There is an interesting review of printed in this week's Canyon News. The review is about the play itself because it has such an interesting approach to its creative format. Called "In the Wings", it essentially looks at what happens backstage at a play (so it's a play-within-a-play format). But what's intriguing about it is that despite the fact that it reveals the story of what's going on in the background of another play, it manages to focus quite a bit on the play it's describing.
Perhaps that's because the subject of the play-inside-the-play is infertility. That's such an emotional, intense and complex subject that it would be difficult to include it as the theme of the play without making it the focus a good chunk of the time. The reviewer of the play makes a great obesrvation:
"Infertility is a timely topic, as it’s becoming an increasingly common challenge that couples face. It would be interesting to see Sroka reverse the plays, to have the bit actors in the wings be the struggling couple exposing their trials to get pregnant, and have the rehearsal play be about backstage antics."
Timely is a good way of putting it. More and more people are willing to talk about the struggles that they've undergone when it comes to infertility. As a result, more and more artists are taking a chance on making this topic a focus of the work. From the new movie Baby Mama to this play here, creative people are expressing what women and their partners have kept silent on for far too long.
Question of the Day: What do you think are the pros and cons to the infertility medical community of having the topic out in the creative open?
