←Recommendations of What Happened While Hero Was Dead

  • Rachael Carnes: What Happened While Hero Was Dead by Meghan Endres Brown
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    Being dead - or rather, folks thinking you're dead - has its advantages, as this wry comedy underscores. It's a chance to reinvent, to reconnect, even with her own self. Why be what everyone thinks you should be? With a bracing pace, abounding theatricality, genuine characters and whip-smart dialogue, this play offers a feminist new lens on an old tale. A reading at the Great Plains Theatre Conference dazzled with its energy and boldness, and surprised - in judiciously applied moments of pure poetry.

    Being dead - or rather, folks thinking you're dead - has its advantages, as this wry comedy underscores. It's a chance to reinvent, to reconnect, even with her own self. Why be what everyone thinks you should be? With a bracing pace, abounding theatricality, genuine characters and whip-smart dialogue, this play offers a feminist new lens on an old tale. A reading at the Great Plains Theatre Conference dazzled with its energy and boldness, and surprised - in judiciously applied moments of pure poetry.

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  • Kate Busselle: What Happened While Hero Was Dead by Meghan Endres Brown
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    I love this play so much! As a Shakespeare nerd and feminist, I love the sexual awakening of Hero and her feminist awakening fighting against the period, culture, and norms of the period. A fabulous work for college students to sink their teeth into for movement and physical comedy while also creating emotionally complex journeys. A wonderful play! It's going on my directing bucket list.

    I love this play so much! As a Shakespeare nerd and feminist, I love the sexual awakening of Hero and her feminist awakening fighting against the period, culture, and norms of the period. A fabulous work for college students to sink their teeth into for movement and physical comedy while also creating emotionally complex journeys. A wonderful play! It's going on my directing bucket list.

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  • Katie Pelensky: What Happened While Hero Was Dead by Meghan Endres Brown
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    If you leave every production of Much Ado thinking "I mean, I love it, but I feel like Hero gets pretty screwed over...."
    1. You're right.
    2. Meghan Brown will serve you a delicious slice of theatre cake that lets you spend an hour or two with Hero and her dilemma.
    Sharp, hilarious, heart breaking, and with opportunities for directors and actors to PLAY.

    If you leave every production of Much Ado thinking "I mean, I love it, but I feel like Hero gets pretty screwed over...."
    1. You're right.
    2. Meghan Brown will serve you a delicious slice of theatre cake that lets you spend an hour or two with Hero and her dilemma.
    Sharp, hilarious, heart breaking, and with opportunities for directors and actors to PLAY.

    ”