Intermission Magazine, Review

So does the play argue that performance is at its most interesting when different parts of the theatrical apparatus collide in a moment of Gesamtkunstwerk, generating meaning that’s infinitely more complex than a plot alone ever could be? I’d wager not. The play isn’t arguing! It’s thinking, and since it’s theatre, it does that by testing out different ways of transforming bodies, text, and space. (Khanin does a remarkable job of leaning into the uniquely rundown architecture of the 108-year-old Alumnae.) Although the title You Must Change Your Life is mostly an homage to Foreman’s similarly grand statements, I feel the production lives up to this loud proclamation — because most of our lives could do with more theatre that invites the audience to join it in thought.