February 26, 2018: This March, Keegan’s Boiler Room Series will turn up the heat for six local womXn playwrights, six local womXn directors, and a host of actors with the return of the newly named WOMXN on Fire Festival. Building on the success and audience feedback of last year’s festival, this year the festival will feature six staged 10-minute plays and two full-length solo shows during WomXn’s History Month. Out of over 160 submissions, we selected 36 artists to participate in the festival. Check out the full lineup below:
THE 10-MINUTE PLAYS
Sun, Mar 11 @ 11:00 am, Mon, Mar 12 @ 7:30 pm
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’RE SUCIDIAL BUT YOU CAN’T FIGHT FASCISTS WHEN YOU’RE DEAD
by Natalie Ann Piegari
directed by Mitu Tiwari Raphael
featuring Ayesha Gowie, Kourtney Richards, and Gianna Rapp
TEN
by Graziella Jackson
directed by Amy Hard
featuring Janet Constable Preston, Fatima Razi, and Thais Menendez
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WEIRD
by Olivia Haller
directed by Clancey Yovanovich
featuring Jennifer Knight and Sue Schaffel
PEN AND PAPER
by Elizabeth Crino
directed by Medha Marsten
featuring Vishwas, Nate Shelton, Jenna Rossman, and Annetta Dexter Sawyer
WOMEN WEAR WHITE
by Lindsay Adams
directed by Ashleigh King
featuring Karina Hilleard, Madeline Mooney, Allie O’Donnell, and Malinda Reese
HERE AGAIN
by Shanta Parasuraman
directed by Aria Velz
featuring Chloe Mikala, Lee Liebeskind, and Bianca Lipford
THE FULL-LENGTH SOLO SHOWS
GUILTY
Sun, Mar 25 @ 7:00 pm
by Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
directed by Danielle A. Drakes
featuring Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Mon, Mar 26 @ 6:00 pm & 8:30 pm
by Eve Ensler
directed by Dorothy Neumann
featuring Elaine Faye
THE PRODUCING TEAM
Festival Curator Cara Gabriel
Producer Josh Sticklin
Producer Clancey Yovanovich
Dramaturg Marisa Lazar
What’s the Boiler Room Series?
The Boiler Room Series at Keegan, named after the old boiler room of the pre-renovation Keegan Theatre, is a bold programming initiative that focuses on the development of new works and the producing of unique performances. The name speaks to the two-part mission: crank up the artistic heat on new works in progress and let loose the creative voices of tomorrow’s theatre. LEARN MORE
