- From Shit Grows the Roses
Anna Budd; Oakland; Solo performance;- Children over 15 could enjoy it. Coarse language.
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1play = From Shit Grows the Roses
2name = cameron galloway
3email = camiegal@slip.net
4rating = None
5review = You start watching this solo piece comfortably in your chair,
leaning back, ready to enjoy, and about 10 minutes into it you suddenly
realize that you and the entire audience have assumed an entirely different
position. All of you - literally - lean forward, elbow on knee, chin on
fist, mesmerized - in some unknown taoish tai schi way - by Anna Budd.
there is something so new about not forcing a performance or its writing,
but just letting the soul tell the truth about how life can be - sad and
human - how often do you get to see a performer NOT push but just let you,
the audience, be - and let you lean in and feel nourished.
1play = From Shit Grows the Roses
2name = Stacy Owens
3email = seowens@hotmail.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = I thought this show was amazing! I've seen a lot of solo performance,
but never anything with such good writing! Really unique, unusual, compelling
stories. You never knew what was coming next. The acting was solid, too.
Regarding the one-star review: Weird. I disagree completely. I certainly
wasn't bored, and it felt to me like everybody else in the audience was
really engaged right along with me. I guess it just goes to show, everyone
is in their own world with these things. Anyway, I recommend it highly!!
1play = From Shit Grows The Roses
2name = Goreski
3email =
4rating = 1 Star
5review = A dull and boring show. Everything you've heard before, done without
inspiration or insight. A couple of weak laughs and that's it.... nothing
here folks!!
1play = From Shit Grows the Roses
2name = brewster
3email = brewster_david@hotmail.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Great storytelling! Anna Budd's narrative voice is excellent.
The stories were funny, sad, beautiful, shocking, and/or suspenseful.
I couldn't distinguish the character voices, so be advised that the stories
rotate being told between two characters: Agatha, the social worker, and
Maxine, her troubled client. Fear not, most stories have references to who
is the narrator. One story told in darkness made me concentrate on the striking
words, and made me realize how much I had focused on Anna's very expressive
face. One near-death story had beautiful images. And three stories or passages
were edge-of-the-seat: Fire, Fetus, and Toenail
1play = From Shit Grows the Roses
2name = Susan D.
3email =
4rating = 3 Stars
5review = One young woman, no props, nothin'. Anna Budd's piece came across
as an extremely well written staged-reading. I was amazed by the convincing
variety of sets that were invoked via her superb miming. A great example
of this came when the protagonist answered a telephone, then covered the
non-existent mouthpiece to privately address the audience without being
overheard by the other party. On the constructive criticism side, as the
show went on the acting became a bit one-note. A young girl character seemed
even to be able to "burn down" her mother's house without a waver
in her soothing voice. The writer/performer is young and attractive and,
due to an extremely mild acting style, so were all her characters. With
further maturity and some work on developing varied character voices and
physicalities, this will be a performer to watch. The drive, talent and
writing ability are there.
1play = From shit grow the roses
2name = Liebe Wetzel
3email = lunfan@mindspring.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Fabulous writng, lovely metaphors , great stage presence
1play = From Shit Gorw the Roses
2name = Vince Vitale
3email = WorldGazer@aol.com
4rating = 4 Stars
5review = In what is billed as a monologue play, Anna Budd has written and
performed the two characters of Agatha and Maxine and explored the loves
and angers their lives are built upon. Monologues can be a difficult stunt
-- it's just the actor and the space up there to create visions and tap
into communal visions and feelings. Anna draws us in and helps us feel Agatha's
and Maxine's souls.