Below are listed the 42 ten-minute and 9 short plays which will be presented as staged readings over two weekend, May 24-26 and May 31-June 2. Show times are 7:00pm sharp on the Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00pm sharp on the two Sunday matinees. Location is Central School A&H Building, Studio 339, 809 Kirby St., Lake Charles. Park in back. Seating is very limited.
The order of the plays may change, but the dates of the plays and the casts are set. See you at the show!
“Women Leading: The Play’s the Thing” Series 2019 ~ weekend #1 May 24-26, 2019
Friday May 24th
Miriam May’im by Susan Kelso
Miriam: Taylor Novak
2 Women: Himshree Neupane and Tiffany Granger
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
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
Bold Dorothy, Retired by Colleen O’Doherty
STRONGARM: Natalie Sell
INDESTRUCTIBLE: Tiffany Granger
DOROTHY: Heather Phillips
MOVE-IT: Supratik Regmi
CHEETAH: Supratik Regmi
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
PROJECT W by DREW DAVIS
Marie: Rowan Metcalf
Tisha: Tiffany Granger
Gayle: Hannah Jolivette
Fay: Natalie Sell
Reeny: Himshree Neupane
Pamela: Jo Ann Hanks
Cope, Cope! by Robert Brophy
Mother Marianne: Heather Phillips
Male: Jordan Gribble
Vacuum Seal by Mildred Inez Lewis
Ximena: Hannah Jolivette
Kaylee: Georgina Graves
A Trip to Edenby Nancy Gall-Clayton 2 F 20’s (one could be any)
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: Hannah Jolivette
Alexandra Fedoravna: Georgina Graves
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
Weekend #2 May 31 – June 2
Friday May 31st
Laundry At the Coin & Spin by Stacey Isom Campbell
Michelle: Amanda Boutin
Oleta: Keshi Bartie
Bella Napoli by Steve Gold
Dr. Ernest Just: Tony James
Hedwig: Natalie Sell
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
INTERMISSION
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
THE INTERVIEW by Mary Caroline Rogers
Judith: Jo Ann Hanks
Aaron: Tony James
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
I’LL LOVE YOU ‘TIL THE COWS COME HOME by Greg Burdick
Joan: Heather Phillips
Roger: Tony James
Barbara: Amanda Bout
PRINCESS AUDREY b y Tracy Held Potter[1]
Audrey: Samantha Brunson
Beth: Natalie Sell
INTERMISSION
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 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
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
BLOOD by Yael Haskal
Beulah: Tasha Guidry
Lindy: Tiffany Granger
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
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