Testimonials
Solo Versions:
“Absolutely fantastic! I hands down recommend seeing this show – especially if you’re a woman or have a daughter. The acting, the set, the story – everything from start to finish is superb. Sonia is also immediately likable and engaging. She does an amazing job of weaving together several characters and story-lines into one simple afternoon at a bra shop. It also really raised my awareness about the various joys and traumas women go through with their breasts and led me to examine my own relationship with my body.”
~ Diana Varco
“This was a great show that really opened my mind while making me laugh. Sonia Jackson is polished and professional. Her story, set in a bra shop, beautifully weaves comedic tales of diverse “boob, titty, jug, mosquito bite” stories with non-sexual, and sometimes serious, snippets of the more human side of women’s breasts.”
~ Jade Beauvoir
“The manner in which Sonia travels through stories about what women experience simply because females have breasts is masterful, to say the least. She is an extremely talented actor as demonstrated in her ability to play many varied roles and weave through them so seamlessly. “Conversations ’Bout the Girls” is funny, insightful, touching, meaningful and a must see for both men and women.”
~ Francesca S James
“Sonia, is not only a brilliant actress, but a wonderful storyteller. Her show will make you laugh and cry at times, and that is what good art does…it makes you feel. She has created a beautiful one woman show by weaving tales of many and she gives it life! I recommend this show highly and encourage you to bring your male friends as well, so they too can understand and appreciate the truth about the Girls!”
~ Rosanna De Candia
“Sonia Jackson covered all the bases for what creates amazing theater. Her acting demonstrates the brilliance of the best tradition of memorable character monologists as she weaves in and out of a colorful cast of personalities that all flawlessly roll off her tongue as if they have been waiting in the wings for a lifetime to reveal their truths. In her tapestry of giving voice to a serious discourse, Sonia showed perfect comedic timing as well as heart wrenching soliloquies of tenderness. He ballerina like movements across the stage take the audience into the hearts of the distinctive personalities as they engage with each other and create a multi-layered and multi-vocal conversation on a theme about serious issues. Set in a bra shop with minimal props, Sonia has written a theatrical gem that I hope to see on every college campus in the country as she cleverly raises awareness. ‘Bout the Girls was entertainment and education at its finest!”
~ Jelani Hamm
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“Conversations 'Bout The Girls is both moving and, at moments, hilarious. I really did laugh and cry.”
~ Lisa Poliak
“Enjoyed your piece this past week. For a subject that you would think would not appeal to men, it was written with humor, insight, compassion and diversity.”
~ Isaiah McGee
“A most delightful and entertaining play with very moving moments performed exceptionally well. My heart and emotions were touched. The Playhouse is a definite "find"..tucked away in a period building...quaint intimate setting. I highly recommend this play. The subject matter is tender yet profound...and speaks to issues far deeper than their outward appearance.”
~ Yvonne Evans
“By turns hilarious, moving, thought-provoking, and challenging, Sonia Jackson’s ‘Conversations ‘Bout The Girls’ is an entertaining blend of stories about women and how they relate to their bodies, in particular their breasts. Imparting information and emotion, the production challenges assumptions about what is normal and celebrates the beauty of every woman.”
~ Mary MalloryThe Tolucan Times
“Sonia Jackson has created a community of women with similar experiences and perhaps similar fears and shame. Every woman will recognize herself in some part of the performance, which ranges from stories of size (too much, too little) to function (breastfeeding and foreplay) to dysfunction (mammograms, breast cancer, loss). Ms. Jackson, in this thoughtfully written piece, raises our awareness of the unrealistic standards for women’s bodies that pop culture and mass media present as the “norm” – a lean, mean, trim and thin body with large firm round breasts. The actors on stage deal with the fact that every woman has issues with her truth, her body, her norm.”
~ Carole Schor
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