"Amid the lunacy and laughter also has some important things to say..."

"In its all-female character and cast, Fillinger dedicates the play as a counter to the historic sexism of the genre: 'For any woman who’s ever found herself the secondary character in a male farce.' This the play absolutely succeeds in doing, and amid the lunacy and laughter also has some important things to say about women, power, and the lack of proper rewards for hard work and even harder-won achievement. It tells you that beneath the farce, POTUS has an important coda to impart about how successful women are routinely undervalued and devalued, which is no laughing matter. The women’s collective looks out to the audience, and the play’s final words, say it all."

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