Rachel Bublitz's monologue about how a shift in the times impacts a person's sense of well-being and self-worth strikes even harder on this very day, when an even larger shift has occurred in women's rights.

Through her protagonist Blue, Bublitz shows how aggressions against a person's Jewish identity build upon each other, how they lead to a horrible cycle of more aggressions. Miranda Jonte's June 24 performance of "Blue" on the virtual Back Porch Theater made the tension, unease, fear and exhaustion absolutely clear.

"Blue" should have a robust set of productions. It is gigantic.

A mother who normally likes to stand out is grateful her children do not. This monologue is aching with self doubt and self-inflicted invalidation. Any decent minded person who acknowledges their privilege in "the genetic milkshake that made them" will relate. This is a voice that needs to speak out and validate their fears and feelings. Bublitz captures the weight of the hatred in the world and pleads for all decent minded humanity to take a stand. Bravo. Be sure to watch the June 24 Back Porch Theater reading by Miranda Jonte. Super!

He was Swiss. I was twelve. I love those lines. They perfectly incapsulate the concise and effective delivery of this entire piece. While told from a Jewish-American perspective, I hope the author doesn't mind that I feel It beautifully relays the angst every sane person in America is feeling right now. We are all struggling to put the pain of others first even though we are all lost and confused by the constant stream of ugly events in this country.