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  • Hannah Lee DeFrates: No More Flowers by Dana Hall
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    "Sometimes a flower is just a flower."
    In this clever piece, O'Keeffe learns that Freud does not belong in the art studio.
    With Freud's constant insistences about O'Keeffe's paintings, despite O'Keeffe's negations of his theories, Hall has managed to capture the frustration of misinterpretation and over-analysis in art. Plus, the moment when Freud goes to sleep and O'Keeffe has a moment to fully explain her true inspiration (which differs largely from the psychologist's assumptions) is absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking. This play gets me fired up. It's really interesting and smart...

    "Sometimes a flower is just a flower."
    In this clever piece, O'Keeffe learns that Freud does not belong in the art studio.
    With Freud's constant insistences about O'Keeffe's paintings, despite O'Keeffe's negations of his theories, Hall has managed to capture the frustration of misinterpretation and over-analysis in art. Plus, the moment when Freud goes to sleep and O'Keeffe has a moment to fully explain her true inspiration (which differs largely from the psychologist's assumptions) is absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking. This play gets me fired up. It's really interesting and smart. Everyone should read it...produce it too!

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  • Nora Louise Syran: No More Flowers by Dana Hall
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    Freud meets O'Keefe. This probably explains why she once said, "I hate flowers"! An amusing and thought provoking short play. Indeed, sometimes a flower really is just a flower. Tech will have fun keeping Freud amply provided with an ever present cigar. Sometimes a cigar is ... Brava!

    Freud meets O'Keefe. This probably explains why she once said, "I hate flowers"! An amusing and thought provoking short play. Indeed, sometimes a flower really is just a flower. Tech will have fun keeping Freud amply provided with an ever present cigar. Sometimes a cigar is ... Brava!

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  • Christopher Plumridge: No More Flowers by Dana Hall
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    How inspired, to bring two great characters from history and throw them together. Oddly I am more familiar with O'Keeffe than I am Freud, so I feel for Georgia, as she takes pride in displaying her wonderful detailed artwork of flowers, only to have Freud over analyze her brilliance and find completely different and sexual meanings, it's almost laughable.
    But haven't we all been there with our art, one way or another, to hear someone find a whole new meaning in our work? A very astute piece.

    How inspired, to bring two great characters from history and throw them together. Oddly I am more familiar with O'Keeffe than I am Freud, so I feel for Georgia, as she takes pride in displaying her wonderful detailed artwork of flowers, only to have Freud over analyze her brilliance and find completely different and sexual meanings, it's almost laughable.
    But haven't we all been there with our art, one way or another, to hear someone find a whole new meaning in our work? A very astute piece.

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