Bloodlines opened in Santa Barbara, CA at Center Stage Theater in March of 2007 to a two-week sold-out run. Inspired by writer-director Lisa Citore’s daughter’s first period and coming of age, Bloodlines is a collection of 13 moon time stories from women of different cultures and generations, ranging from poetically profound to wickedly outrageous, interwoven with dance and musical instruments from around the world.
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Praise
Some pieces of the show are hilarious, wicked, edgy-others are beautiful and profound. But all of them recognize the mystery that is within us, and the beauty of the feminine aspects of the world as expressed through menstruation.
– Santa Barbara News Press Interview (March 17, 2007)
While one monologue features a woman announcing, ‘being on the rag is about as much fun as going clubbing with my mother,’ Bloodlines is more fun than clubbing with the girlfriends. I loved the evocative dance that framed each piece: red, white, sensual, with everything from a red-feathered pillow fight to glowing poi balls. Bloodlines made me laugh, sometimes in spite of myself.
intriguing, strangely satisfying uproariously funny!
“imaginative, evocative, hugely entertaining!”
“comic, deeply emotional… always honest.”
