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Women Wear White - Ten Minute Play by Lindsay Kennedy

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  • Lainie Vansant:
    7 Mar. 2020
    “ In just ten minutes, this goes from an exciting 'girl power' romp to an eerie and unsettling look at the darker side of our heroes. Women Wear White shines an important light on history and on the state of feminism today. Produce this play - people need to see it! ”
  • Bethany Dickens Assaf:
    7 Nov. 2019
    “ Interesting and exciting: I was on the edge of my seat, pleased that I had no idea where this piece would go next. As a white woman, I appreciated that this piece directly indicted me without pulling any punches. An excellent and polished piece of theatre. ”
  • Straton Rushing:
    5 Oct. 2019
    “ Adams wrote one of the most interesting pieces of political theatre I've seen in a while here. She doesn't pull any punches with this one. Great piece. ”
  • Dave Osmundsen:
    30 Sep. 2019
    “ "Women Wear White" starts out as a clever satirical piece about white supremacy in progressive political moments that only grows increasingly disturbing and horrifying. In a brief amount of time, Lindsay Adams deftly exposes the blind spots of any political movement, shining light on the ugly side of the deeply flawed people involved. This is a play that really makes you think about where we came from, and how not-very-far we've actually come. ”
  • Joshua H. Cohen:
    28 Sep. 2019
    “ The play begins as a pointed critique of White Feminism, and sharpens its knives from there. It carves away at any pretense of plausible deniability, until the failures of inclusion of a movement that was supposed to be about expanding rights (then and now) are laid bare. Simultaneously a galvanizing war cry for those who already want to do better, and a vital, theatrical history lesson for everybody else. ”
  • Philip Middleton Williams:
    28 Sep. 2019
    “ The lesson of "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it" is taught well and powerfully in this ten-minute play, heard at the 2019 Midwest Dramatists Conference. Lindsay Adams shows us how the message of the past can be a haunting reminder of how far we have to go in overcoming our past. ”
  • John Adams:
    27 Sep. 2019
    “ Eek! So good! I did not see where this one was going, but it all worked together so perfectly. I cannot say much (lest I get into spoilery territory), but this is a savage, funny, and thought-provoking piece of political commentary that manages to talk about MANY things at once. Saw at the 2019 Midwest Dramatists Conference, and highly recommend. ”
  • Rachael Carnes:
    27 Sep. 2019
    “ A complex conversation on intersectional feminism cached within a comedy with unexpected bite. I heard a reading at the Midwestern Dramatist Center conference that invited a lively and thought provoking response from the audience. ”
  • Katherine Gwynn:
    7 May. 2018
    “ I directed this play for a festival in Kansas City, and was drawn in from the first page. Adams exposes both the white supremacy historically underlying many of the well-known white suffragettes in history, and how this pattern repeats itself in 'feminist' activism all too often today. An incisive and taut 10 minute that isn't afraid to let the audience sit in discomfort. ”
  • Asher Wyndham:
    6 May. 2018
    “ HIghly recommended 10-minute that exposes -- through humor -- a longstanding problem with feminism, even now in the age of #metoo movement: its ideology and rhetoric (styled since the early days of the Suffragettes (serves the interests of white women, and it's ignorant of the realities of other women -- women of color. A conversation-starter, a smart choice for any festival on women, politics, and social issues. The ending, a transformation through costuming, was totally expected; this spectacle serves to make its point more poignant, its criticism more severe. Well done! ”

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