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August 8, 2001

Grrrls: Subversive Performances of Femininity
Elizabeth Whitney

Okay, so this show's title sounds like someone's Women's Studies thesis. But fear not, Camille Paglia hasn't joined the Fringe Festival circuit (at least not yet). Instead Whitney, direct from Carbondale, Illinois, makes us laugh out loud about gender politics. Whether she's a country singer twanging about how "we're coming out of the kitchen with a vengeance," playing dominatrix Barbie, rethinking Rizzo from Grease, or considering the butch/femme dynamic, Whitney knows how to make her feminist point without beating us over the head with a hardcover copy of Susan Faludi's Backlash. Hey, sister, go, sister! Thu 10:00 p.m., Sat 2:30 p.m., Sun 5:30 p.m. Whitney Studio. (Palmer)