Doing Bernice

As a daughter whose mother had Alzheimer's, Eileen Weiner starts with wry complaints about adult diapers but soon shifts into portraying the mother who once was a young woman like herself, falling in love and marrying, then losing her beloved husband. It’s basically a familial remembrance and the witty songs lift it from being maudlin. I already had heard much of the material since Eileen was a co-writer in Jill Schary Robinson’s Blue Coyote Writers Workshop in Hollywood. Needs work, and a directorial eye is suggested, but there is genuine pathos in this simple presentation. Reviews @theatrespokenhere ... full review

#SkipItLA - I like the concept, but the script needs an overhaul and her performance could use the touch of an experienced director. Right now it comes across more as a presentation for a junket, than as a one-woman musical.... full review