From the moment Perseus gets the call to his heroic quest, he’s fated to kill Medusa. Medusa, meanwhile, re-tells her own origin story again and again to the Gorgons on their island. After Perseus beheads her, though, Medusa won’t shut up and Perseus has to come to terms with his actions. Performed by a cast of all women, the play investigates storytelling and asks who gets to tell the story.

In Ephesus, all the Syracusans are being deported. Mariana, a courtesan, is one of the last to go. When her ship is forced to return to Ephesus, she names herself Odysseus and dresses as a sailor in order to move freely. Calypso, the only courtesan left now that Mariana has gone, falls in love with Odysseus and s/he with her.

Set two days before the events of Comedy of Errors, Errors Before Errors features many of Shakespeare’s characters and the effects of a draconian immigration policy on Ephesus. Angelo has to work over time on Antipholus’ gold chain. Nell, formerly Mariana’s servant, now has to work for Antipholus and Adriana – a job secured for her by the Abbess. The women of Ephesus grapple with a patriarchal, nationalistic, capitalist world.

The Golden Apple: For the Fairest is a Trojan tragic-comedy featuring love, war, swords, sheep, a wooden horse, family, romance and death. Starring Aphrodite, goddess of love, Athena: goddess of wisdom and Hera: Queen of the Gods. See goddesses haggle over a golden apple at the expense of human lives! See Paris steal Helen, Queen of Sparta and bring war (and a thousand ships) to Troy! See Cassandra’s prophecies of death and destruction fall on deaf ears! Watch touching love stories unfold, betrayal unfurl, order unravel and tragedy descend!

Inspired by the true story of the first woman to run for president, The Apotheosis of Victoria Woodhull follows the spiritual development of the ambitious medium, stockbroker, actress, newspaperwoman and presidential candidate. The voices of the dead speak so loudly to young Victoria that she has to be trained to filter them out. Her sister, Tennessee, shares the same gift/burden and they begin to perform on the spiritualist circuit, staging conversations with the dead. The family appear and reappear - some to support her, others to capitalize on good fortune. When the spirits feel she is ready, they send her forth to become the next president of the United States. They assure her that, even though women don’t yet have the right to vote, she will still be elected in 1872. She is invited to visit President Grant and sits in his presidential chair, assured it will be hers in the future. Her spirits rejoice.

The next we see Victoria, she is in a prison cell, along with her sister. She hasn’t eaten in days and cannot remember how they ended up there. Spirits take her on a journey of memory and offer her the choice of martyrdom or anonymity.

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Inspired by the true story of the first woman to run for president, The Apotheosis of Victoria Woodhull follows the spiritual development of the ambitious medium, stockbroker, actress, newspaperwoman and presidential candidate. The voices of the dead speak so loudly to young Victoria that she has to be trained to filter them out. Her sister, Tennessee, shares the same gift/burden and they begin to perform on the spiritualist circuit, staging conversations with the dead. When the spirits feel she is ready, they send her forth to become the next president of the United States. She is invited to visit President Grant and sits in his presidential chair, assured it will be hers in the future. Her spirits rejoice. The next we see Victoria, she is in a prison cell, along with her sister. She hasn’t eaten in days and cannot remember how they ended up there. Spirits take her on a journey of memory and offer her the choice of martyrdom or anonymity.

Mnemosyne (the goddess of memory) birthed nine goddesses known collectively as The Muses. The Muses each get a chance to speak in this series of nine monologues wherein they seek their own inspiration.

Cassie and Melissa have to rehearse their scene for their class but Melissa’s not so comfortable with the content. When they perform the scene for the class, acting teacher guru, Reg, has a lot to say about it but their fellow student Maya is not so sure he’s giving them good advice. A tiny feminist revolution follows.

The Erinyes try to relax at a bar after a long day of hounding people but it's not easy.

A priestess of the Church of the Holy Abortion tries to make the new reality clear to a pregnant anti-choicer. Abortions are holy now and required. But don’t worry, you can still have a baby in ten of the fifty states!
Inspired by the Dobbs decision and reactions to the loss of Roe V Wade, this piece explores what the anti-abortion rhetoric could sound like on the other side. Looking at the flipped justifications of those who want to impose their beliefs on the rest of us, we can see how absurd they really are.