The popular Women Playwright Series (WPS) continues at Centenary Stage Company, with a new play Nora Leahy (pictured).
The playwrights will be in residence for the Series, featuring a cast of professional actors and directors, to be presented in the Kutz Theatre in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University. There are no tickets for these events, but advance reservations are recommended. Admission is by donation at the door, not required, but always encouraged. Advance reservations require a $5 minimum donation.
Badlands by Nora Leahy follows three library employees in the heart of “The Badlands” who have become first responders to the opioid crisis and witnesses to a changing neighborhood. Badlands examines what we owe to each other, and to the places we come from.
Next on Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 pm in the Kutz Theatre, the WPS presents Patricia Cotter’s I’ll Give You Something to Cry About. The play follows Paulette and Ann Marie; sisters who share some DNA, a brutal sense of humor and that’s about it. So, what happens when Paulette shows up unannounced to Ann Marie’s San Francisco apartment? “The Sister Play” is a ruthless comedy that investigates the meaning of family, responsibility, and the power of letting go.
The CSC Women Playwrights Series celebrates its 29th year in 2020 and has featured the work of more than 78 emerging playwrights in the developmental process of WPS. The program has also taken 18 plays to full production from the series, including “Hitlers Tasters” by Michelle Kholos Brooks, which transitioned to New York in the fall of 2018, and had a sold out run as a part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019, as well as Darrah Cloud’s Turning, which is scheduled for CSC’s season of professional theatre in the spring of 2021 and was the recipient of the Susan Glaspell Award in 2018.
Centenary Stage Company
Centenary Stage Company is a performing arts center located on the campus of Centenary University. Year-round events include Professinal Theater Series, music events, dance events, a Women Playwrights Series, Young Performers Workshop, an annual holiday spectatular, and more!