The Play’s the Thing: Women Leading
THEATER
Central School,
Itinerant Theatre’s Studio 339
809 Kirby Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
TICKET INFO
$10 Adults
$8 Seniors
$5 Students
PASSES for all Performances:
$50.00 Adults, $40.00 Seniors, $25.00 Students
ABOUT
About the Production
Itinerant Theatre will present 51 new 10-minute and short plays from around the world for its fourth annual “The Play’s the Thing – New Play Series”. This year’s theme is “Women Leading”. Over 900 submissions were sent from 7 countries & the United States. The 51 selected will be presented as staged readings, bringing the characters and stories to life in an intimate setting before local audiences on May 24, 25, 31st and June 1st at 7pm, and Sundays May 26th and June 2nd at 2pm. Every performance date will be a separate set of plays, so catch as many as you can, or delight yourself and catch them all, for a whirlwind adventure through powerful stories of leadership, history, triumph, humor and humanity.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE & CAST
Friday, May 24th
Miriam May’im by Susan Kelso
Ruth Hanna McCormick: Jo Ann Hanks
Medill McCormick: Travis Spears
Helen Jones: Hannah Jolivette
THE POLITICS OF PLUCK by Elyse Kallen
Ruth Hanna McCormick: Jo Ann Hanks
Medill McCormick: Travis Spears
Helen Jones: Hannah Jolivette
Who Will Witness for the Witness by Susan Hansell
Woman One Natalie Sell
Woman Two Taylor Novak
Woman Three Amanda Boutin
Woman Four Jo Ann Hanks
The Dance Maker by Susan Shafer
Agnes deMille: Hannah Jolivette
Cecil B. de Mille Jordan Gribble
Stella: Natalie Sell
FEMALE FLYERS A One-Act Play By Elizabeth Cava
Addie: Jo Ann Hanks
Kate: Taylor Novak
Officer #1: Peyton Stanford
Stanley Garrett: Travis Spears
Just a Girl? by Susan Shafer
Georgia O’Keefe: Hannah Jolivette
Edward Specher: Peyton Stanford
AMAZONS OF TOMORROW by Rex McGregor
Eleanor Roosevelt: Jo Ann Hanks
Grover Whalen: Jordan Gribble
Hick (Larena Hickock) Heather Phillips
INEZ AND ALICE CONSORT By Jill Maynard
Inez Mulholland: Taylor Novak
Alice Paul: Georgina Graves
Nora: Jo Ann Hanks
Saturday, May 25th
We ReMember By AMY OESTREICHER
Sam: Taylor Novak
Jessie: Amanda Boutin
IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY by Paul Bowman
Haley: Jo Ann Hanks
Prescott: Travis Spears
Robert: Jordan Gribble
Bill: Tony James
Vacuum Seal By Mildred Inez Lewis
Ximena: Hannah Jolivette
Kaylee: Georgina Graves
THE NEW METEOROLOGIST by Laurie Allen
Producer: Jo Ann Hanks
News Anchor: Supratik Regmi
Sportscaster: Travis Spears
Emily: Natalie Sell
Make-up Artist: Peyton Stanford
MRS ROTHMAN’S REVENGE By Tajlei Levis
Phyllis Rothman: Jo Ann Hanks
David Rothman: Jordan Gribble
Mai Taylor Novak
Yasmin Himshree Neupane
A Misinterpretation of Events By Margie Semilof
Phil: Jordan Gribble
Dorothy: Jo Ann Hanks
Laurie: Taylor Novak
Magic Hour By Jack Karp
Lee Miller: Taylor Novak
David Scherman: Travis Spears
In Her Golden Years By Steven Korbar
Darlene: Jo Ann Hanks
Amy: Hannah Jolivette
Sunday, May 26th
Bold Dorothy, Retired by Colleen O’Doherty
STRONGARM: Natalie Sell
INDESTRUCTIBLE: Tiffany Granger
DOROTHY: Heather Phillips
MOVE-IT: Supratik Regmi
CHEETAH: Supratik Regmi
PROJECT W by DREW DAVIS
Marie: Rowan Metcalf
Tisha: Tiffany Granger
Gayle: Heather Phillips
Fay: Natalie Sell
Reeny: Himshree Neupane
