Productions
The world premiere was in Chicago, 2018 by Babes With Blades Theatre Company. The Equity premiere was at the Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, FL in 2020. The International Premiere was at the Gryphon Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand in 2023.
- Babes With Blades Theatre Company, Chicago, IL 2018
- Loft Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA 2018
- College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2019
- Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, FL 2020
- Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ 2022
- Acme Theatre Co, Davis, CA 2023
- GALS High School Denver, CO 2023
- Gryphon Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand 2023
- Phoenix Theatre, Seattle, WA 2024
- Maplewood Barn Theatre, Columbia, MO 2024
- Haven Arts Theatre, Houston, TX 2024
- October 11-20th, 2024, Unqualified Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
CURRENTLY PLAYING
Awards
The Babes With Blades production in Chicago was recommended by the JEFF Awards.
- WINNER:
- 2018 Joining Sword and Pen
- 2018 Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award
- 2020 KCACTF David Mark Cohen Award (Region IV)
- FINALIST:
- Austin Playhouse New Plays Festival
- Centre Stage New Plays Festival
- Inkslinger Playwrights Competition
- SEMIFINALIST:
- Judith Royer Award for Excellence in Playwriting
- Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival
Reviews
"...takes the conventions of classic comedy—cross-dressing and mistaken identity, witty repartee laced with puns and double entendres, slapstick violence, satirical commentary on gender and class divisions—and ramps them up with a nonbinary 21st-century perspective... Best of all, this production is genuinely family friendly, with multiple levels of humor designed to appeal to both kids and grownups."
–Albert Williams, Chicago Reader
"A fierce, feminist farce. It is a commentary on the inherent, yet consistently overlooked, power of womxn... a 2 hour soundscape of belly laughter, metal on metal, and whatever the sound of pure heckin joy is.
–Emily Modaff, Hooligan Magazine
"I am still struggling to grasp how engaging and funny this fever dream of a play is."
Zac Fitzgibbon, Eyes on Wellington
"It whistles gleefully along such that even the darkest moments have a lighthearted twist."
Stage Readings
The play was originally developed through Babes With Blades Theatre, with a table read and a private invitational reading in 2017, and a public reading in 2018.