review - THREE TALL WOMEN - iTheatre Collaborative

Marlene Galan-Woods, Susan St. John, and Kristina Rogers
Photo by Christopher Haines / iTheatre Collaborative

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

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"Edward Albee's Three Tall Women is a semi-autobiographical memory play that Albee based on his strained relationship with his adoptive mother. It's also a stunning and compelling drama that most likely will, depending on your age, have you contemplating the impact of decisions you've made and looking back at, or thinking about the future of, your life. iTheatre Collaborative is presenting a beautifully directed and expertly acted production of this thought-provoking Pulitzer Prize winning play about regret, compassion, forgiveness and understanding....Albee has beautifully crafted Three Tall Women to depict not only a woman at the end of her life looking back and coming to terms with her actions but also to show how Albee is using his play to try to understand his own mother while also not entirely forgiving her....All three actresses under Christopher Haines' concise direction deliver superb portrayals. Susan St. John is excellent...Marlene Galan-Woods and Kristina Rogers are equally as good...Like anyone who has had parents who don't accept them or understand their actions, Albee may not show complete forgiveness for his mother in Three Tall Women for the pain she caused him, but his play beautifully depicts how he tried to understand her beliefs, actions and thoughts. It is also a powerful portrait of how the 90-year-old version of his mother also tries to do the same in the second act when her life is over and she looks back at the negative impact of her own actions. With an excellent cast and confident direction, iTheatre Collaborative's production of Albee's beautiful play is exceptional."   -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)