Pamela: Jo Ann Hanks
Cope, Cope! By Robert Brophy
Mother Marianne: Heather Phillips
Male: Jordan Gribble
A Trip to Eden by Nancy Gall-Clayton
Eve: Tiffany Granger
Sophie: Taylor Novak
Eshun, The Irresistible One by Susan Kelso
Himshree Neupane
Being Wendy Wasserstein A monologue based on interviews with Wendy Wasserstein
By Karen Fix Curry
Taylor Novak
History & the Femmes by Kat Meads
History: Travis Spears
Sophia Perovskaya: Georgina Graves
Alexandra Fedoravna: Natalie Sell
Fanny Kaplan: Jo Ann Hanks
Innessa Armand: Heather Phillips
Alexandra Kollontai: Amanda Boutin
SHIFTING EMOJIS by Robin Caroline
Sophie: Rowan Metcalf
April: Heather Phillips
Amber: Jo Ann Hanks
There’s a New Goddess in Town by L.Z. Zephyr
Cece: Georgina Graves
Jezra: Tasha Guidry
Hillary: Heather Phillips
Brick: Jordan Gribble
Friday, May 31st
Laundry At the Coin & Spin by Stacey Isom Campbell
Michelle: Georgina Graves
Oleta: Keshi Bartie
Death Defying By Stephen Kaplan
Zazel: Heather Phillips
Airabella: Amanda Boutin
AGATHE by Angela J. Davis
AGATHE UWILINGIYIMANA Keshi Bartie
CARRIE Natalie Sell
LUCAS Jaylin Williams
ADDIE Travis Spears
MBAYE DIAGNE Tony James
Bella Napoli by Steve Gold
Dr. Ernest Just: Tony James
Hedwig: Natalie Sell
Oh, Say Can You See by David Sobel
Neil Smith: Peyton Stanford
Jay Goodall: Jaylin Williams
Kate Murray: Natalie Sell
THE RING By Dwayne Yancey
Maryah: Keshi Bartie
Katherine: Heather Phillips
Fate Demands It by Carolynne Wilcox
Clytemnestra: Natalie Sell
Cassandra: Amanda Boutin
Where Mama Left Off by Doc Andersen-Bloomfield
Tinda May – Jo Ann Hanks
Saturday, June 1st
I’LL LOVE YOU ‘TIL THE COWS COME HOME by Greg Burdick
Joan: Heather Phillips
Roger: Tony James
Barbara: Georgina Graves
Miss irrelevant by Jeff Stoltzer
Charlie Weems: Travis Spears
Amy Sterling: Natalie Sell
SUSQUEHANNA by John F. Sarno
Kay Lu: Himshree Neupane
Zeelie Toms: Tiffany Granger
Susquehana Fay: Heather Phillips
THE BODY WASHER by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
Mara: Himshree Neupane
Nikki: Tiffany Granger Jacko
Amy: Natalie Sell
Angel in Hell by George J. Bryjak
Natalie Sell
DIRECTIONS by Penny Jackson
Marie: Jo Ann Hanks
Sofia: Natalie Sell
THE INTERVIEW By Mary Caroline Rogers
Judith: Jo Ann Hanks
Aaron: Tony James
The Color of Vengeance by Lynn Marie Macy
DORA Heather Phillips
GRETA Jo Ann Hanks
Gulabi Gang:
SAMPAT PAL DEVI Keshi Bartie
Gang Members:
JANKI PANDAY Himshree Neupane
SAYAH BANA Tasha Guidry
SHEELU NISHAD Tiffany Granger Jacko
PRINCESS AUDREY By Tracy Held Potter
Audrey: Samantha Brunson
Beth: Natalie Sell
Sunday, June 2nd
Anonymous by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
Noelle Hardisohn: Tasha Guidry
Nina Hardisohn: Tiffany Granger
PERMISSION By Rachael Carnes
Alice: Jo Ann Hanks
Emma: Rowan Metcalf
I Had a Bird By Genevieve Jessee
One: Tiffany Granger Jacko
Two: Rowan Metcalf
Three: Amanda Boutin
Hello Ocean By J. Lois Diamond
Wendy: Jo Ann Hanks
Rhonda: Tiffany Granger Jacko
Nina: Keshi Bartie
BLOOD by Yael Haskal
Beulah: Tasha Guidry
Lindy: Tiffany Granger
I’VE GOT THIS by Ken Levine
Rachel: Natalie Sell
PICKERS By James McLindon
Terry: Tasha Guidry
Dee: (KID) Tiffany Granger
GLO By Chris Shaw Swanson
GLO: Natalie Sell
Kristin: Jo Ann Hanks
Sherri: Tiffany Granger
I Feel Good! A Monologue By J. Lois Diamond
Sharon Jones: Keshi Bartie