Gloria: a Life

Catching my Mini-Feminists up on some history

The little guys loved this play.

We watched the video of the McCarter/American Repertory Theater production that is available to stream on PBS. The play by Emily Mann was conceived as a one-woman show starring the 86 year old feminist icon, Steinem herself. She quickly demurred playing the part, and when Diane Paulus was brought on to direct, the cast expanded to include an ensemble. So, the production went from 0 to 7 actors. Watching it for a second time with my kids, I recast it in my head - and expanded the cast to a whopping 50 actors - numbers you only see in a high school show. And it was great!

This show should make the rounds of the local high schools, so I can watch my kids watching it all over again. And I can be the creepy person looking left to see if other kids laugh and cry at the same stuff we do.

The 7 year old is more of a rapt attention kind of guy; eyes straight forward and unmoving, barely blinking. You have to watch him intently to pick up the subtle smiles or the…