The Doula

Randy Pirate Productions—Tom Hendry Warehouse

3 pregnant women and a training doula navigate clashing personalities and morals while they wait for a prenatal class. The play was very interesting as someone who was not the target audience. I knew lots of jokes were supposed to be funny but I just didn’t get them. Two jokes everyone got were pregnant ladies twerking and one of the characters water/soup breaking. It’s humor is targeted to a specific demographic.  A lot of the older women in the room killed themselves laughing. The characters were very well defined and wonderfully acted. The commitment to their characters made a lot of the jokes that I might not have found funny land within me. I did end up learning a lot, so if nothing else go to prep yourself for being pregnant. This play was joy for me but you may have to have given birth before you will love this show.

Kaitlyn Kriss