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2015 Summer Readings
THE 9/11 REPORT
Book by Jessica Beth Redish
Music & Lyrics by Michael Mahler
Conceived & Directed
by Jessica Beth Redish
May 23 at 11AM
May 24 at 7PM
FREE
MILL GIRLS
Book by Samantha Beach
Music & Lyrics by Diana Lawrence
Conceived & Directed by Jess McLeod
June 14 at 7PM
June 15 at 7PM
FREE
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Dear ,
When I was a teenager, I couldn't help noticing that the musicals my high school produced usually only had
two roles for women: Ingenue or
Older Character Woman. The other thirty girls
ended up, by default, in the chorus. We called ourselves "
smiling scenery
."
In November of 2013, I pitched Jessica Redish an idea for a new musical that
could change this. She immediately commissioned it.
Mill Girls is the story of the young women who moved from small towns to work
at the newly-built cotton factories of Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
They worked 14-hour days to help support their families and somehow still found the
time and energy
to create the first magazine in the world to exclusively feature
content written by women:
The Lowell Offering.
There are
twelve principal female roles, and a
female chorus that can be as
small as four and as large as fifty. Each role is smart, distinct, hard-working,
and complex.
On
June 14 and 15 at 7PM, TMTC is producing a week-long workshop of
Mill
Girls and two free public readings of the show. We are
striving to
raise
all funds
for the development of this
groundbreaking new work
from or on behalf of extraordinary women
. T
he campaign is aptly titled
MILL WOMEN.
We are looking to raise
a total of $5,000
by June 1 to support this new work.
If every individual who receives this email gives $10, we will make our goal!
I hope you'll consider a gift, either on your behalf, or on behalf of
a woman
who has inspired you.
And I hope you'll join us in June.
Sincerely,
Jess McLeod
Co-Artistic Director
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