Women in the Arts & Media Coalition & Women Make Movies

Networking Event at Raymour & Flanigan in Astoria

IN HER NAME - this weekend - April 15-17 - Coalition discount

only $10 at the door (if there are seats available) with code COALITION 

(including Friday night's opening celebration!)

a weekend of historical women's stories

in conjunction with 365 Women a Year

Friday night April 15 ~ 7-9

Tales of Pirate Jenny (Shola Cole)

Testimonials from Jenny O'Hara and other 13th Street Rep alumnae

Essie Finkelstein (Leah Friedman)

Out of the Closet (June Rachelson Ospa & Mark Barkan)

Free Yessiree & Ship of Dreams (June Rachelson Ospa & Daniel Neiden)

INTERMISSION

Mel DeLancey's classic musical theater/contemporary storytelling

Until the Flood (Dael Orlandersmith)

Songs from Between Pretty Places (Shellen Lubin/play by Susan Merson)

Saturday morning April 16 ~ 11-12:30

K.C. Reporting (Natalie Osborne), directed by Lizzy Bryce

Letters from Lotfia (Laura Shamas), directed by Lucy Gram

Pre-War (Jennifer O'Grady), directed by Lucy Gram

Taro and Capa (D. Lee Miller), directed by Julian Thomas

Arrest (Glenda Frank), directed by Marcina Zaccaria

Refugees (Stephanie Satie), directed by Shellen Lubin

Madame (Kendra Augustin), directed by Kristy Chambreli

Saturday afternoon 2-4:30

Making Frankenstein ( Natalie Osborne), directed by Kimberly Loren Eaton

White Cotton (Shellen Lubin), directed by Kimberly Loren Eaton

Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (Jenny Lyn Bader), directed by Kimberly Loren Eaton

Celia Buys a Dress (Yani Perez), directed by Joan Kane

A Moment of Silence ( Allie Costa), directed by Abigail Barr

INTERMISSION

Virginia Louise Conklin (Carolyn Mignini), directed by Susan Merson

Undercover: The Mary Shanley Story (Rachel McPhee and Robert K. Benson), directed by Steve Kaliski

Saturday evening 6:30-9

After the Thin Man (Shellen Lubin) directed by Eliza Foss

Blood Sisters (Robin Rice), directed by Lori Kee

Pillow of Te ars (Lynda Crawford). directed by Shellen Lubin

INTERMISSION

Peola's Passing (Cynthia G. Robinson), directed by Melody Brooks

Blood Ties (Michael Angel Johnson), directed by Mary Hodges

In the Evening (Susan Merson), directed by Elizabeth Hess

Sunday afternoon April 17 ~ 2-4:30

Morning Workshops Readings (Susan Merson, et al.)

Mama Bett (Elsa Rael), directed by Shellen Lubin

INTERMISSION

Scrutable ( Karen Rousso), directed by Katrin Hilbe

Madame Red (T.D. Mitchell), directed by Nina Zoie Lam

Expression of Regret (Christine Toy Johnson) , directed by Nina Zoie Lam

Hosted by award winning actor 

and long time History Matter/Back to the Future champion

Kathleen Chalfant - join History Matters/Back to the Future for a staged reading of the 2016 Judith Barlow Prize winning one-act play.

HER OWN DEVICES

  By  Lindsay Adams

Directed by Jade King Carroll

 

Inspired by  Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize winning Harvey, Her Own Devices shares the story of Madeleine, a young girl with a rare autoimmune disorder that forces her to spend her life in a lab, as doctors run endless tests. She copes with the help of her imaginary friend Robot, and ultimately must decide whether or not to leave the only home she's known.

 

A wine and cheese reception will follow the play reading.  

The reading is free and will be live streamed on Howlround.com/tv

HISTORY MATTERS/BACK TO THE FUTURE promotes the study and production of women's plays of the past in colleges and universities and theatres throughout the country and encourage responses to those plays from contemporary women playwrights.