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Abducted
Action!
Asian for Dummies
Ball and Daisy Chain
Can You See Me?
Certain Things...
Chinese Clown Cabaret
Cincinatti
Come Fly With Me Nude
Comedy on the Square
divagation
Faker
Flame and the Stone
Flower Murderer
Framework
Future Folkloric
Hollywoodland
Home/Darkness
Hooray for Speech...
It's Stupid to Steal...
Late Night With God
Long-Form Improv &...
m.i. blue's TWILITE...
Magic @ the Fringe
Moliere Than Thou
nEO-sURREALISTS Present
Other American Stories
Oui Be Negroes
PAIN
Quarter Into It
Rabbit Causes Dog
Rap Canterbury Tales
Reframing the Hourglass
Short and Sweet...
some life
Subhuman-True Tales...
This Love Train...
Thrilling Adventures...
Tonight: The Harsh …
Under the Counter...
Viva Karaoke!...
Viva Vivi
Wrestling an Alligator
Young War
Zeppelin Beach Improv

Play: some life
Reviewer: Christian Cagigal
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Rating: 5 Stars
The writting is beatiful and hypnotic. While not all the material is autobiographical it's jaw dropping to see her take on these moments of life as if they truely happened to her. Mia's style is very physical and no part of the stage is safe from her and she makes the most of it all. Stories do become dark, scary, bleak but they are always filled with honesty and soul. At no point do you feel self-indulgance but rather a gift being offered to you the watcher. It's refreshing to watch something edgy without needing to be "EDGY". It's a simple, open and honest show and that's what makes it new and edgy.

Christian Cagigal

Play: Some Life
Reviewer: Diana Galligan
Reviewer Email: diana@peppermillmedia.com

Very riveting performance. Mia is biting in her satire and amazing in her comic delivery. Her message tugs the hearstrings and doesn't let them go. Powerful and energetic performance - funny, moving and thought-provoking.
-- Diana of "Viva Vivi!"

Play: Some Life
Reviewer: Jen Kollmer
Reviewer Email: jen at durabletheater dot org

A fabulous performance. Mia Paschal is such a powerful actress, and she delivers a piece that's both touching and comic. I particularly enjoyed her BBQ segment, which captured both elements so well.

Play: Some Life
Reviewer: Shaun Landry
Reviewer Email: shaunlandry@yahoo.com
Rating: 4 Stars
Mia Paschal stories onstage are intriguing to watch. Her Laurie Anderson Like technique..blended in with incredible technical direction is superb. I have to say that most of the monolouges from a female (and black) persepetive were painful and sometimes, horrible to watch from a personal level...but that is what theatre is supposed to do. The show's actual content was raw and bare boned. And as much as I was horrified...that is what theatre is supposed to do. Shock you into a new place and make you think. Great Job Some Life!

Play: some life
Reviewer: Vernon T.
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Rating: 4 Stars
It was an amazing performance by Mia in "some life.". You entered the mind of her characters and saw through their eyes things that make you laugh and cringe. You can't leave without thinking about your life and experiences.

Play: some life
Reviewer: Rory Brown
Reviewer Email: revan@earthlink.net
Rating: 4 Stars
From the opening lines, Mia conveys the lives of black women. Living their stories out for 50 minutes. The words hit you first, then the feelings stay with you - joy, pain and laughter.

Play: some life
Reviewer: Yvonne P.
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Rating: 5 Stars
A beautiful, bittersweet show. some life is at times humorous but always poignant and above all, universal. Mia is a joy to watch and the writing is absolutely brilliant.

Yvonne P.

Play: some life
Reviewer: Greg B
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Wow. Mia Paschal is a wondeful performer and a lyrical writer, and talent shines through in this solo show, which goes from hilarious dreams of Jessica Simpson leading a slave revolt to intense revelations about personal demons, and the struggle to come to peace with yourself. She crawls up the walls and under your skin, and you won't leave without having laughed and then found your own reflection in one of the facets of her show. Good stuff.