And Certain Women

by Shualee Cook

Yohanna. Shoshanna. Blink, and you’ll miss their names in Luke's Gospel. But through all Yeshua’s teachings and miracles, YoYoh and Shosh are there with their more famous compatriot Mags – running crowd control, scouting for good sermon locations, cleaning up after a particularly messy Passover dinner, and crossing paths with a pair of Law- transgressing outcasts who follow the same teachings in a very different...

Yohanna. Shoshanna. Blink, and you’ll miss their names in Luke's Gospel. But through all Yeshua’s teachings and miracles, YoYoh and Shosh are there with their more famous compatriot Mags – running crowd control, scouting for good sermon locations, cleaning up after a particularly messy Passover dinner, and crossing paths with a pair of Law- transgressing outcasts who follow the same teachings in a very different direction. Through it all, they can’t help wondering where the meteoric rise of this prophet they’ve grown to love is going, and what say, if any, they get to have in where it ends up.

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And Certain Women

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  • Playwrights Foundation: And Certain Women by Shualee Cook
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    The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends AND CERTAIN WOMEN as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of writer's skill blending clasical and contemporary tones. We're compelled by the play's promise, as it explores the stories of the women who the Bible skims over. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

    The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends AND CERTAIN WOMEN as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of writer's skill blending clasical and contemporary tones. We're compelled by the play's promise, as it explores the stories of the women who the Bible skims over. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

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  • Reinette LeJeune: And Certain Women by Shualee Cook
    “

    A wonderful, moving, and insightful retelling of forgotten truths about the bible and the savior. Seeing the lesser noticed side of Christianity - the very women who are responsible for its continuance, but have been all but cut out of the stories we tell today is so refreshing when it comes to this topic. Shualee Cook has revised the mythos to show the very lifeforce behind the movement turned religion, and it is much needed as much now as ever. Also - love that the real names are being used rather than their anglicized versions.

    A wonderful, moving, and insightful retelling of forgotten truths about the bible and the savior. Seeing the lesser noticed side of Christianity - the very women who are responsible for its continuance, but have been all but cut out of the stories we tell today is so refreshing when it comes to this topic. Shualee Cook has revised the mythos to show the very lifeforce behind the movement turned religion, and it is much needed as much now as ever. Also - love that the real names are being used rather than their anglicized versions.

    ”
  • Jacob Juntunen: And Certain Women by Shualee Cook
    “

    I was privileged to hear this wonderful play at the Confluence Writers Project readings at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival in 2019. The play is like a "behind the scenes" look at events from the Bible, showing the stories of the women who made the well-known stories possible. It's by turns hilarious, moving, and always sharply intelligent.

    I was privileged to hear this wonderful play at the Confluence Writers Project readings at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival in 2019. The play is like a "behind the scenes" look at events from the Bible, showing the stories of the women who made the well-known stories possible. It's by turns hilarious, moving, and always sharply intelligent.

    ”

Development History

  • Workshop, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, 2022
  • Reading, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, 2019