America, Who Hurt You?

Sarah Jones is a singular, international TREASURE! She has the whole world living inside her one body. Truly the most remarkable and impressive character and dialect work I’ve ever seen. Each voice, accent, persona and posture she embodies is specific, clear and dramatically different. It’s like a magic trick, to transform so entirely using only one’s physical form and speech. And I haven’t even touched on the subject matter yet! Ms. Jones has taken on the daunting task of interrogating not just her own family’s ethnic backgrounds and histories, but the landscape of all of the United States of America’s racial and political relationships and history….I know, right?! And somehow she manages the Herculean feat of discussing all this in a tight and digestible two hours that flies by. Crafting a world summit of people coming together in multitudinous, concurrent performances—all coming out of one person—that comes across almost like dissociative identities, because each is so real! I’ve never seen anything like it. Present-Day America is personified by a brilliant Gen Z (Gen Alpha?) Valley Girl persona, and she nails all the current slang and lingo of today’s terminally online youth. This run seems mostly sold out, but Jones has encouraged people to just show up at TFANA for last minute cancellations! GO SEE THIS PLEASE! And let’s discuss once you do!