Leer y Despotricar - 17 de octubre de 2022

Read & Rant es el club de lectura del Proyecto Atenea que explora obras escritas principalmente por mujeres. Leemos uno o dos guiones o materiales auxiliares durante el mes y normalmente nos reunimos cada tercer lunes en línea a través de Zoom, para discutir las obras. Aprenda en qué consiste un buen guión, discuta cómo nos afecta y explore las formas en que se relaciona con el mundo en general. Únase a nosotros para conversar con invitados que aportan una base de conocimientos en profundidad. Esta oferta mensual gratuita a la comunidad pretende concienciar sobre la infrarrepresentación de las historias de mujeres en los escenarios.

Starting in Enero of 2022, we will be exploring and uplifting new plays written primarily by women playwrights through our Read & Rant program! Each month, we will feature one to two scripts that have never been professionally produced and invite the playwright to join our conversation.

Guided by a dramaturg, we invite you to share your constructive comments, thoughts, and affirmations in order to aid in the development process of the piece. Curious to learn more about new play development and the role of a dramaturg? Join us each month to hear from a professional dramaturg about their past experiences and favorite new play development practices.

This month we will be featuring two playwrights selected from our Read & Rant lottery: Elle Thoni and Mollie Gordon.

Elle Thoni’s Woolly:
Eminent evolutionary biologist Dr. Robin Slater is spearheading a woolly mammoth de-extinction project at her university. As she prepares to debunk popular myths about de-extinction in her upcoming Ted Talk, her partner Theo is called away to be with his dying father. In the liminal space between life and death, extinction and de-extinction, intellect and intuition, time begins to unhinge for Robin and her child, Sammy, who suddenly find themselves lost in a mysterious tundra that can only be described as “Siberia.” Inspired by real science, Woolly poetically explores our collective grief and anxiety in the face of an unknown environmental future.

Mollie Gordon’s If It Weren’t for the Women, We’d Still Be Stuck in the Desert:
Naomi Bensoussan is a fifth-year rabbinical student hard at work on her thesis about Rahab, the Torah’s favorite sex worker. Naomi’s journey to complete the project is aided and interfered with by several patriarchs and matriarchs, a potential lover, and of course, Rahab herself.

Después de inscribirse en una sesión, recibirá información sobre cómo acceder a nuestros guiones destacados. Queremos que participe todo aquel que desee saber más sobre estos talentosos dramaturgos y sus obras.

After you register for a session, you will receive information on how to access or where to purchase our featured script(s). Please know that if a script involves a purchase and that creates a hardship for you, please reach out and we will take care of it for you. We want everyone to participate who would like to learn more about these talented women and their plays.