ENCORE PREFORMANCES - Casting Confessions from La to LA

the actors company · Ages 21+ · United States of America

one person show world premiere
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Review by MARCIE MAXFIELD

July 25, 2016 certified reviewer

What I liked

Amy has great rapport with her audience, I liked her conversational tone and the way she acknowledged that we (the audience) were in the room, on this journey with her. I loved the wardrobe malfunction (I’m not sure if it was planned or a happy accident) It made her character so sloppy human, the way she just couldn’t quite get it right but she didn’t let it stop her. Which is sort of a metaphor for her show. In the end, really, Amy is Standing Up for herself. Brava.

What I didn't like

Not sure the show needed to go back to Louisiana a second time.There were moments of pathos all thru the show that deserved to be more than throwaway lines, like ‘getting fired for looking tired’ which was a missed opportunity for a more universal message like: even ‘massage therapists’ age out of their jobs. And I hoped for a better ending than another comic bit.

My overall impression

Ballsy.

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