What happens when the people you love slip into a different feed?English teacher and monologist Becky Bondurant, praised as a “virtuoso writer and storyteller” (DC Theater Arts), sets out to prove her students wrong after they claim Helen Keller “wasn’t real.” With the same frank humor and cerebral insight she brought to her critically acclaimed solo show Penis Envy, Becky weaves together the story of her mother’s hereditary blindness, a politically charged Facebook feud within her family, and a viral meme that leads her to uncover Helen Keller’s radical complexity.
Wry, incisive, and unexpectedly tender, this is a show about misinformation, family, and the fragile hope that we might still find our way back to a shared sense of reality—and the uneasy sense we may have to choose between staying in the feed and staying with each other.
Praise for Becky Bondurant’s previous work, Penis Envy
“Vulnerable and truthful… funny and inviting.”
— Chris Klimek, The Washington Post
“Funny, bold, poignant, and transformative… the best kind of monologue show.”
— Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Broad Street Review
“Best of Fringe 2024… Bondurant is a virtuoso writer and performer.”
— DC Theater Arts
“A wholly original piece… hilarious and deeply affecting… clear, observed work.”
— Mike Daisey
About the Artist
Becky Bondurant is a writer, performer, and teacher based in Richmond, VA. Her solo show Penis Envy premiered at Capital Fringe 2024 and later toured to festivals along the East Coast, including the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and New York City’s Gotham Storytelling Festival.
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2500 Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg, VA 24503, United States
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