This is a play about the people who are credited for the great discoveries of history. More importantly, it's a play about those that are forgotten. Jeanne Baret was certainly a new name to me and I am glad that a play like this exists to commemorate her. I loved the use of the Askers to show how little we know about Baret. I love that this is a play the pushes for racial and gender diversity in the cast. This is a love story and an adventure story that will definitely appeal to all audiences. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!!

The play is somewhat of a Herculean task, as epics tend to be. It's a play that almost requires you to develop a relationship with it to fully understand and take in. As such a play that plays with time, space, gender, and personification, every audience member gets something different out of it. I saw this play a couple times at Binghamton University, which worked to its benefit. Having a whole department digest this play over the course of a semester made it such a remarkable shared experience. Recommended especially for universities.

As someone who read The Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glynis Ridley, I was thrilled to see how L brought this source material to life. I loved the inventive use of the ensemble of Askers and the multiple Jean/nes. L covers a lot of historical ground while also creating a piece that speaks very much to contemporary audiences. It's a gripping exploration of identity and historiography and sexual politics.