Reviews
“Daniel Irizarry’s thrillingly kaleidoscopic, boldly physical world-premiere production…it cranks the drama up to Technicolor […]” “glittery, dance-spiked explosion of flowers, feathers and sweat.”
– Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times
“…This is an aggressively bodily, gleefully obnoxious, and gratifyingly maniacal take on Genet, complete with dance breaks and actors climbing on the ceiling (including Daniel Irizarry, who plays the maids’ boss and also directs). Audiences game for such wild impishness will find a production that positively gushes with superb physical comedy yet stays true to the spirit of the original.”
– The New Yorker, TheNewYorker.com
“One-Eighth’s suitable youthful, vital production of this new work is mature in its emotional depth, but explosive in its physicality. […] a vital theatre experience that’s good for the blood, as well as the soul.”
- Piper Rasmussen, Theasy.com
The Maids
This was the world premiere of Oscar nominated writer Jose Rivera's adaptation of Jean Genet's classic The Maids, transported to Vieques Island, 1941, the eve of the U.S. military's invasion. Two maids, sisters Monique and Yvette, dream of liberating the island -- and themselves -- from La Doña, mistress of the largest sugar plantation on Vieques. Rituals are enacted, roles are reversed, identities become fluid, bombs fall, poison is consumed, genders collide, and a psycho-sexual drama is unleashed as the trio struggles with the meaning of power, sisterhood, and freedom.
Part 1
Part 3
Part 2
