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* 23+ WOMEN WRITERS *
A Parade of Plays, Readings & Scenes
plus some of Boston's favorite actors!
* The Queen of the Gods puts her young son in danger
* A transvestite rescues a punk lesbian
* 1698: A girl dons breeches to go to university
* A dish of kugel leads to a second chance for romance
* A teenage hypochondriac rolls through an identity crisis
* and more!
When? SAT. & SUN. Nov. 8-9, 2003
Where? Cambridge & Boston, Massachusetts / Richmond, Virginia /
Aberystwyth, Wales (UK) & other cities simultaneously
Sat. Nov. 8 Central Square Library
45 Pearl Street, Camb. MA ,Noon-1 pm
GroupWrite for Playwrights
1 pm Parade
of plays & pieces by Geralyn Horton, Janet Kenney,
Rebecca Saunders, Debbie Wiess, Eliza Wyatt
3+ pm Open Microphone -- are you
a woman playwright?
Never heard of ICWP? Didn't know this was happening?
Bring your 5-10 minute scene and introduce yourself and your work!
Saturday Afternoon Program
Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, Boston
Sat. Nov. 8 6:30 pm
Parade of plays and pieces by
Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, Shelby Allen, Deborah Fortson,
Kirsten Greenidge, Monica Raymond, Lois Roach, Beverly Scott, Debra Wise
Saturday Evening Program
8:30 pm
Women Playwrights Today: Avenues & Strategies
panelists: Joyce VanDyke, playwright, Jane Staab, artistic director, WheelockFamily Theatre, Debra Wise, co-founder, Underground Railway Theatre & co-producer, Women on Top theatre festival , Rebecca Low, assistant to the producing artistic director, Lyric Stage Company,
Mary McCollough, co-founder Street Feet Theatre
Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, Boston
7 pm Parade of plays and pieces by Miriam D'Amato,
Leslie Dillen & Paula Plum, Robbie McCauley,
Amy Merrill, Kate Snodgrass, Ginger Lazarus
Sunday Evening Program
9:30 pm Summing: Onwards and Upwards!
Central Square Library:
FREE * 45 Pearl Street, Cambridge
T stop: Central Square on the Red Line
Wheelock Family Theatre:
$10 donation (students, $5) to benefit
On the Rise,
a Cambridge residence for homeless women
200 The Riverway, Boston
T stop: Longwood on the Green Line (cross the Muddy River)
Fenway, cross Riverway to Wheelock Campus
$5 parking at MASCO garage behind Temple Israel
Information about previous HER-rah!! events and
The International Centre for Women Playwrights go to ICWP