Sin St. Social Club

FULL-LENGTH. In this modern reworking of Aphra Behn's THE ROVER, Helen, a novice nun, and Florie Mae, her nightclub singing sister, hit the streets of 1916 New Orleans in a last-ditch effort to save their departed daddy's dance hall, The Basin Street Social Club, and get their own futures "taken care of." Florie Mae is desperate to marry Belville, while Helen is looking for an excuse--any...
FULL-LENGTH. In this modern reworking of Aphra Behn's THE ROVER, Helen, a novice nun, and Florie Mae, her nightclub singing sister, hit the streets of 1916 New Orleans in a last-ditch effort to save their departed daddy's dance hall, The Basin Street Social Club, and get their own futures "taken care of." Florie Mae is desperate to marry Belville, while Helen is looking for an excuse--any excuse--to avoid being confirmed as a full-fledged nun. Their brother Pete, however, insists that Florie Mae marry his friend Tony Trudeau, a local alderman with dubious motives.
Belville, equally determined to find Florie Mae, arrives on the scene with a couple of friends in tow--Blunt, a rustically-inclined client, and Wilmore, a rakish captain. While Belville obsesses over saving his beloved, Wilmore is equally attracted to the lively Helen as well as Angie B, an aging madame whose recent return to the Crescent City has caused quite a stir on the streets of Storyville.
After a night of romantic rendezvous, mistaken identities and way too many fistfights, the lovers are reunited, the club is saved and Helen finds her own particular brand of happiness.
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Sin St. Social Club

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  • Porter Jamison:
    11 Jan. 2019
    Like the old song says, "you change the name of an old song, rearrange it and make it swing" and Jessica Augsten has done just that in this witty American take on Aphra Behn set in yesteryear's New Orleans. A language-tipsy farce with strong female roles, good bones, driven by character intention, standing by for any strong, energetic company to bring it to boisterous life. Well worth the read!

Development History

  • Commission
    ,
    Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
    ,
    2018
  • Reading
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    R.E.A.C.H. (a benefit for the Utah Shakespeare Festival)
    ,
    2018

Production History

  • Professional
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    Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
    ,
    2019

Awards

Finalist
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Outstanding New Play or Musical
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Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award
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2019