Buffalo's Feminist Theater company
Brazen-Faced Varlets
GIDION'S KNOT
By JOHNNA ADAMS
Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother’s son, Gidion. Gidion may have been bullied severely—or he may have been an abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion’s act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.
Content Warning: suicide, bullying, child neglect, descriptions of extreme violence and sexual assault
SHOW DATES & TIMES:
November 7, 14, 21 - 7:30 pm
November 8, 15, 22 - 5:00 pm
“…resonant…[a] particularly eloquent study of people caught between the competing demands of reason, morality and family…harrowing…a narrative that is as elegant as it is chilling.” —Washington Post.
PRECIOUS LITTLE
By MADELEINE GEORGE
A research linguist, Brodie, receives genetic testing results: her unborn child may never be able to learn a language. Her girlfriend’s unsympathetic; her genetic counselor’s a rookie; her own uncompromising intellect betrays her. Her search for guidance takes her to unexpected places. Three actresses play multiple roles – including a gorilla – in Madeleine George’s irreverent exploration of one of our most fundamental questions: when does too much knowledge get in the way of our basic instincts?
SHOW DATES & TIMES:
February 13, 20, 27 - 7:30 pm
February 14, 21, 28 - 5:00 pm
"A crisp, fast-moving, tough-minded but often comic play about love, language, memory, culture and commitment." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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