When Sally's sisters descend on her home in a surprise visit, they have more plans for Sally than a simple reunion. Set in Macon, Georgia, Sally lives with her son Jay Jay in the home she inherited from Aunt Chrysanthemum. As Jay Jay prepares to begin his own life as an adult, Sally discovers that she must confront an attic full of memories in order to make a new life for herself as well. In this gentle southern comedy, Sally's sisters prod, poke and tickle each other into the realization that growing up has nothing to do with age.

On Wednesday, April 16, at 7:30 PM, the Centenary Stage Company's Women Playwrights Series will continue with the workshop presentation of Heather McCutchen's Sister Week. Offered free of charge, the WPS is a developmental program dedicated to providing a working forum for the underserved and unique voice of women writing for the theatre today. Accompanied by refreshments and discussion with the playwright and the cast, the WPS series offers an opportunity for playwrights to collaborate with professional actors and directors, and receive input from the public while developing their work. The audience feedback becomes an integral part of the writing process. One play from the WPS is selected for full production in the subsequent professional Centenary Stage Company season.

About The Playwright
Heather McCutchen is an internationally produced playwright who is the recipient of the coveted $30,000 grant from the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays for her play A Walk on Lake Erie. She has been a playwright-in-residence at New York's HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, where A Walk on Lake Erie premiered in 1991.

Her plays have been performed from New York, London, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, and Birmingham, to Canberra, Australia. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Heather received her M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and has been a member of New Dramatists in New York City for over ten years.

"Most Exciting New Playwright"
                     The Dallas Morning News

McCutchen's play, Alabama Rain, published by Dramatic Publishing of Chicago, has been performed in more than a dozen cities. She has taught writing and has also been a contributing editor to the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. McCutchen's recent novel, LightLand, a fantasy for young people, was published by Scholastic and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly (see: www.lightlandfans.com)

For more information about CSC and the Women Playwrights Series, call 908-979-0900.

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