The play Rapture, Blister, Burn is inspired by past arguments with her mother and cousins about Men and Children and Career and all that stuff. (ashevillechamber.org)
20% Theatre Company is thrilled to present Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage April 26 - May 10, 2014. (tctwentypercent.org)
Rapture, Blister, Burn is my debut with 20% Theatre Company. (tctwentypercent.org)
The women of Rapture, Blister, Burn try to identify how feminist ideals have impacted their lives, only to discover that there are numerous, oftentimes contradictory, ways to exemplify feminism in everyday life. (tctwentypercent.org)
The panel, assembled by the Women's Museum of California, preceded a viewing of "Rapture, Blister, Burn", a contemporary Pulitzer nominated play by Gina Gionfriddo - a funny and poignant feminist play running for another week that I highly recommend. (sandiegofreepress.org)
The characters in " Rapture, Blister, Burn " spend most of their time talking about topics that American women have been grappling with for decades, including the difficulty of choosing between family and career-or the struggle to find time for both. (better.net)
Directed by Kimberly Senior in its Chicago premiere at Goodman Theatre with an engaging cast, the sharply written "Rapture, Blister, Burn" reunites two characters who had been college friends 20 years earlier and then diverged as they took different paths in life. (better.net)
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intensely smart, immensely funny…RAPTURE more largely illuminates how hard it can be to forge both a satisfying career and a fulfilling personal life in an era that seems to demand superhuman achievement from everyone. (ashevillechamber.org)
In a comedy hailed by The New York Times as "intensely smart and immensely funny," Gina Gionfriddo (Becky Shaw) takes a sharp, unflinching look at 21st century gender politics. (dctheaterarts.org)
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Playwright Gina Gionfriddo 's comedy feels at times like a college class on feminism, but it's a witty and lively one, more of a freewheeling gab session than a dry lecture. (better.net)
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Feminism has made a lot of progress if the women in Rapture can find fulfillment as stay-at-home mothers, activists, and students, but obviously not all of the questions posed by Rapture have been answered. (tctwentypercent.org)
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I'm designing costumes for Rapture and am so thrilled to be working on this production with the company that first inspired me to move to Minneapolis/St. Paul. (tctwentypercent.org)
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Gina Gionfriddo's 2014 work was performed in a single, rustic inspired set using several arrangements of furniture. (thealabamian.com)
In a contemporary setting, Gina Gionfriddo's characters explore issues that women and men face in the modern society. (vconstage.com)