Second half of Synchronicity season highlights girls and women, past and present
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Synchronicity Theatre has announced the second half the theater’s 27th season, running February through June. Shows include a Family Series production, Stripped Bare Arts Incubator productions, a Women in the Arts gathering, a Bold Voices show and a performance concluding the Playmaking for Girls program.
Running Feb. 4 through March 2 is the Family Series play “Petite Rouge.” Based on the book by Mike Artell, the play is a Cajun Little Red Riding Hood story with book, music and lyrics by Joan Cushing. Morgan Crumbly and Brandin Jay are cast in main roles.
January through May, the Stripped Bare Arts Incubator series continues with “I Am the Dead Man” by Stephen Ruffin, being performed Jan. 15; “Intergenerational Caregiving Pretzel” by Rachel Mewbron, April 16; and ‘Viscera” by Meaghan Novoa, May 13-14.
On April 23, Synchronicity will host a Women in the Arts and Business Luncheon, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of women in the arts and business community, at the Foundry at Puritan Mill. The theme of the event is “Thriving Together: Atlanta Women Take the Stage.” This year, Jane Woodruff Blount, legal director for Wizarding World Digital at Warner Bros. Discovery, and Sue Schroeder, CORE Dance director and choreographer, will be honored.
Synchronicity will present the next Bold Voices show, “The Dark Lady” by Jessica B. Hill, from June 6-29. The play is a witty and sensual duet that reclaims the story of a fascinating woman who was almost lost to history, Emilia Bassano. Multiracial and multilingual, Bassano was the first Englishwoman to publish her own poetry — and she may also be the answer to a 400-year-old mystery: Who was the Dark Lady that Shakespeare spoke of with such passion in his sonnets?
The season will conclude with the annual Playmaking for Girls public performance on June 14. This is the culminating show for a yearlong program that provides an opportunity for girls of various backgrounds to explore their creativity and develop their storytelling skills through the art of playwriting.
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