Bodies They Ritual NYC Reviews and Tickets

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(5 Reviews)

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Members say

Great writing, Great acting, Funny, Resonant, Ambitious

About the Show

Part of Summerworks 2022, Clubbed Thumb's twice-delayed 25th mini-season of new plays.

In this play by Angela Hanks, a group of Texan ladies gather for a birthday celebration at a Santa Fe sweat lodge and let loose.

Knud Adams, who recently directed Sanaz Toossi's acclaimed 'English,' directs.

With Summerworks, Clubbed Thumb produces three new plays, each of which runs for two weeks. Some playwrights had their professional premieres at Summerworks include Will Arbery, Jaclyn Backhaus, Clare Barron and Gina Gionfriddo.

Member Reviews (5)

Great writing, Resonant, Intelligent, Funny, Delightful

See it if Quickly! It's closing this weekend. The packed house loved it.

Don't see it if Do yourself a favor and experiment.

Entertaining performances, Zozobra at santa fe fiestas, 90 minutes no intermission, Family & friends relationships, New age in new mexico

See it if You like shows about relationships and/or new age experiences. Don't need a show that is fully coherent.

Don't see it if Need clarity and linearity.

Resonant, Great writing, Great acting, Enchanting, Absorbing

See it if You like a well written, off-off broadway show, a show about the power of meditation and self realization.

Don't see it if You don't like newer works, works that talk about self discovery, off-off broadway shows, festival works. Read more

Quirky, Great acting, Edgy, Ambitious, Entertaining

See it if you like experimental, weird theater

Don't see it if you're looking for a plot with a begging, middle and end

Great writing, Great acting, Funny, Ambitious, Clever

See it if You want a smart, relevant, quirky evening with some amazing black woman at a new age spa.

Don't see it if Don’t like to poke fun at new age solutions to profound life questions.

Critic Reviews (2)

"Admittedly, 'Bodies They Ritual' does not quite cohere into a whole, but its parts are wonderful. They may be tiny, but they add up to a full meal."
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"But as excellent as the production is, it’s the small details in the script, the fully alive characters that Hanks has created, that stick with me: The class anxieties of a single Black mother whose daughter’s success makes her feel ashamed and whose daughter’s childlessness makes her feel unneeded."
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