“That’s What She Said” is a two-hour, all women show directed by, Molly Vanderlin who is also the shows MC, and produced by The Bricks Theatre. The theater was set up in a cabaret style, allowing the option of ordering dinner to be served during the show, with The Brink Lounge serving food and drinks.

The show used original stories written by the eight local women who shared the stories, in the form of a staged reading, using monologues. The changing theme for this 10th installment of the original production was “Head Noise.”

As the eight performing women walked into the house of the theater and took their seats at a line of four small circular tables, directly in front of the elevated stage, it prefaced the inclusive feeling of the emotional roller-coaster ride each the women were about to take you on. The lack of use of the fourth wall, a term used to describe whether a performer will use audience interactions during a performance, was utilized well and added to each performer and story instead of derailing it and disrupting the flow of each story.

Shortly following the entrance of all the performers, Vanderlin took the stage in what seemed to be a mix of excitement and nerves but cleverly honing the energy, with the support of her cast, to capture the attention of the crowd and getting them ready for a view of life through the eyes of the storytellers. Vanderlin continued to use humor dusted with a touch of genuine improvised slapstick, alongside fellow producer Margaret Leaf.

Third time TWSS stage performer, Nicole Heiman, opens the show with what you would imagine the theme “Head Noise” would entail. She strategically strung together what seemed to be the random thoughts of every day life straight out of one’s own head. The random insertion of song lyrics made sense and felt familiar in that from time to time people get parts of songs stuck in their heads throughout the day. Despite the apparent sporadic nature of each thought, the monologue was executed in a way that allowed the audience to still get how the thoughts flowed together.

This monologues stood out in a positive way by creating the internal image of jumping on a “magic school bus” with Miss Frizzle or hanging out with the characters from the 2015 film, “Inside Out,” for a day that gave voice to every thought a person’s feelings might have.

While the storytellers who followed took a less abstract approach to their performances by telling their stories in what seemed to be a more direct approach, with narration, none of them fell flat.

When self-proclaimed pancake connoisseur and second TWSS stage performer, Joanne Chalhoub, followed she started off the way she would start off every day, with precisely calculated and intentional diligence. From the number of steps it takes her to walk to her bathroom every morning to the times of tries it takes her to have her hair pulled back just right. Chalhoub proceeds to describe the daily burden of constant doubt, insecurity and uncertainty she battles with having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, ending her story the way it began, “but in reverse order.”

From Karen Saari, Rebecca Raether and Deborah Hearst to Sarah Whelan, Jessica Jane Witham and Miranda Hawk each woman spoke from the perspective of their own experiences. The loss of loved ones, the constant search of finding balance in life and with the need for control and wanting to let go to try the “mystery meals” in life.

The only real complaint that comes to mind with the show stems from the venue. Never having been to The Brink Lounge, my partner and I spent roughly 10 minutes walking around the building, which is attached to two other venues. We followed signs to locked doors and asked workers where we should go. When we asked a lady at a sign-in table, located at the entrance of where we later discovered was the correct location, about the show she directed us to another locked door, back the way we came. A sign directing guests once they reached the entrance would have remedied this.

Leaving without seeing the show did cross my mind at that point but having seen the show now, I’m glad we found our way.

I will be checking out their upcoming, “That’s What She Said: Firsts” show, Feb. 4-5, and their all male cast show, “Male Call: Thanks,” March 24-25, at The Brink Lounge – in a room, just past the bar.