Safeword
Written by S. Asher Gelman
Directed by S. Asher Gelman
American Theatre of Actors
April 20, 2019
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💉💉 out of 5.

If only this play needed a “safe word”  But it clearly doesn’t  The play here is strictly vanilla and actually not very interesting vanilla.  I do believe that our playwrights intention here was to introduce the average audience member to the world of bandage, domination, and sadomasochism – but what we get is more housewife with a cute whip.

The play starts out with a most provocative scene at the top of a set where a leather clad “dom” is abusing his willing victim.  That got everyone’s attention – but it never back to that powerful first image.  Sad when your best moment is the very first one of the show.   Continue reading Safeword →