100 PLANES

by Lila Rose Kaplan

The year is 1997 and hotshot young pilot Lieutenant Kay McClure dreams of being the first to fly a new hybrid fighter jet. She begs the legendary Major Anne Clarkson to train her. Major Clarkson pushes Kay impossibly hard despite the concerns of Monique, Major Clarkson’s lover. 100 PLANES is a bittersweet comic drama that follows three women as ambition, love, and passion collide on a US Air Force Base in...

The year is 1997 and hotshot young pilot Lieutenant Kay McClure dreams of being the first to fly a new hybrid fighter jet. She begs the legendary Major Anne Clarkson to train her. Major Clarkson pushes Kay impossibly hard despite the concerns of Monique, Major Clarkson’s lover. 100 PLANES is a bittersweet comic drama that follows three women as ambition, love, and passion collide on a US Air Force Base in Germany.

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100 PLANES

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  • Cheryl Bear: 100 PLANES by Lila Rose Kaplan
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    A fascinating story of female ambition and what is needed to rise. Well done.

    A fascinating story of female ambition and what is needed to rise. Well done.

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  • Lane McLeod Jackson: 100 PLANES by Lila Rose Kaplan
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    Lila Rose Kaplan crafts a lyrical story that metaphorically and literally bridges different worlds, eras, and souls. With a clear theatrical mandate and characters who break your heart, "100 Planes" dismisses simplistic answers to age-old questions. Instead, it takes you on its own emotional flight path with charm, fear, ambition, desire, until leaving you at the edge of the world, daring you to take that final step alone.

    Lila Rose Kaplan crafts a lyrical story that metaphorically and literally bridges different worlds, eras, and souls. With a clear theatrical mandate and characters who break your heart, "100 Planes" dismisses simplistic answers to age-old questions. Instead, it takes you on its own emotional flight path with charm, fear, ambition, desire, until leaving you at the edge of the world, daring you to take that final step alone.

    ”
  • Talya Kingston: 100 PLANES by Lila Rose Kaplan
    “

    A magical, romantic and poetic story of female ambition - how much harder women have to push to get ahead and what we have to - or feel we have to - let go of in order to get to the top.

    A magical, romantic and poetic story of female ambition - how much harder women have to push to get ahead and what we have to - or feel we have to - let go of in order to get to the top.

    ”
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Development History

  • Workshop, The Lark, 2012
  • Reading, Local Theatre Company, Boulder, 2012
  • Workshop, Lark Studio Retreat, 2011

Production History