←Recommendations of A TOUR of The Early 21st Century Reproductive System (The Way We Used to Have Babies) & Real Live Birth Experience!

The frame is cheerful, colorful, welcoming even. But when you really look at the picture within, it’s heartbreaking. Emma Goldman-Sherman shows us a possible, even likely, scenario given the trends of modern policy. A cautionary tale. One worth hearing. One worth heeding. This would be at home in The Vagina Monologues.

Equally hilarious and deeply disturbing, this amazing monologue takes us along with Docent Donna on a tour of the outmoded equipment of the "old way" we used to reproduce! The concept is so original and the potential for an immersive theatrical experience is built into every word of the piece. The final moments of the monologue are gripping and emotionally raw. Brilliant work!

"A Tour of The Early 21st Century Reproductive System (The Way We Used to Have Babies) & Real Live Birth Experience!" is funny, and frightening. I was laughing out loud and at the same time feeling a profound sadness- - loss. Emma Goldman Sherman has created a theatrical experience that defines- right now- what theater should be. A play that is challenging, involving, wild, opinionated. This short play is a call to action, a call for a spectacular performance, and a cri de coeur. It’s a blast! As good as theater gets- come on! Produce this play!

"We are not even asking you to think!" But audiences will think -- about the magnificence of women's bodies, about women's reproductive rights -- before, during, and after this emotional, funny, sharp, and scary one-woman immersive show.

Emma Goldman-Sherman beautifully shows her world-building and character-building skills in "A Tour of the Early 21st Century Reproductive System (the way we used to have babies) & Real Live Birth Experience!" Grounding Docent Donna in that reality of the year 2203 makes her search even more emotional because we can infer what she is up against.

I am absolutely obsessed with this. Beautiful, funny, charming, silly, sad, haunting ...this monologue is more than just a tour of the female reproductive system, but also a tour de force for the actress playing DONNA. The emotional range the role requires is great, but to see this performed by the right skilled actress would be a phenomenal experience. Please produce this! We need these kinds of shows in our theatres.

A resounding YES to what Goldman-Sherman has made here: A monologue that cuts to the bone, fast-paced, insistent and smart, but with a grounded, physically-felt emotional register. It's brilliant, really, the way the writer crafts this prismatic effect, forcing our perspective into the past and up to this moment and casting us upon the future, with breakneck dives and turns. Read this. Produce THIS.

Like all the best satire, this piece is equal parts hilarious and terrifying. Gleaning a horrifying historical shift through a peppy tour guide's routine is honestly a work of genius.

How much do I love this monologue!? Let me count the ways: it's poignant, wry, biting, hilarious, theatrical, dystopian, feminist. It could even be staged as a site-specific and/or audience interactive piece. Brava to Goldman-Sherman for using all the tools to create such an engaging work. I want to be in the audience for this one!

If Margaret Atwood would lighten up, she might produce something akin to this clever and biting glimpse into an unwelcome future. As always, Emma Goldman-Sherman blends wit and pathos as few other writers can, conveying something we call loss—for lack of a more precise word.

Amazing monologue--funny and chilling and so, so powerful!