Sister Cities

I saw a great play tonight-- Sister Cities. It's a small production of a screenplay written by a woman, directed by a woman, and it's about five women. A real shot of feminism. But it was interesting, funny and moving. Good acting too.
It could not have been more than 30 people in the audience. It was definitely the smallest theater I've seen. The set was really impressive-it looked like you walked into someone's house. The warmth of it, very genuine-- pictures on the walls and the fireplace, the furniture, the mess, the den with books and paper, computer, stairs that lead to upstairs we never see, the kitchen bar with every day home stuff on it, vodka in the liqueur cabinet, chips and Fig Newtons...
All four sisters were good at their characters-all completely different as sisters often are. But these four actually have different fathers. And a very selfish mother, who apparently used men as tissues. I said used because now she's in her 60s and gravely ill.
This totally disfunctional family has a lot to tell. And it does. This play is all talk, but in a good way. There's barely anything there, any type of action except for the conversations, very serious ones.
Men barely touch this moment in life-only one character has her husband placed on a pedestal, while some of the others don't have anyone, or think of men as Ken dolls-something to play with and leave behind when they grow out of it. One of them has a failed marriage behind her, but a successful career. They all are selfsufficient.
There was a talk with the actors afterwords. A nice bonus. They're hoping people will hear about the play, and maybe, maybe give it more attention. I think, it deserves it. It's contemporary, interesting, with all the necessary elements for success-makes you laugh, makes you think, makes you enjoy it. Having said that, it's not perfect. The acting in the beginning really looked like acting, and it shouldn't. Couple of times through the play as well. But in their defense, it seemed really hard to do it, with the rollercostar of emotions throughout.
If you can, see it. You won't regret it!