←Recommendations of Alien Girls

  • Jenny Connell Davis: Alien Girls by Amy Berryman
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    I see so much of my own/my friends' struggles in Tiff and Carolyn's characters. This friendship feels super-real, alien babies and all.

    I see so much of my own/my friends' struggles in Tiff and Carolyn's characters. This friendship feels super-real, alien babies and all.

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  • Youtong Wang: Alien Girls by Amy Berryman
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    Yes yes yes yes, and yes

    Yes yes yes yes, and yes

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  • Shaun Leisher: Alien Girls by Amy Berryman
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    Amy Berryman is an absolute genius. A gorgeous play about friendship and creating art. I loved the alien and feeling like you're from another planet motifs that pop up throughout the play. I loved the moments of theatre magic where are characters are given the opportunity to edit what they say. This play doesn't have a happy ending but it has a very honest one. I hope this play gets produced very soon.

    Amy Berryman is an absolute genius. A gorgeous play about friendship and creating art. I loved the alien and feeling like you're from another planet motifs that pop up throughout the play. I loved the moments of theatre magic where are characters are given the opportunity to edit what they say. This play doesn't have a happy ending but it has a very honest one. I hope this play gets produced very soon.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: Alien Girls by Amy Berryman
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    A beautiful play that dares to delve into the taboos of admitting that for some, parenthood is wrong, and maybe even a mistake. T & C get to 'edit' themselves in the real and the meta. I loved the portrayal of competition between artists, and the parallels between birthing a baby and birthing a manuscript for these women. Also, birthing babies via mouth is awesome.

    A beautiful play that dares to delve into the taboos of admitting that for some, parenthood is wrong, and maybe even a mistake. T & C get to 'edit' themselves in the real and the meta. I loved the portrayal of competition between artists, and the parallels between birthing a baby and birthing a manuscript for these women. Also, birthing babies via mouth is awesome.

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  • Jasmine Sharma: Alien Girls by Amy Berryman
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    Berryman is always writing roles that make an actor foam at the mouth, but ALIEN GIRLS gets meta and murky about competition. Entrenched in love and complicated compassion, this play about fated friendship, collaboration, and other worldly womb politics is also, quite simply, fkn funny. It challenged my core beliefs, and I can't wait to ugly cry with my own Carolyns and Tiffanys at an eventual production.

    Berryman is always writing roles that make an actor foam at the mouth, but ALIEN GIRLS gets meta and murky about competition. Entrenched in love and complicated compassion, this play about fated friendship, collaboration, and other worldly womb politics is also, quite simply, fkn funny. It challenged my core beliefs, and I can't wait to ugly cry with my own Carolyns and Tiffanys at an eventual production.

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  • Mak Shealy: Alien Girls by Amy Berryman
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    Alien Girls brought me two of my new favorite characters. Tiff and Care are both endlessly relatable in their love for each other and in their pursuit of excellence as writers. The fantasy and meta-theatrical devices deepen our understanding of how this friendship functions and struggles to function. This play serves as a perfect vehicle for exploring jealousy in creative friendships, grief, comparison and how huge life changes impact can have a meteor-crash impact on other people in our lives. Berryman knows just when to undercut humor for a deft emotional wallop. I can't wait to see this...

    Alien Girls brought me two of my new favorite characters. Tiff and Care are both endlessly relatable in their love for each other and in their pursuit of excellence as writers. The fantasy and meta-theatrical devices deepen our understanding of how this friendship functions and struggles to function. This play serves as a perfect vehicle for exploring jealousy in creative friendships, grief, comparison and how huge life changes impact can have a meteor-crash impact on other people in our lives. Berryman knows just when to undercut humor for a deft emotional wallop. I can't wait to see this play produced!

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