←Recommendations of She Got Better

I love the way Kantor weaves the fairy tales we all know into a heartwrenching story of recovery. The friendship between these two characters develops so naturally throughout the pages, and their path to recovery isn't always about moving forward—but those setbacks are what make them stronger and push them toward healing.

Ahh so beautiful! Aly Kantor has such an amazing way with words and is able to craft a flawless story with only two characters which manages to be heartbreaking and deep and funny and profound each in turn. This take on the characters of Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood is inspired, and I loved the recurring story about the frog and the scorpion. I will follow Aly Kantor’s stories anywhere.

A keen insight into the struggles of eating disorders, body image, and mental health that women frequently encounter in our culture. Aly Kantor brilliantly portrays the mind games, mis-perceptions, and humanity of Scarlett and Gia's journey through in-patient treatment. "I had a psychiatrist, outpatient, who told me that stories wake up a different part of your brain. It’s good for pain and stuff." A bitter and lovely fairytale with strong, resounding truth.

A heartwrenching (even when it's hilarious) look at the mental gymnastics that too many women do in regards to the food they eat and the bodies they inhabit. I loved the real, raw conversations between these two women who are both determined (and yet completely afraid) to find healing from their eating disorders, and how often their own minds betray them.

Representation matters. And for anyone who is struggling or knows someone who is struggling with an eating disorder, I would hope this play provides some recognition and more of the challenges, hopes, and victories along the road to recovery. This was completely eye opening for me. And for all the good that can come from producing this piece, it’s important to note it’s a remarkable theatrical work. So produce it!

I love this reimagining of Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood in recovery. I think it's refreshing to see adult women onstage finding space to heal their inner children with each other, and not something people usually feel brave enough to do in real life. I think this play fills a gap in representation of something I haven't quite seen enough of.

This provocative, powerful piece of theater deserves to be seen, heard, experienced. Kantor limns the experience of eating disorders and recovery with empathy, grace, humor, and of course pain. Storytelling as trap and as savior is a really great tool; I'm so impressed with SHE GOT BETTER.

"Weigh In" on some raw, real storytelling in SHE GOT BETTER, a powerful tale of two conflicted women attempting to purge themselves of the traumas that led them to a last-ditch effort to get free from the shackles of their eating disorders. SHE GOT BETTER is a winner in every way! Produce!!!

Sometimes, hiding behind a 'happily ever after' is the best way to avoid a reality. That was a thought that occurred to me as I finished this powerful piece. Gia and Scarlett are two people with their own pasts as they reflect on it and their present. Its a piece that offers two powerful female roles and creates them a world of make believe but also shrouded in reality. Its a beautiful balance of real and raw emotion along with two characters facing intensely difficult and complicated issues which is sure to leave an audience knowing they've experienced something unique.

So many of our fairy tales, parables, myths involve eating. Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks, Persephone. Here is an amazing break down of recovery from eating disorders set against a back drop of the stories we consume. Aly Kantor serves up a a stellar two hander that would be amazing for any performer to present and any company to produce.