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- She Takes Many Forms
By Hiya Swanhuyser
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- The seventh instance of Divafest, the locally produced women's theater
festival, comes at you from all over the place. Seattle's Nebunele Theatre
company brings Medea Knows Best by Claytie Mason and Alissa Mortenson,
an ancient Greek story updated with doo-wop and dollhouses. The Diva Cabaret
component features singers Mia Paschal, Amy Tobin, and longtime S.F. entertainer/impresario
Sean Owens in drag. A staged reading of War Harvest, Pireeni Sundaralingam's
play-in-progress, follows a family whose escape from the brutality of Sri
Lankan conflict zones means they are safer but still desperately confused.
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- Where could the curators go from there? "More or Less Love Poems,"
a reading by Diane DiPrima! Where will they go next? Any direction that
takes them – and audiences – towards talented women making new
art. We predict stripper-welders next year. No, wait, that's already been
done. Trapeze painters? An Esther Williams tribute? Live accompaniment
to 1970s home-birth videos? Who knows, but for this year, we’ve also
got visual artist Donna Asturias, who contributes a fashion exhibition
called "Trashy Chic" using discarded clothing; the opening reception
is at 6 p.m. on April 12.
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