←Recommendations of PRACTICE HOUSE

  • John Minigan: PRACTICE HOUSE by Rachael Carnes
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    A wild ride that begins with the energetic language of a play like Bald Soprano while confronting the way pop culture, advertising, and media blend with the "rules" by which women are expected to behave. These characters live in their school's and their society's "mock-up" of what their lives will be, and their mix of "how to toe the line" and the desire to rebel is real and resonant. It's very funny and then it's not--as we move from the 1930's to today, and the characters experience the legacy of those years as it plays out all around us.

    A wild ride that begins with the energetic language of a play like Bald Soprano while confronting the way pop culture, advertising, and media blend with the "rules" by which women are expected to behave. These characters live in their school's and their society's "mock-up" of what their lives will be, and their mix of "how to toe the line" and the desire to rebel is real and resonant. It's very funny and then it's not--as we move from the 1930's to today, and the characters experience the legacy of those years as it plays out all around us.

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  • Lee R. Lawing: PRACTICE HOUSE by Rachael Carnes
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    If ever a subject matter and playwright meshed up perfectly it's in this play "Practice House" by Rachael Carnes. When I saw that it was done and posted here I made it the required reading for this Sunday and what a perfect piece of theater. The humor and the zing of Carnes's trademark style is in full force with this wonderful piece and it would be an honor for any theater to stage this masterful look which revisits a bit of history but done so with Carnes' incredible insight and force. Recommended reading for everyone!!!

    If ever a subject matter and playwright meshed up perfectly it's in this play "Practice House" by Rachael Carnes. When I saw that it was done and posted here I made it the required reading for this Sunday and what a perfect piece of theater. The humor and the zing of Carnes's trademark style is in full force with this wonderful piece and it would be an honor for any theater to stage this masterful look which revisits a bit of history but done so with Carnes' incredible insight and force. Recommended reading for everyone!!!

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