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.
Continue Reading…
Related Posts:
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 . . .
Continue Reading…
Related Posts:
by Karen Tortora-Lee on June 25, 2010
It’s not every day that you get a marriage proposal, especially not after the 3rd date, but that’s exactly what’s happening to Vincent (John Fico) as the lights come up on Monica Bauer’s beautifully written one-man show, Made For Each Other (directed by John FitzGibbon). Vincent, a 50ish man flips his cell phone shut and proceeds to give the audience hilarious snapshots of his life in zinging one liners, self deprecating anecdotes and breezy patter. Between the laughs we can tell that Vincent is a man with a heart who’s hoping against hope that this isn’t all as crazy as it sounds.
Continue Reading…
Related Posts:
