Reviews 2016
Reviews 2016
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by Jordan Tannahill, directed by Ali Joy Richardson
Binocular Theatre, 918 Bathurst Basement, Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto
June 30-July 10, 2016
In this play from 2009 Jordan Tannahill dramatizes the true story of 19-year-old Private Skyler James whose life is made hell on her army base in Kentucky after she is outed as a lesbian. When constant harassment turns to death threats, she flees to Canada seeking refugee status.
The set-up for the play is awkward forcing James to tell her life story to her unseen girlfriend on the other side of a locked door. Nevertheless, it is a fierce solo play made riveting by Natasha Ramondino’s extraordinary performance as this unsophisticated but bold young woman who can’t understand why her sexuality should cause persecution and exile from a country she loves.
©Christopher Hoile
Note: This review is based on a review published in NOW magazine July 4, 2016.
Photo: Natasha Ramondino. ©2016 Neil Silcox
For tickets, visit http://fringetoronto.com/fringe-festival/shows.
2016-07-04
Get Yourself Home Skyler James