"Set in the 1970s at the meetings of a feminist consciousness-raising group - as well as in the present day, when a narrator (Susannah Flood) is telling the story of the group her mother founded - the show goes down like a bracing tonic, an antidote for the dark. It's powered not by celebrities but by a company of superb New York theater regulars (the cast took home the Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble)"
"Like all of Liberation, the scene is funny, contemplative, and paper-cut sharp, a coup de théâtre for reasons beyond its state of undress. The show's website discloses the nudity, and audience members are asked to put their phones in pouches during the performance, but even so, the actors tell me they've experienced a whole gamut of responses. "I remember this middle-aged woman was so scandalized," says Audrey Corsa."
The play is set in the 1970s at meetings of a feminist consciousness-raising group and alternates with the present day, where a narrator recounts the group's origins. The production blends exquisite character study with fervent political conversation, propelled by a cast of seasoned New York theater actors who won a Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble. A pivotal, 15-minute second-act sequence presents six cast members fully nude, staged to be funny, contemplative, and sharply observed. The production discloses nudity on its website and requires audience phones to be sealed in pouches; audience reactions range from scandalized to deeply moved.
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