Review: "Aberdeen" Searches for Some Priceless Advice
Aberdeen Written and performed by Cassie Workman Presented at SoHo Playhouse 15 Vandam Street, Manhattan, NYC January 30-February 11, 2024 Cassie Workman. Photo by Brett Boardman. In early December of 1993, I (Leah) drove from San Antonio to Houston, Texas, to see Nirvana. Rather than bopping around a pit full of frat boys singing along to "Rape Me" without a hint of irony, I chose to worm my way up front, maybe 10 feet from the stage, and I spent most of the show watching Kurt Cobain. At several points during the latter part of the show, we made eye contact. We both loathed the frat boys and arena shows and flower-sniffin, kitty-pettin, baby-kissin corporate rock whores. There were several thousand people in the Astroarena, but he was doing the show for me because we connected. I believed it that night, on the long drive back to San Antonio; I believed it 4 months later on April 8, 1994, and I kind of still believe it today, even though I know better. Aberdeen , a poignant ...