Girl of Glass

See it if you delight in subtlety and magic that generate concepts worth thinking about.

Don't see it if you dislike Tennessee Williams or dislike figuring out things for yourself.

See it if A new take on the subject of memories. Well written, well acted and absorbing.

Don't see it if You only like musicals.

See it if you like fresh, new & interesting writing & skilled acting in a very intimate (small/up-close) setting. Provocative ideas.

Don't see it if you need big production values & distance from the performers. Really small house (34 seats) split stage left & right.

Also provocative premise with perhaps some connection to TGM but tangential at best. I could imagine this--after further development with a fuller production--having legs. Playwright has chops. Actors have chops. It was IMO more didactic than needed (projected titles & brief description of every scene; late play "reveals" could've been less explicit to allow more for the audience to figure out after-the-fact, etc.). I thought the shadow dancers worked pretty well.... Read more Read less

See it if you like small intimate theater that is very well acted. The music is haunting but the shadow dancing was not understood by me

Don't see it if you like fast paced musicals, and are not willing to listen to a slow, but well told story about not being boxed in by one's memories

See it if You enjoy an offbeat and different type of theater experience. This is not for everyone but I enjoyed it

Don't see it if You're interested in a more traditional type play

See it if You enjoy plays dealing with memories and their effects.

Don't see it if You expect fast moving, upbeat material.

See it if you like an interesting story shown through a multimedia medium.

Don't see it if you like everything to be straight and direct and don't like plot twists.

See it if You like intimate theater experiences that are female driven and presented as vignettes separated by interpretive multimedia elements

Don't see it if You Ike short plays with a straightforward plot and clear sight lines to the stage.

See it if You’re looking for a Tennessee Williamsesque play.

Don't see it if You are looking for light and breezy entertainment,

See it if want to support a female heavy theatre company, or like plays that live in the world of theatrical realism, not naturalism.

Don't see it if Like fully polished shows. This one still needs some editing, though it's in very good shape.

Also The seed of the idea, about the way we store and value memories, is good.

I think the script it self still needs some work. For instance, the connection to Glass Menagerie is tenuous at best, and could have been removed without losing any part of the story.... Read more Read less

See it if you are interested in seeing a play about an odd romance in a mysterious background with references to Tennessee Williams.

Don't see it if want to see a realistic play with a straightforward theme that is not confusing.

See it if Memories idea is interesting. Hang in there for the twist after intermission. See if if you don't mind very slow and an unlikable character.

Don't see it if Very slow and confusing... can be frustrating. Hang on for the twist. Unlikable character there is a reason. Hang in there. I almost walked.

See it if Memories....can we ever really lose the bad ones, and how we distort the good memories. Interesting concept.

Don't see it if Slow and somewhat agonizing.

See it if You want to see an interesting subject play, with an unusual proposal to stay indoors for a year and get large sum.

Don't see it if You are not a fan for long and very slow moving play.

See it if You want to support a female run theater company that produces only plays written by women & creative team is 85% female or TGNC.

Don't see it if Although an interesting & creative story about memories, I did not see the connection w/Glass Menagerie & found the plot hard to follow.

See it if You like rough, experimental works.

Don't see it if You want a tight and/or linear narrative.

Also This show has great bones and could really be excellent if the playwright made some revisions. The actors were really great and the staging was inventive, but the ~surprise twist~ at the end felt like a cheap, underdeveloped "gotcha!" delivered in a weirdly clunky exposition dump that felt out of place in the otherwise subtle and smart script.... Read more Read less

See it if Good acting

Don't see it if Play theme is underdeveloped.

See it if u want to support a woman-centric company; like absurdist-lite theatre; want to see a play with some interesting themes & characters.

Don't see it if u dislike spending a lot of time in the dark for scene changes, absurdism-lite ; inconsistent writing & acting, extraneous shadow dancing.

See it if You like off beat, talky, somewhat experimental

Don't see it if You hate talky, heady, pretentious... with projections of “memory” dancers doing modern dance improvised movement.

See it if you are interested in nice use of stage props, stronger focus on acting and dialogue, and a surprise twist in the ending. Intimate setting.

Don't see it if you are looking for a musical/are not into something original

See it if like an intimate play setting and unsuspecting ending

Don't see it if you expect singing and don't like indie plays

See it if You are a fan of The Glass Menagerie and want to see a show take those tropes and warp them in unexpected ways

Don't see it if You don't like leaving a theatre with more questions than answers - while original, the world of this play is a work in progress.