Growing up girl these days means sometimes you’re up, and sometimes you’re crying alone eating hot chocolate mix. We’re taught to shatter glass ceilings, but there are daily struggles that can feel more pressing. Leggings versus tights: Are either of them considered pants? Or: Were your multiple sexual partners “questionable,” warranting an HIV test? The Neo-Futurists’ latest, a thoughtful and wildly entertaining pageant parody created by Megan Mercier and directed by Stephanie Shaw, features five “grown-up” women on a baffled quest for the respect they think comes with being a “full-realized member of society.” Through song, dance, acrobatics, and free-association ranting, each cast member enlists her singular talents and life experiences to present a wonderfully honest look at a loaded word: feminist.
Cute, pint-sized Jessica Anne is sick and tired of being referred to as cute and pint-sized, and it shows in her raw performance as Miss Unbridled Rage. Anne’s piercing and stubborn stare is unsettling in a deadpan rant about Anne Hathaway, whom she says won the Oscar for being “pretty enough to be Hollywood ugly” in Les Miserables. In the Q&A, she associated “having it all” with 1985 and shoulder pads.
Through 6/22: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM Neo-Futurarium
5153 N. Ashland
773-878-4557
neofuturists.org
$20
