Savagely funny if you're steeped in the American Girl-verse but the play connects even if you're not, clearly laying out the terrain of that world even as it dismantles it. And it's not about that anyway: it's about compromised good intentions and commodified values and self-worth and self-doubt and solidarity gone sideways. All wrapped up in a structure with surprising sharp turns and the ingenious design challenges of a few ambitious stage directions.
Savagely funny if you're steeped in the American Girl-verse but the play connects even if you're not, clearly laying out the terrain of that world even as it dismantles it. And it's not about that anyway: it's about compromised good intentions and commodified values and self-worth and self-doubt and solidarity gone sideways. All wrapped up in a structure with surprising sharp turns and the ingenious design challenges of a few ambitious stage directions.