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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
ALL IN THE TIMING
ANOTHER FEMME FATALE FREAK SHOW
BEAVERZILLA
BILL'S FAMILY FUNTIME
BIRD CLUB: LETTER TO SANDRA BERNHARD
BRACE YOURSELF
BY A THREAD
CHARLIE'S ANGEL
CONDOM, THE CUCUMBER AND THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
DAY TRIPPERS IV: PLAY- IN-A- DAY MARATHON
DIAMONDS
DUET
FAMILY TREE
FANTASTIC PRODUCT
FAREWELL TO FLESH
FINAL EXAM
FRANKENSTEIN: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
GILD THE LILY
GOD COMPLEX
HEART OF DARKNESS
HOW TO BE A SECRET AGENT GIRL…
HUNTING OF THE SNARK
INGRATITUDE
INTERSTATE ZERO: A MONO/TRAVELOG
KITTY ULTRASOUND HITS THE ROAD
KRESKINNED
LAST SMOKER IN BERKELEY
LISTEN, I'M ONLY ONE WOMAN…
LITTLE BIT PREGNANT
LOOSE WOMAN
LUCID
MACY'S ACCOUNT
MEET JOHN W.T.O.
MIDAIR: ODES TO EASYCOMEASYGO
MOCK NAVAL BATTLES!!!
MOTHER'S MILK
ONE OR TWO THINGS
PILGRIM PROJECT
QUEENS RAIN
QUEENS!
SEARCHING FOR THE 60'S
SHANDYLAND MCVII: SHANDY IN THE FLESH…
SHARED SKITLESS
SISTERS OF SATURN
STORE ONE BLOCK EAST OF JEROME
STRANGER AND STRANGER
TOASTED
UNDERHOPE
WARZONE
WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE
YOGA OF MOBY DICK
ZOO STORY
 

Play: What Big Teeth You Have!
Reviewer: William Hall
Reviewer Email: whsf@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
I was able to see this plan at the Seattle Fringe and it is WONDERFUL. Eve Smyth is an engaging and talented performer. She charms the audience from her first moment on stage. She takes us down the seductive path of Little Red Riding Hood into the dark woods of what it means to be a woman! This is good stuff! Done with humor and intellegence-just what you want from a fringe show!!!! Plan to see it.


Play: What Big Teeth You Have! Or Little Red Bites Back
Reviewer: Seattle Fringe Rag Review
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Rating: 5 Stars
Theatre Au Naturel's Eve Smyth is the star of this psychosexual deconstruction of Little Red Riding Hood, a hilarious exploration of the loss of innocence and of the various issues at stake in time worn fairytales. The tale of Little Red's diversion from the path is shot through with elements from Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. Smyth renders her three characters (innocent Little Red, sensuous Beauty, and slightly bitter Myrtle the Fairy Godmother) masterfully, able to drastically shift tone and setting at the drop of a hat or the twist of a scarf. Smyth's nimble and quick dramatic footwork allows the overarching theme of female sexual awakening to becme clearly evident. What Big Teeth You Have! is incisive, fun, and hilarious.


Play: What Big Teeth You Have! Or Little Red Bites Back
Reviewer: The Stranger, a Seattle Alternative Weekly
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Rating: 5 Stars
This smart one-woman show comes courtesy of San Francisco's Theatre Au Naturel, and it's a joy. Eve Smyth fleshes out three fairy tale figures: Little Red Riding Hood (the quintessential edible/Oedipal child) is the innocent on the verge of womanhood. Myrtle, the mother of all fairy godmothers, resents the ungratefulness of her various charges-Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, etc.-once they get what they want. And the vamp is the implied but unnamed villainess of Brothers Grimm fantasy. Not surprisingly, the vamp finds herself quite attracted to the wolf: "I found myself drawn," she purrs in my new favorite line, "like an actor to a pretentious script." But civilizing forces back at the suburban palace want to reclaim her for a less hairy mate. Smyth palys out the politics behind these fairy tale models with humor and a wolfish bite. It's the perfect bedtime story.


Play: What Big Teeth You Have! Or Little Red Bites Back
Reviewer: The Seattle Weekly
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Rating: 5 Stars
Eve Smyth's one-woman deconstruction of "Little Red Riding Hood" hits the fairy tale from all sides, as Little Red strays from the Path of Virtue. She instead decides to make her own way, to "break free from the beaten path which is fast becoming a rut." When she does, she metamorphoses into the Fallen Red, a sexually craven woman whose story becomes Beauty's (as in "and the Beast"). Outside the path, the somestimes disturbing universe of fairy tales is governed by the chipper Good Fairy, Myrtle, whose wish-grantees include none other than Cinderella. Smyth is a delight in all three roles, leading us around the entire Brothers Grimm with sparkle, confidence, and sass.

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