by Karen Tortora-Lee on November 27, 2010
If you weren’t familiar with the body of work playwright Monica Bauer has produced, upon hearing the title of her latest show, BALLS! The Testosterone Plays, it would be very easy to mistakenly dismiss this as a night of 2 one-act plays that do nothing more than skewer fifty percent of the population. Delve a littler deeper, and examine the titles of the shorts – Two Men Walked Into A Bar and Made For Each Other and this notion might be even further cemented. After all, Two Men Walked Into A Bar is as ubiquitous a set up as “How Many Actors Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?” (Answer: Two. One to stand on a chair and change it and one to say “I wish I was up there!”)
If you ARE familiar with playwright Monica Bauer, however, you know that an evening of fluffy, mindless confection is the last thing you’re going to get from her testosterone plays. For while she’s got a breezy way with humor and can evenly lace it throughout her stories, this is a woman whose plays about men pack as strong a punch as anything done by Mamet or Labute. If you want to sip on a cocktail that’s sweet and full of empty calories, you’re clearly walking into the wrong bar.
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on November 19, 2010
We’re still coming down from the amazing party that was held (in 3-D!) on Monday night – celebrating The Happiest Medium’s first year. If you were lucky enough to be at the party you saw some wonderful performances. If you missed it – I’ve got some great news for you.
This weekend you can get you fill of BALLS! The Testosterone Plays of Monica Bauer . . . and afterward you can get your Girl Balls fix with Killy Dwyer and Kill The Band as they open and close ALTER EGO with their avant garde comedic punk rock performance art and antics!! If you don’t have enough balls in your life, this is the weekend to get your fill . . .
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on September 4, 2010
If you weren’t one of the lucky ones who was able to get to Planet Connections to experience Made For Each Other- take heart! It’s coming around again as part of an evening of theatre entitle BALLS: the Testosterone Plays of Monica Bauer. In order to be able to get this production off the ground some very talented, inspirational writers are gathering on Saturday, September 11th for a one-night-only fundraiser entitled “WOMEN WITH BALLS” short plays by women about men.
This news makes me very happy becuase 1) Made for Each Other is a terrific show which I’m excited to have a chance to see again 2) this gives me an opportunity to interview playwright Monica Bauer - a talented, funny, smart woman. Monica took some time out of her really busy schedule to tell me a little bit about the great women who will be sharing the bill with her on 9/11, how she convincingly channeled the spirit of war veterans, and what it means to be a woman with balls . . .
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