Shows
Women's Work 2010
Here comes the final weekend of our fourth annual Women's Work showcase and celebration, featuring memorable programs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All tickets just $5! Click Here to Buy.
The lineup:
May 21, 7:30 pm — Staged readings of short plays: Invalid Code and The Dangers of Smoking by Christine Mather; Sex With Your Ex, by Judy Klass and An Optimistic Woman, by Ramona Richards
May 22, 7:30 pm — Coming in Hot, performed by writer-actor Jeanmarie Simpson. Based on the book Powder: Writings by Women in the Ranks from Vietnam to Iraq, the play is co-adapted and directed by Lisa Bowden
May 23, 5:30 pm — Ginger Sands Back to the Garden CD release event. Inspired by the sustainable food movement, Ginger Sands has created a collection of island-inflected folk and folk rock music. Ginger will present the album as a concert with a full band, interspersing the set with segues involving dance, puppetry and some special surprises. This show only -- bring the whole family for just $10!
On display – artwork by Alicia Booker, Sara Figal, Wendy Kusmaul-Keeling and Beverly Threadgill-Robey
Secrets of a Soccer Mom
Tennessee Women’s Theater Project throws an affectionate spotlight on the sirens of the sidelines with the regional premiere of Kathleen Clark’s Secrets of a Soccer Mom.
“Let’s hear it for Soccer Moms!” - The New York Times
Read Amanda O'Brien's review in Her Nashville
Read Jeff Ellis's review on Broadwayworld.com
Read Bill Dorian's review for Nashville Pride
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Warriors Don't Cry
Warriors Don’t Cry is a riveting one-woman show adapted from the diary/memoir of Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine, by the Pulitzer-nominated playwright Eisa Davis. We opened September 11 at the Looby Theater for 11 performances through September 27, with a special added show at Scarritt-Bennett Center on 9/22.
See the Arts Break preview produced by Nashville Public Television
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Women's Work 2009
Well
"This play is not about my mother and me!" Right from the opening lines, this convention-shattering comedy gets to the grit of life, probing the contradictions of sickness and health in individuals and families, in communities and in society.
Kingfisher Days
Our 2008-2009 season opened with a United States premiere: Kingfisher Days by the Toronto, Canada actor and writer Susan Coyne. This sweet memory play conveys a child’s sense of magic and possibility with a grownup streak of humor.
Women's Work 2008
Our second annual Women's Work celebration in May, 2008 featured the return of the Magdalene House writers on opening night, plus many new genres, new works and new faces. In all more than 100 artists participated.
Almost, Maine
The New York Post called it “love in the time of frostbite.” We called it our midwinter night’s dream. Blowing into the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre just in time for Valentine’s Day, 2008 John Cariani’s Almost, Maine is a romantic comedy set in the imaginary, unincorporated northern Maine hamlet of Almost.
Defying Gravity
In October, 2007 we presented the Nashville première of Defying Gravity, by Jane Anderson. This portrait of human aspiration focuses on Christa McAuliffe, the teacher who flew in the space shuttle Challenger, as seen by the world, and as remembered by her daughter.
Women's Work 2007
In May 2007, we presented the first Women’s Work – a celebration and festival of works by women. Women's Work has since become an annual event.
Nickel and Dimed
In January, 2007, we presented the Nashville première of Nickel and Dimed, based on the best-selling book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories opened in May, 2006 and marked our first production in the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies ("Dinner With Friends") starred Terri Occhiogrosso as Ruth, and RheAnn White as Lisa.
A Single Woman
Our stage debut in 2005, "A Single Woman" tells the story of Jeannette Rankin — "the first woman elected to the House of Representatives (in 1916, before the Susan B. Anthony Amendment affirmed women's right to vote).
