The Female Role Model Project

See it if you have done your homework & carefully read & RE-read the description. Production can be intimidating @ first. Relax, let loose & just BE.

Don't see it if you're only open to traditional theater, nothing alternative, interactive, no audience-participation, 'meta', or constant 4th-wall breakage.

Also Not fair to bounce in here & pan a show...

...EARLY-ON in its run (especially a high-tech production), expecting it to be perfectly set W/O the luxury of previews, & not clarifying our viewpoint.

Last nite was fairly set (it's closing this wknd). We expected some of the computer stuff & video-projections to malfunction, but it ran smoothly from our perspective. Hard to follow @ first, but you get the hang of it as 1 of the programmers narrates a bit, trying to explain & decipher what the headband brainwaves-readers are recording live, right in front of us, on the screens.

Interactive shows like this are always @ the mercy of the energy received from those who actually participate (we're on-stage @ the beginning; we ask questions & vote later on). Sometimes there's TOO much energy & over-participating (last nite!). Dangerous, but exciting toss-up.

Standouts: Meggan Dodd & Tjasa Ferme - expressive, high-energy, stand firm in their beliefs, & create a welcoming stage/forum for us all.... Read more Read less

See it if you're interested in a neuroscientifically shown experience of the female mind while she ponders her life's path in different situations.

Don't see it if If you don't enjoy interactive theater or aren't interested in the differences between how the female and the male. think or act.

See it if You are interested in gender issues and feminism You like to participate with the actors You like more a workshop than a regular play

Don't see it if You don't like alternative theatre You are not interested in social topics

See it if you want watching actors dramatize the impact of gender throughout stages of their lives... and sometimes go onstage to explore gender ideas

Don't see it if you don't like opportunities to be involved in the show or your are not interested in the impact of gender on lives

Also Excellent acting - women of many ages, ethnic backgrounds

See it if You like women and social themes integrated into science and psychology.

Don't see it if If you don't want to hear about the women's experience.