“Catfight” Chronicles Conflicts Among Women

The cast of "Catfight" prepares for their opening night.

By: EVETTE DIONNE

If it were possible to sum up “Catfight” in one word, it would be magnificent.  With an amazing cast, including the incomparable Tennille Foust, the play chronicles the struggles of women throughout the history of the world—in nine rounds.  Beginning with the biblical character Eve and concluding with talking wigs in the present day, the production was satirical without being sarcastic. While the play was hilarious, it can also be described as “thought provoking.”

Directed by Beth Ritson, Associate Professor at Bennett College, the Bennett Players transformed themselves into realistic characters that could spew lines filled with Shakespearean quotes with ease while also sending the audience into fits of laughter with the riotous skits between each act.  Some of these short-but-sweet skits ranged from the lack of dark-skinned African-American characters on television to the hilarious acceptance speeches of Oscar awards. Each of them was as entertaining as the full scenes were. All in all, “Catfight” deserved a twelve out of ten on the rating scale.