THE REDISCOVERY READINGS
Amplifying voices of the women who shaped American Theater
SEPTEMBER 2024 – FEBRUARY 2025
In our 2024-25 season, CSC will shine a light on American women who were writing the classics of the early 20th Century but whose legacies have been muted by time. Join us for four playreadings that will take you from 1900 through the 1950s, all leading up to CSC’s much-anticipated production of Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress, in which the women of the 1960s have their say!
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THE REDISCOVERY READINGS
Amplifying voices of the women who shaped American Theater
TRIFLES AND OTHER PLAYS: AN EVENING OF SHORTS
October 21, 2024 at 7pm
Trifles is a thrillingly taut mystery from the mind of Susan Glaspell (The Verge). First performed in 1916, the play brings us behind the scenes of a murder investigation, when the women waiting patiently in the kitchen may have better view of the truth than the men in charge. The short play form was particularly popular among writers and audiences in the early decades of the 20th century, and this evening will explore several titles from great female writers of the genre.
MISS LULU BETT
by Zona Gale
September 23, 2024 at 7pm
It’s 1920, and Miss Lulu Bett, an unmarried woman in her thirties, has resigned herself to a life with few options and no joy. She is grateful to have been taken into the home of her married sister, Ina, even though Ina’s family, especially husband Deacon, treat her like their servant. Cooking and cleaning all day, Lulu has given up on having a life of her own, until the arrival of Deacon’s brother throws her safe existence for a loop. Ninian speaks his mind, takes action, and just might sweep Lulu off her tired feet, if only she’ll let him. But when secrets from the past come back to haunt the family, Lulu will be forced to decide where her loyalties lie – with her sister, her man, or most difficult of all, with herself.
Miss Lulu Bett won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921, making Zona Gale the first female playwright ever to receive the honor.
CAST
Anna Chlumsky………..Lulu Bett
Steven Boyer…………Dwight
Ella Stiller……………..Diana
Manu Narayan……….Cornish
Marcus Gladney, Jr….Bobby
Nneka Okafor…………..Ina
Reese Bogin………….Monona
Sam Gravitte……………Ninian
Barbara Walsh………..Mrs. Bett
Ria Meer………………Stage Directions
Stage Manager: Madison Lane
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