Trans Form reviewed at Center Stage
Continuing the great press Trans Form has received, it was reviewed recently at Centerstage:
For theatergoers unfamiliar with trans issues, Rebecca Kling’s “Trans Form” acts as a solid primer. A straightforward, heartfelt effort, this one-woman show affords Kling the opportunity to examine her passage from conflicted teen boy to secure trans woman. Peppered with lightly humorous lines, and the occasional laugh-out-loud moment, “Trans Form” has many strong points. Kling knows her stuff; her mode is impeccable, and her use of space imaginative. Trained at Northwestern, clearly she understands the fundamentals of one-person shows and adeptly utilizes their conventions. In fact, as “Trans Form’s” director, she even pushes the boundaries of those standards. For example, at one point, relating her coming-out conversation with an acquaintance, Kling segues into a PowerPoint presentation in which her imagined audience asks questions, each more ignorant than the last. Only after she loses her temper and returns to sipping a mimed beverage do we realize she’s still in a café with her friend, the entire lecture a metaphor for her coming-out experience, innovative and breezily effective.
You can read the rest of the review here.
The review also contains some really constructive feedback, and it actually seems – to me as an artist – like a really useful review. It’s positive, recommends the show, but also has solid suggestions on how to improve the piece.
Meanwhile, the show has been going really well this weekend. The opening on Friday was solid, I was able to slow down last night and improve upon things, and I hope tonight will end things with a bang. The crowds have also been really good and, ridiculously enough, it looks like I’ll come out of this whole process with more money than I started. (Fancy that! Theatre as a source of income!)
Anyway, I’ve been shooting video of the show, and hope to get stuff posted over the next week. After sleeping for, like, 48 hours straight.
Themocracy
Can’t wait to see video, I’m sure it was amazing!