←Recommendations of Bodies

  • Cheryl Bear: Bodies by Rachel Bykowski
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    An urgently and deeply needed message in response to the extent of the violence in this culture related to guns and domestic violence. Well done.

    An urgently and deeply needed message in response to the extent of the violence in this culture related to guns and domestic violence. Well done.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Bodies by Rachel Bykowski
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    This play gets more timely every day. I love how the language works on me. I love how the metaphors let me wander around in the darkness of it all. I love how easy it would be to produce. I love how good the work could be onstage - a great play to be in! I love how no one can look away while it's happening. It fixes us to it. Great work!

    This play gets more timely every day. I love how the language works on me. I love how the metaphors let me wander around in the darkness of it all. I love how easy it would be to produce. I love how good the work could be onstage - a great play to be in! I love how no one can look away while it's happening. It fixes us to it. Great work!

    ”
  • Rachel Bublitz: Bodies by Rachel Bykowski
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    BODIES is like an onion. The more you read, the more layers you find hidden. My expectations were defied again and again in the best kind of way. I found it both theatrical and lyrical, using language in beautiful juxtaposition. A thoughtful short play that would make an excellent addition to an evening of shorts.

    BODIES is like an onion. The more you read, the more layers you find hidden. My expectations were defied again and again in the best kind of way. I found it both theatrical and lyrical, using language in beautiful juxtaposition. A thoughtful short play that would make an excellent addition to an evening of shorts.

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  • Jordan Bird: Bodies by Rachel Bykowski
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    As I finished this play, I realized I'd been holding my breath -- this play is intense, immediate, in your face. The shifting balance of power between these two characters makes this play truly sing. The tenderness, gentleness between W and her gun is juxtaposed so shockingly and effectively with the violent intensity of her shadowboxing and chanting. This is an important piece of the conversation about the relationship between gun violence and domestic violence -- about what it means to bring violence home with you in your body and in your mind. Brilliant, beautiful, timely.

    As I finished this play, I realized I'd been holding my breath -- this play is intense, immediate, in your face. The shifting balance of power between these two characters makes this play truly sing. The tenderness, gentleness between W and her gun is juxtaposed so shockingly and effectively with the violent intensity of her shadowboxing and chanting. This is an important piece of the conversation about the relationship between gun violence and domestic violence -- about what it means to bring violence home with you in your body and in your mind. Brilliant, beautiful, timely.

    ”