Well Known Plays for Women...
Well Known Plays for Women...
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#0Well Known Plays for Women...
Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:25pm
Hey Everyone,
The artistic director of my theatre is looking for well known play which have several acting opportunities for women.
He's comtemplating "The Children's Hour," which I loathe.
Do you have any suggestions?
I've already thought of:
Agnes of God
The Women
The Prime of Miss Jean Brody
The Rose Tattoo
The Killing of Sister George
#1re: Well Known Plays for Women...
Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:31pm
The Miracle Worker
The Diary of Anne Frank
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#2re: Well Known Plays for Women...
Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:33pmSteel Magnolias
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#3re: Well Known Plays for Women...
Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:38pm
I hadn't thought of "The Miracle Work." A good choice.
Unfortunately, "Anne Frank" is currently being done here in Chicago, and "Steel Magnolias" was recently produced at another theatre a couple of seasons ago.
"A Delicate Balance," another possibility was also recently produced/
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Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:41pmI just recommended it to ~ff~, but "The Smell of the Kill" by Michelle Lowe is a great newer show for women. Very 'Desperate Housewives', even though it came first.
Hamlet's father.
#5re: Well Known Plays for Women...
Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:43pm
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
Womens parts: Elvira, Ruth , Madame Arcati, Edith, Mrs. Bradman
There only two mens roles Charles and Dr. Bradman
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Posted: 3/28/05 at 2:25pm
Keely and Du
Come back to the five and dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
#7re: Well Known Plays for Women...
Posted: 3/28/05 at 3:21pm
Three excellent plays:
"The Miss Firecracker Contest" - Beth Henley
"Five Women Wearing the Same Dress" - Alan Ball
"Laundry and Bourbon" - James McLure
diva007
Stand-by Joined: 10/22/04
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Posted: 3/28/05 at 9:51pm
Lilies of the Field
The House of Bernarda Alba
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
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Posted: 3/28/05 at 9:54pmPS: WindyCityActor, have you seen 'Berlin 45' at Victory Gardens?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
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Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:12ami was in house of bernarda alba last year. 9 female parts. woooonderful show.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#12re: Well Known Plays for Women...
Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:59am
See if you can find an Australian play called MORNING SACRIFICE by Dymphna Cusack, written in the '50s and set in the teachers' room of a girls' school...all-female cast. Not well-known, I grant you, but worth a read.
Also WAITING IN THE WINGS by Noel Coward.
DUSA, FISH, STAS & VI by Pam Gems...English '70s female 4-hander.
Updated On: 3/29/05 at 02:59 AM
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