10/25, Sunday afternoon, ACT Theatre (now Union Arts Center).
Inspire Washington, Vote Run Lead and National Women's Political Caucus of Washington hosts a celebration with speechs, reception and play reading.
Women+ On The Edge of Democracy is a project of
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts who commissioned 34 plays in the theme of current state of democracy in America.
All these plays are free to perform.
Cities across the nation are hosting play reading events in time for the mid-term election.
Today's event started with a reception, with some speeches to encourage women into participation of politics.
I was late, so only caught the tail end of 1 speech.
I really enjoyed the plays (most of them), read by local actors. There's even an intermission.
These 2 photos are at the end of each "act", where the performers gathered for Q&A.
Act I:
- Common Ground, by Lauren M. Gunderson -- very funny, on 2 online commentators
- Little Houses, by Lucy Caldwell
- What Would I Say, by Leslie Ayvazian
- Aggressively Soothing Whale Sounds, by Sarah Mantell
- An plifing High School Graduation Speech, by Sarah Ruhl -- funny too, on Roe vs Wade overturn
- Nightlight, by Kimber Lee -- on ICE detension
- Searching for Elsie Parrish, by Heidi Schreck -- never surrender
