Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence” - Osho

Beastly is a one-woman, one-hour show, that asks: What’s our vision for a more just and interconnected world? What would it look like if we did just one thing to make that world possible? And what if we loved our vaginas the same way Mother Earth loves us?

The show opens 25 years from now in a dystopian future where the broligarchs and the oil tycoons bark order from their bunkers while the world burns. Our heroine (me) travels back in time, mining her rebellious teenage years, frazzled motherhood, and unexpected pivot to social justice organizing, as she races to turn back the clock and set us on a better path.

If The Vagina Monologues and Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes had a baby with Bernie Sanders —that’s Beastly. Blending perimenopausal standup, naughty animal poetry, and a strategic call to action, Beastly ultimately asks us to step into our power and create a new world. 


But though a lil’ old extroverted-introvert like me loves to be in the spotlight, Beastly isn’t just about moi. Each performance, I partner with a local community organization or NGO seeding the future. Ticket prices support their work. And you, my beloved audience, get to meet and mingle with them after each show.

Beast has performed four packed shows at the Boston Center for the Arts, and raised $15,000 for NGO partners including Corporate Accountability, Reproductive Equity Now, Movement Voter Project and Neighborhood Birth Center. Woot!

Beastly is going on the road soon!

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What People Are Saying

“A one-woman show that seamlessly weaves stand-up, poetry, and activism? Beastly absolutely delivers. In just 60 minutes, Melissa Hale Woodman masterfully blends humor, poignancy, and a call to action -- encouraging each of us to find our own form of activism and resistance.”

— Booked and Scene

“A remarkable journey of self reflection.”

— Audience member

“Just the medicine we need in this moment.”

— Neighborhood Birth Center

“We came in as strangers, but left as a tribe”

— Slow Muse

“Vulnerable and raw.”

— Sampan