3 F, 3 M. 60 minutes. In Los Alamos in 1980, a nuclear scientist and his wife convene a dinner party to influence the fate of the free world. In the present day, with all its unprecedented crises, an economist discovers the limitations of rummaging through the past for helpful hints. A tale of surviving...
Project Tag: Historical
That Pankhurst Woman
10-13 F, 3-8 M. 40 min. England, 1913. Leaders of the militant suffragettes are being arrested and tortured. Young activist Grace Roe must decide whether to maintain the movement's commitment to nonviolence, or whether to fight back against the police. A one-act adaptation of The Good Fight, suitable for high-school and socially distanced production.
The Fundamentals, with Mother Antonia McHugh
1 F. 30 minutes. The first president of the College of St. Catherine tests your understanding of what it takes to help other women shine.
Empire Builder
(with composer George Maurer) 3F, 5M. 100 minutes. Three travelers, each on the cusp of a painful decision, meet on the Empire Builder train westbound from Chicago. The train becomes a time machine, taking them to major junctions in the past and transforming what they believe, what they remember, and what they are willing to...
Women! Live On Stage!
(with Jeannine Coulombe and Lindsay Hockaday). 7 F. 60 minutes. A brief, irreverent history of women in theatre. Music! Dance! Corsets! Places, please!
Frankenstein Incarnate: the Passions of Mary Shelley
4 F, 4 M. 105 minutes. Where do monsters come from? The life of novelist Mary Shelley overlaps and intertwines with the story that made her famous, illuminating the creator and creature within us all.
St. Luke’s
9 F, 2 M. 90 minutes. A story of a Chicago nursing school in the 1930s, and the extraordinary women who trained and taught there. Commissioned by Studio Z as part of their Playwright in Electronic Residence program. Winner of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Regional Media Award. "Dot's Valedictory" monologue...
Murderess
7 F. 90 minutes. Seven famous murderesses from American history - including Laura Fair, Belle Gunness, and Lizzie Borden - reveal their secrets in a suite of hair-raising monologues. Click here to purchase a copy.
The Donner Gold
2 M. 75 minutes. Two men head for the Great Salt Desert of Utah in search of the lost gold of the Donner Party, the 1840s California pioneers who famously ate their dead. A fable about the American search for the Promised Land, then and now. "Reed's Site" monologue published in The Playwrights Center Monologues...
The Good Fight
Click here to purchase a copy. 11 F, 4 M. 90 minutes. In 1913, women's suffrage activists in England are being arrested and tortured. Their leader, Emmeline Pankhurst, is wanted by the police. Determined to shield her, some of her followers make a surprising choice: they learn jujitsu. Based on historical events. Includes fighting roles...