cover art by Karen Berry
“While she putters around putting Barbie
parphrenalia into boxes, our hostess neatly ties together the personal and the
political, yoking
her own history to the mess of current global politics and a loss of faith in
the American ideal. Quirky and informative.”
Christopher Isherwood, The New York Times
“As the actress telling Kramer’s story packs up the Barbie
artifacts of a Baby Boomer youth, the playwright explores both childhood fantasy
and grown-up loss, as well as offering a step-by-step theory of why so many in
the Arab world have come to hate the United States…it is, bottom line, a moving
and provocative piece.”
Christine Dolan, Miami Herald
“Recounting her quest for the moment our way of life began
unraveling, playwright Sherry Kramer’s remarkable monologue moves between 1963
and now, between Tehran and Springfield, MO, between radicalized mullahs and
vintage Barbies, to unearth truths about America’s pursuit of Middle Eastern oil
and her personal history, before arriving at her mother’s grave and the
intersection of geopolitical interests and individual responsibility. As timely
as it was revealing and as witty as wise.”
Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle
“In her incisive one-woman, autobiographical play. Playwright
Sherry Kramer recalls coming of age, the death of a beloved parent, Judaism, the
Middle East crisis and a concise history of the durable Barbie doll…. Making
Barbie a pivotal character in her narrative, playwright Kramer writes with a
fluid hand that balances grief, conflict and the innocence of youth.”
Robert Daniels, Variety
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