She Waits

See it if 3 one acts by a newer artist. If you want to see new works. Nifty little theater st Mark's downstairs.

Don't see it if The plot on all 3 are not always strong. Acting for most part is good but sporadic at times.

See it if you would enjoy new, young voices dealing with some age-old issues, presented in brief with limited staging that focuses on the discussion.

Don't see it if you are looking for fully developed drama - here the actors draw you to the situations and leave you with a lot to think about.

See it if you are intrigued by new work by women writers that explore issues relevant to today.

Don't see it if you dislike short works with limited breadth and weak production values.

See it if You want to see 3 brief well done 1 acts by talented young production crew

Don't see it if you need fully developed plays (and a warm theater)

Also Each of the 3 1 acts by the talented Alex Shannon are very well written, well acted and directed.

My favorite, and by far the darkest, was FIXIN which deals with a young woman's need to get love from her extraordinarily abusive mother.

Each play was well written, but none, given the 20 min run time of each, was fully developed. It would be great to see full versions.... Read more Read less

See it if If you support original theatre with new voices and millennial perspectives.

Don't see it if You don’t easily empathize with life perspectives other than yours.

Also I liked these 3 one-act plays. They felt fresh with the female perspective of the millennial generation. It spoke of disorientation, uncertainty, grasping at life’s personal meaning, hence the waiting that we women do: at times well and resigned, at others, recalcitrant and combative.

In an era where living means living on social media, these 3 female centered stories spoke of traditional existence and concerns: being there for a dying mother, playing the intricate dance of mating and dating, to experience intimacy, with the right one, and often just anyone. And, exquisitely, the metaphor of the miracle, the lake bug, who like Jesus, walks on water’s molecules. Beauty and everyday miracles can be witnessed all around our ordinary lives, if we only look.

The third one-act play spoke of the intimate rituals women share in the most universal of urban acts: doing laundry at the local laundromat. Two women at a cross road in their lives meet for this ritual perhaps for one last time.... Read more Read less

See it if Three one-act plays with a unifying theme thread that ties together issues of the human/female conditions.

Don't see it if Basement theatre presenting fresh new voices is not your kind of theater.

Also Alex Shannon's insightful writing and acting were outstanding. These three one-acts stood above many off/off performances I have seen lately. Of equal note was the stunning performance and beauty of Jonina Thorsteindottir.... Read more Read less