If something good for the accomplishing arts has occur out of the pandemic, it was the prosperity of first scripts that originated online as Zoom shows, and are now emerging stay on phase. A stellar case in point of this present-day wave of COVID-born function is The Princess Strikes Back again, author/performer Victoria Montalbano’s winning one particular-woman tribute to the authentic Star Wars trilogy’s lasting effects on her adore lifestyle.
As a one female in her 30s, Montalbano is residing out her problematic fantasies by commanding the phase in a Jedi-encouraged furthermore-sized gold bikini. Her tightly-paced monologue interweaves her adoration for George Lucas’s area-opera saga with navigating the asteroid belt of unrequited enjoy, from teenage crushes to her struggles as a heartbroken, ramen-broke performer in Chicago’s improv comedy scene.
Desperately searching for the two performing work and grownup relationships, she longs for a C-3PO for her R2-D2, but Alright Cupid only introduces her to a goofy galaxy of cantina denizens.
If you’ve ever desired to know how late virginity is like leftover Thanksgiving pie, or why working in non-union local community theater in suburban Sarasota is more hazardous than signing up for the Rebel Alliance, this is the sci-fi sex confessional for you. Montalbano may well not have uncovered her Han nevertheless, but she’s empowered adequate to experience at ease traveling Solo. And irrespective of whether or not she ultimately lands her individual Millennium Falcon copilot, the Force is solid with this clean, humorous celebration of fangirldom.
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