Ms. Scooter has an innate ability to cut through the garbage and find the heart of any play. In Samuraization, she delves into our collective fear of death, and frames it in the context of Yukio Mishima. But Ms. Scooter does not give us a dry history lesson--her analysis is personal and engaging and uplifting and revealing. A true tour de force.

I adore Pandora's work and this is the piece I'm most familiar with. I was in the room as she was developing it and had the chance to see it in performance. She's a mesmerizing performer, but her writing is equally wonderful. It's part spoken word, part confessional memoir all tied up in an avant-garde bow. She tackles our shared fascination, and fear of, death as well as giving us a glimpse into her own family background as well as the life of Yukio Mishima.

So I've only heard this in a reading setting, but was completely transfixed. Smart, surreal, incredibly funny and surprisingly moving. It's amazing how much humor and pathos Pandora can wring from dark, complicated themes of mortality and identity. Can't wait to see it in production!