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2020-21 WPS Season

Archive of Centenary Stage Company's 2020-21 season of events including professional theatre productions, live music and dance events.

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WPS: Drive
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center



 

by Deborah Yarchun
A community of truckers in a small town in Iowa are forced to shift gears when they lose their jobs to self - driving vehicles.  When Gloria becomes the only trucker in town still employed, resentments begin to surface. Set in a future not far down the road, Drive explores our collective fears. With original songs by Hannah Fairchild.

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WPS: Badlands
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center



 

by Nora Leahy
The play follows three library employees in the heart of "The Badlands" who have become first responders to the opioid crisis and witness to a changing neighborhood.  Badlands examines what we owe to each other, and to the places we come from.

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WPS: I'll Give You Something to Cry About
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center



 

by Patricia Cotter
Paulette and Ann Marie are sisters - they share some DNA, a brutal sense of humor and that's about it.  So what happens when Paulette shows up unannounced to Ann Marie's San Francisco apartment?  "I'll Give You Something to Cry About" is a ruthless comedy that investigates the meaning of family, responsibility and the power of letting go.

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WPS: Atlas the Lonely Gibbon
Women Playwrights Series: In-person & Live Streaming
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center



 

by Deborah Yarchun​
A darkly comedic thriller set in the future.  Irene, a 28-year-old journalist, has recently had her job downgraded to editing AI (Artificial Intelligence) - generated articles.  Her husband, David, is a cybercrime journalist who introduces more than enough technologies into their home, with unnerving consequences.

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WPS: The Persuadables
2021 Women Playwrights Series: In-person & Live Streaming
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson Street



 

by Hallie Palladino​
A group of morally challenged election consultants are engaged by a conservative billionaire to mount a massive public influence campaign.  Using a combination of cutting-edge data mining and old-fashioned disinformation they set about redefining the first amendment.

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WPS: Cotton's Tale
2021 Women Playwrights Series: In-person & Live Streaming
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center



 

by Pauline David-Sax​
Not your grandmother's Beatrix Potter! A delightful laugh-out-loud tale pitting whimsy against the persistence of one resolute rabbit in her quest to tell her real story. What really happened in the carrot patch that day?

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WPS: Loretta the Yodeling Cowgirl
2021 Women Playwrights Series: In-person & Streaming Live
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center



 

by Vita Patrick Morales​
Inspired by a true story, Loretta and her wiry friend, Em, live in a home for the aged in Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania. Their days are the same and their banter circuitous. But when Loretta learns that her daughters are about to sell the family home, she travels back in time to the days of her Yodeling Cowgirl fame, and the choices she made for happiness.

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