Tales From the Powder Room

ensemble theatre · planetm media · Ages 13+ · United States of America

world premiere
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Review by anonymous

June 17, 2019
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What I liked

The play presents a cast of talented actors who showcase a variety of abilities and charisma. The characters give voice to the many untold stories of average working women whose personal struggles are often kept hidden. The strongest moments involve the subtle mistrust between female coworkers, such as the scene between actors Kamri Lin and Burgandi Phoenix, and the freak out of a woman about to take a pregnancy test, who spirals emotionally as she waits for the moment of truth.

What I didn't like

In the scene where a transgender woman using the bathroom is attacked by an intolerant coworker, and during a phone call between a mother and her daughter’s principle, after the girl gets in trouble for physically defending herself against a boy that sexually assaulting her, the author should resist painting the villains as broadly as she does.

My overall impression

A series of sometimes charming, sometimes melodramatic vignettes that take place in a company women’s bathroom, in which various resentments and misunderstands come to light between coworkers.

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