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The Diary of a Teenage Girl
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 28, 2010
Closed May 1, 2010

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a story about female sexuality and unabashed optimism. Told from the point of view of fifteen-year old Minnie, Diary tells the story of her growing up in the chaos of the 1970s, in the haze that is San Francisco. Minnie is incredibly bright and self-reflective. She is gut-wrenchingly honest, and curious about the world around her. And she has just begun an affair with her mother's boyfriend, Monroe. Ouch. (The play contains mature themes that may not be appropriate for children.)

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich St
New York, NY 10006


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl, currently performing at 3LD Art & Technology Center, is a theatrical adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner's same-named graphic novel recounting the experiences of a teenaged girl in San Francisco circa 1976. Despite a lot of potentially provocative material and a production that surrounds the audience on all sides with multimedia, the show is surprisingly monotonous and uninvolving.

The story is jam-packed with the kind of business that could be used for a sensationalist cautionary tale: 15-year-old Minnie (played by Heller) isolates in her room with hard drugs away from her mom Charlotte (Mariann Mayberry), has sex with her mom's 30-something boyfr[...]


Reviewed by Patrick Lee on Mar 31, 2010

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