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21/One
Another Ugly Duckling Tale
BabyLove
Before the End- A Boy Called Noise
cruel & unusual
Curriculum Vitae
Eating Skeletons
Exiles
Fall and Rise of the Rising Fallen
Flamenco con Fusion
Fuse
Get It? Got it. Good!
Get Laughs or Die Tryin'
Irma at the Movies & Frozen
Just For Laughs
Kingdom of Not- Neon Man and Me
- nEO sURREALIST sYSTEMS
Pomp & Circumstance
Readiness is All
Revolving Madness
sally: MIA / Sheepish
Secret Ruths of Island House
Sisyphus on Vacation
Stone Trilogy, Three Tales
Thanatics - A Rock Opera
This Lily Was (Fontana)
Thrilling Adventures of Elvis in Space
Tilting at Transformations
Visiting Bertha
Waiting for Bordeaux
Where the Sun Don't Shine
Woof, Daddy
Yellow Fever Express
Yorick & Co.
Play: This Lily Was
Reviewer: John Rackham
Intense, fascinating and poetic. I've had to take a couple of days to think about Mia's epic story of sexual and physical abuse and its lifelong consequences. It demanded full attention for the hour and with a lesser actor it might have been difficult to watch at times, but Mia's charisma carried me through. I think I'll be thinking about it for a long time to come. A truly excellent and courageous piece of theatre.
Play: This Lily was
Reviewer: Jacqui Barnes
5 Stars
Mia Paschal transcends her pain and reigns triumphant. This spectacle is
pure poetry in motion.Whatever you do , if she's performing within a 100mile
radius of where you are, you have to see it.
Play: This Lily Was (Fontana)
Reviewer: Chip
5 Stars
Intensely personal, moving, poetic, lyrical, and mesmerizing.
An intelligent, beautiful and extraordinary performance.
Play: this lily was (fontana)
Reviewer: todd branscum
5 Stars
What can i say Mia has an exceptional talent and stage presence. She glided
back and forth like a gazelle across the tiny little stage with poise and
dignity telling a story of pain and shame. A story too many of us know or
has known someone who has fallen victem to circumstance like this Lily.The
lighting was excellent and lent a more realistic tone when Mia would transition
from one character or voice to another. The performance not only touched
a dark place within but also had lighter sides that let the audience laugh
and decompress from the seriousness and depressing plight of the Lily. This
struck a unique balance that let the material gel so the audience could
take in the reality of the situation. All in all I love Mia in her performance
and i urge everyone to see it. So come out tonight or Saturday to see her
before this event takes its place in history.
Play: This Lily Was (Fontana)
Reviewer: Mary Walls
5 Stars
Lyrical, poetic, and simply beautiful- This Lily Was provides a riveting
dramatized view of the life of a "cutter." The bits of humor thrown
in help lighten the mood of the subject matter, as well as remind us of
the mind's ability to find humor even in the darkest moments. Mia Paschal's
performance is simply quite stellar!
Play: This Lily Was (Fontana)
Reviewer: Dan Carbone
5 Stars
Beautifully acted and directed. A deeply moving satire that delves into
the inner mind of a woman in deep turmoil, and the sharply etched portraits
of those around her. It sings with a transcendent beauty that will stay
with you long after the play has ended.
Play: This Lily Was (Fontana)
Reviewer: Rob Anderson
4 Stars
Ms. Paschal takes the difficult subject of a "cutter" and delves
deep into her psyche through the most beautifully poetic prose. The spare
staging focuses all of your attention on her words.
Play: This Lily Was (Fontana)
Reviewer: Wanda
5 Stars
Because of my love of Mia Paschal’s previous SFFringe work, Some Life,
I invited a friend to see her latest production This Lily Was (Fontana).
At dinner, my friend mentioned that she hadn’t seen a serious movie
or play in a while because she can no longer stomach too much reality. She
told me that she finds so much of life disturbing and depressing that she
only seeks out entertainment that will leave her feeling happy. So it was
with some trepidation that I took her to see this story about a cutter.
It is true that at times this play is difficult to experience because it deals with abuse, death, and despair. However, as she did in Some Life, Mia has infused her performance with wonderful comedic moments. She mines humor from her own missteps as well as the judgmental, selfish and sometimes ridiculous behavior of others. What struck me most about her performance was the fact that she had the courage to acknowledge culpability in some of her most disturbing adult episodes while at the same time revealing a painful and abusive childhood that she had no control over. She avoids all manner of clichés about triumphing over tragedy or being damaged by one’s past. For me, this piece was about the hard task of unblinkingly examining yourself, your life, and your choices. It was about making sense out of what you have done and what has been done to you.
When the performance ended, I looked over at my friend and saw that she was wiping away tears. I thought oh, no, I really did it this time. I asked her if she was okay and she gave me an enthusiastic yes. She told me that this was one of the most moving and powerful performances she had seen in years and that the stories told were amazing. She thanked me for inviting her.
Play: This Lily Was (Fontana)
Reviewer: M
4 Stars
Brutally honest yet poetic and fascinating. Mia creatively presents different
facets of the mind and experiences of a scarred life.
Play: This Lily Was (Fontana)
Reviewer: ep
5 Stars
the show is very personal, very honest - sometimes stream-of-consciousness
surreal; sometimes discomfortingly literal. Mia opens a vein and shares
her story with beautiful, poetic language, razor-sharp focus, and a full-embrace
of the blues.