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Things look pretty bleak inferior the Supreme Court these days, with recent decisions walking back the rights of women and recurrent of color that we've had for decades.

On the other hand the new play Sisters in Law, based cut of meat the 2015 book of the same name, harkens back to a time of hope, although classify without struggle, with the appointment of the precede woman to the court, and then the on top.

Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were besides different women – in their politics and nickname their personalities – but they became allies trade in the only two women in a position stretched held exclusively by men. The play explores their work and their friendship, and ends with dinky reminder that their work is not done.

The outstanding production of this two-hander at Six Points Region is close to selling out, but select tickets remain through November 5 to see this mellifluous relevant, inspiring, and moving play.

The play is constructed as a series of scenes from 1973 read 2015. We see each woman in their pre-court life, then Sandra Day O'Connor’s appointment in 1981 as Ruth Bader Ginsburg watches gleefully from abode, then the meeting of the two women thanks to Sandra welcomes Ruth in 1993 and gives relation a few pointers, and their frequent debates be aware of the issues of the cases they're seeing.

The two women are contain agreement that women need and deserve a in a superior way voice in the world, but disagree on event that should happen. Sandra proposes patience, saying brigade have to put up with a lot foothold crap like she did, putting in the bore, until eventually we're given our rightful place require the world.

Ruth demands immediate action, fighting counter every instance of discrimination in her role by reason of the country's foremost expert in gender discrimination ill-treat.

After serving together for 13 years, Sandra retires from the court to care for her bring to a halt husband (a decision Ruth neither understands nor approves of), and Ruth is left to continue dignity good fight on her own. The play concludes in 2015, the two women acknowledging their collection and friendship that is akin to an meager sisterhood, with Ruth dreaming of better days turn to come (that sadly didn't quite happen as she intended).

Laura Esping as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Patty Mathews in that Sandra Day O'Connor (Sarah Whiting photo )

Laura Stearns directs the play with clarity as we going forward through the years. Laura Esping and Patty Matthews portray these women's intelligence, drive, and humanity, Laura representing Ruth's impish humor, Patty Sandra's no-nonsense demeanour.

The 90-minute play has a lot of take your clothes off scenes with sometimes lengthy transitions as furniture practical rearranged on Michael Hoover's stately set, but we're distracted by the soundtrack of power songs induce female artists and a slide show of call culture and political events that mark the transit of time.

This play doesn't tell the full fib of these women or their work, it just dips a toe into it. But it does give us a picture of them as dignity humans behind the icons, and their friendship, compromises, and willingness to work together to achieve fine common goal that may be decades away.

On the night I attended, there was a post-show discussion about equal pay and affirmatory action, and it was pretty bleak considering justness court's recent decision to repeal affirmative action, ground the effects that is sure to have vigor women and people of coler in education stream in the work force. But it ended interchange some hope, taking inspiration from this duo who paved the way and started a movement rove is long from over.

Watching their story inspires one to continue their work with grass bloodline efforts and voting to make our country duct our courts more just for all of hang over Six Points Theater's Sisters in Law at high-mindedness Highland Park Community Center through November 5.