←Recommendations of stains

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: stains by Sarah Cho
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    Fabulous romp of a comedy about a teen's coming of age that warms my heart! Bilingual and specific and yet so universal in its specificity! It will be hilarious onstage. Menstrual plays are as necessary as tampons! I hope it gets produced soon and often!

    Fabulous romp of a comedy about a teen's coming of age that warms my heart! Bilingual and specific and yet so universal in its specificity! It will be hilarious onstage. Menstrual plays are as necessary as tampons! I hope it gets produced soon and often!

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  • Steven Strafford: stains by Sarah Cho
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    This play is TERRIFIC. It hits the sweet spot of being hilarious and heartwarming and incisive and zany and perfectly structured. It's SO GOOD. Your theater should produce it yesterday.

    This play is TERRIFIC. It hits the sweet spot of being hilarious and heartwarming and incisive and zany and perfectly structured. It's SO GOOD. Your theater should produce it yesterday.

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  • Kate Busselle: stains by Sarah Cho
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    I. LOVE. THIS. PLAY. The painful specificity of puberty, the awkward humiliation of embarrassing grandmothers and moms, 1990s television, and why oh why was Topanga not available? A hilarious play with heart that is a dynamic ensemble piece for all of the women in the show. PLEASE PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!

    I. LOVE. THIS. PLAY. The painful specificity of puberty, the awkward humiliation of embarrassing grandmothers and moms, 1990s television, and why oh why was Topanga not available? A hilarious play with heart that is a dynamic ensemble piece for all of the women in the show. PLEASE PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!

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  • Elizabeth A. M. Keel: stains by Sarah Cho
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    It's not often a play makes me full-on belly laugh. Hats off to STAINS and its lead character, Christine, a brilliant but stymied teen girl. There is a radiant, exasperated love *glowing* in the memories playwright Cho has gifted us with, including a mother and grandmother who are instantly unique and universal in equal measure. It takes some mighty, mighty girl guts to be this honest. A+++

    It's not often a play makes me full-on belly laugh. Hats off to STAINS and its lead character, Christine, a brilliant but stymied teen girl. There is a radiant, exasperated love *glowing* in the memories playwright Cho has gifted us with, including a mother and grandmother who are instantly unique and universal in equal measure. It takes some mighty, mighty girl guts to be this honest. A+++

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  • Ross Tedford Kendall: stains by Sarah Cho
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    Darkly comic, very theatrical, and all around a joy to read. Playwright Cho gives insight onto issues that I have little to no knowledge of, in an entertaining and thought provoking narrative. I especially like the juxtaposition of generation gaps, female adolescence, and living within American culture that is dominated by privilege. All seamless and exhilarating.

    Darkly comic, very theatrical, and all around a joy to read. Playwright Cho gives insight onto issues that I have little to no knowledge of, in an entertaining and thought provoking narrative. I especially like the juxtaposition of generation gaps, female adolescence, and living within American culture that is dominated by privilege. All seamless and exhilarating.

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  • Nick Malakhow: stains by Sarah Cho
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    A funny, human coming-of-age story that explores universal feelings of belonging, growing up, and family refracted through an intersectional lens that thoroughly explores its central character's multi-faceted identity. Christine is a sympathetic and realistically rendered teen, and I found it especially impressive how Cho kept all characters sympathetic while maintaining the simmering adolescent/adult tension. The family dynamics were hilariously rendered; the inclusion of Melissa Joan Hart (and some quality early aughties TV references) brought me back to childhood and my own experience of...

    A funny, human coming-of-age story that explores universal feelings of belonging, growing up, and family refracted through an intersectional lens that thoroughly explores its central character's multi-faceted identity. Christine is a sympathetic and realistically rendered teen, and I found it especially impressive how Cho kept all characters sympathetic while maintaining the simmering adolescent/adult tension. The family dynamics were hilariously rendered; the inclusion of Melissa Joan Hart (and some quality early aughties TV references) brought me back to childhood and my own experience of both looking up to and feeling like an outsider because of media depictions of teens.

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  • Shaun Leisher: stains by Sarah Cho
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    Hilarious coming of age story with some great fantasy elements.

    Hilarious coming of age story with some great fantasy elements.

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