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Rexe’s characters strive to temper their ideals with resignation to and critical awareness of people’s flawed and often hurtful, though well-intentioned natures. [...] It’s the characters’ willingness to confront each other’s shortcomings with kindness, for the most part, that reminds us we’re all odd, somewhat mad creatures who are worthy of the work it takes to be treated on our own terms.

— Trevor Abes, The Theatre Reader

Feminism is neither a stable term nor a unified political ideology. For young feminists—especially those of the queer variety—wading through the movement’s history and its relationship to pornography, trans rights and slut-shaming can be head-spinning. Bringing together an imaginary filmmaker focused on marginalized women in foreign countries, a queer YouTuber who shares her sexual experiences online, and a gender-neutral artist who “just wants to make pretty shit,” Rexe’s play personifies the movement’s many wings, ultimately showing there’s no definitive version of feminism and no one uniquely qualified to define it.

— Daily Xtra

Something like a Venn diagram of sexuality, gender, and feminism today. But This is the August is no simple diagram; it’s a smart, funny play, rich with the complexities of contemporary life in the west.

— Guillermo Verdecchia