up ... full review