5th Wall Theatre and TheatreLAB are teaming up to co-produce the Women’s Theatre Festival beginning 3/27.

 

TheatreLAB and 5th Wall Theatre, in association with The Heritage Ensemble Theatre Company, the Weinstein JCC and Cadence Theatre Company, will bring stories of women overcoming strife, finding their voice, and making their place in the world. The festival also brings together an outstanding all-female production team.

 

Playing in repertory over 4 weeks, the plays include:

 

Pretty Fire by Charlayne Woodard

(5th Wall, directed by Carol Piersol, featuring Haliya Roberts)

Two young African American sisters grow up near Albany in the 50’s.

 

Golda’s Balcony by William Gibson

(Weinstein JCC, directed by Debra Clinton, featuring Jacqueline Jones)

About Golda Meir and her journey from a Milwaukee schoolgirl to Prime Minister of Israel.

 

Message from a Slave by Margarette Joyner

(Heritage Ensemble Theatre, directed by Shanea N. Taylor, featuring Pamela Archer-Shaw)

The passage of a woman’s transition from freedom into slavery and the voice of her 100-year-old daughter.

 

Bad Dates by Teresa Rebeck

(TheatreLAB, directed by Melissa Rayford, featuring Maggie Bavolack)

An idiosyncratic venture of self-discovery involving the Romanian mob, shoes, a Buddhist rainstorm, a teenage daughter and quite a few very bad dates.

 

Also running in association with the festival:

In My Chair written and performed by Eva DeVirgilis (Virginia Rep and Cadence Theatre

 

There will be moderated discussions and talkbacks throughout the festival.

All performances are at the Basement, 300 E. Broad Street.

For show dates, times and tickets visit the 5th Wall Theatre website.