←Recommendations of Romeo & Her Sister

  • Monica Cross: Romeo & Her Sister by Jillian Blevins
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    GIVE IT UP FOR CUSHMANIA!!! Jillian Blevins writes about the remarkable Cushman Sisters in her play ROMEO & HER SISTER. This play highlights queer history, explores female friendship, and teaches us that we all need to study more of the language of flowers. This is a fast-paced play with betrayals, scandals, and illuminating discussions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Each character in this play would be a dream for any actor, and the design (a victorian theatre and stunning costumes) would be project any designer would love to sink their teeth into.

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    GIVE IT UP FOR CUSHMANIA!!! Jillian Blevins writes about the remarkable Cushman Sisters in her play ROMEO & HER SISTER. This play highlights queer history, explores female friendship, and teaches us that we all need to study more of the language of flowers. This is a fast-paced play with betrayals, scandals, and illuminating discussions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Each character in this play would be a dream for any actor, and the design (a victorian theatre and stunning costumes) would be project any designer would love to sink their teeth into.

    PRODUCE THIS PLAY!

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  • Bethany Dickens Assaf: Romeo & Her Sister by Jillian Blevins
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    WOW! I cannot say enough good things about this witty, aching, downright-lovely play. The dialogue is razor-sharp and the characters each have such unique and powerful (and, truly hilarious) voices. I really admire Blevins' ability to capture such important (if overlooked) histories without the work feeling like a deluge of facts; on the contrary, Romeo & Her Sister boasts a ripping pace and exciting twists and turns! Queerness, here, is also presented in commendable and fascinating period context, demanding we reevaluate rigid notions of identity, while also asking compelling and evergreen...

    WOW! I cannot say enough good things about this witty, aching, downright-lovely play. The dialogue is razor-sharp and the characters each have such unique and powerful (and, truly hilarious) voices. I really admire Blevins' ability to capture such important (if overlooked) histories without the work feeling like a deluge of facts; on the contrary, Romeo & Her Sister boasts a ripping pace and exciting twists and turns! Queerness, here, is also presented in commendable and fascinating period context, demanding we reevaluate rigid notions of identity, while also asking compelling and evergreen questions about belonging and queer love.

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