←Recommendations of The Female Gaze

Jillian Blevins corrects the record.
The myth of Medusa has always been problematic (a fancy word for misogynistic), but in THE FEMALE GAZE, Blevins gives Medusa (and Metope, from another myth) their due. The dialogue is crisp and the staging is ingenious. This is a great and necessary updating of a classic Greek myth, one that makes the story of Medusa and Metope relevant not just to our time, but to all time.
Bravo!

A marvelous short work. Jillian Blevins aims "The Female Gaze" at the plight of one famous mythical woman scorned -- and one lesser known one -- to question the arbitrary cruelty directed at women not because of their actions but because of who they are. I love both how transportive and how modern this play feels, effortlessly navigating the fantastical and the divine with only occasional, though memorable anachronism ("Deus ex whatever").

"it's a comfort to exist without being seen." this line represents so much about the world women are living in, and there's nothing i love more than a play about women healing. blevins' play "the female gaze" expertly illustrates the bonds that form between women who want nothing but to take their power back and eat some fruit in peace.

Mythology is rarely kind to women. The best myths are layered with some lesson about the world we live in. Here, Jillian Blevins masterfully blends the curses of petulant gods with the grief of all too familiar wrongs. This play is a brilliant renewal of purpose for characters often relegated to their own misery. A dynamic play with wondrous tones of empathy for victims.