I love being a girl. I'm not a real girly-girl, but I am definitely a girl. One of things I love about being a girl is doing things where there are a lot of other girls around. Such was the case Thursday night at Scottsdale Center for the Arts with the production, Love, Loss and What I Wore.

Lots of women were there. There were a few men (I saw four), but this is a woman's play. Written by sisters Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and based on the book by Ilene Beckerman, the production just smacks of girlness. It's a story about fashion, but not about clothes. It's about how we as women place ourselves in the world at memorable times and maybe what clothes we remember from those memorable times.

There is a story about a mom who has died, leaving a big brood of kids with their dad to raise them alone. The dad later remarries and the stepmother does her best to be a good mom to all the kids. She comes down to make breakfast one morning, wearing a bathrobe. A very specific, noticeable bathrobe. It was the only time she wore the robe. It disappeared after its debut. I'm not telling you the story, but it was sad and sweet and lovely at once.

Love, Loss and What I Wore is a talky production. The five actors are seated next to each other. The talking is charming, witty, insightful, nostalgic, sad, happy, smart, silly. I love those kinds of shows. They are writer-driven. You can't beat great writing. The Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts show, which continues through June 16, features Dee Hoty, Sabrina LeBeauf, Amanda Setton, Zuzanna Szadkowski and Dawn Wells. They all are recognizable from other roles. Dawn Wells may be the best known to women of a certain age: She played Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island. But the other four are known, and all five are wonderful in the play.

Each told stories we could, well, we women could relate to. My daughter, who is 20, was with me. I was a little concerned she might not relate to the material that well. But, she loved the show, too. And women are women, regardless of age. We've all had our first bra, we have all had favorite shoes, icky purses and self-esteem issues. I think maybe the experience she and I had together was the first real adult-to-adult encounter we have had in her lifetime. I am always the mom; she is always the kid. This night, we were both girls together. That was pretty special.

Love, Loss and What I Wore has 13 more shows in Scottsdale. Tickets range from $20 to $59. I loved it, and if you're a girl, you might, too. And you might even like it if you're a guy. And if you are a guy, you'll be surrounded by lots of girls, and that seems like it would be kind of fun.

For tickets, visit www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org. If you go, let me know what you think.