Review by anonymous
June 11, 2023 certified reviewerWhat I liked
Each poem seemed to have something to contribute to themes or ideas from other poems. Staging, blocking, props all contributed to this connection. While the words were often wonderful, it’s the moments of connection that I remember best.
What I didn't like
The final “game show,” in which I participated, seemed a little irrelevant, pressing the theme of our culture’s widespread misogyny. For one thing, misogyny was hardly stressed in the show’s preceding poetry. I’d have preferred to have some genuine interaction with the actor/poets — actually being encouraged to talk, maybe using the prompts that stimulated the poems in workshop. But it was fun.
My overall impression
It’s a great, innovative idea to create interaction among three otherwise solitary poets. Suddenly, the poems — which were printed out in the program by themselves — seemed to have a lot to do with one another. The actors engaged and intertwined, so that occasionally, the poems actually read like dialogue, producing a profound, resonant experience.
