“Betty” Hurry To Catch Big Idea’s Latest

If you want to catch the latest offering at Big Idea Theatre (1616 Del Paso Blvd.), you need to be in a little hurry.

“Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties” wraps up July 1.

What is the play about? According to Big Idea, it concerns “the lives of five very different New York women named Betty collide at the intersection of anger, sex and ‘theat-ah.’ As they meet, fall in love, rehearse, revel and rage, they realize that they’ve been stuck reading the same scripts for far too long.

“They all come from different backgrounds, and are bored or angry about different things, but the Betty’s— each one numbered 1–5—come together to rehearse a new version of ‘Pyramus and Thisbe,’ the play within a play in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’

“What follows are discoveries, transformations and raucous comedy. Hitting the ring with an electrifying soundtrack, looks to kill and spectacular routines, this outrageous comedy packs the punch to shatter lacquered femininity into a thousand glittering pieces.

“Strongly influenced by cabaret and female drag, this exquisite rejection of shame and stereotype will punch you in the gut, break your heart and then take you dancing.”

Phew! Best buckle up for this one. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursdays, Friday and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets, available online, are $12 to $18.

Next up at Big Idea, from Sept. 15 through Oct. 7: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City.”

Learn more on Big Idea Theatre’s website.

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