We
received support from a Park Avenue Armory Education Space Grant to
workshop the play over the past few weeks, and this reading is the first
in a series this winter/spring from Ant and Dove, a writers collective.
More information is below...
If you'd like to come, please reserve your place through our Eventbrite:
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Ant and Dove Collective Presents:
MERCH GIRLS
by Kate Bell
Directed by Ariel Francoeur
A Staged Reading, Saturday, February 9th, 4pm
Alchemical Studios, 104 West 14th Street, Studio One (1st Floor)
MERCH GIRLS SYNOPSIS: Justine, Nora, and Kelly have this high school
thing in check. They get good grades, don’t hate their mothers, and have
boyfriends that play together in one of the coolest bands in town, Korova
Milkbar. And the boys let the girls run the merch table at all the shows. High
school rocks! But when one of Justine’s teachers kisses her, the girls start
asking questions about whether everything is as great as it seems. Left by the
boys to pack up their gear after a gig, Justine, Nora, and Kelly play the boys’
instruments for the first time together, and summon a voracious monster made of
teenage girls, a force of pure destruction from outside the gendered power
structure. The monster wants to sell the merch girls on the idea that it’s time
to destroy the world and start over. A sci-fi feminist adventure for everyone
trying to figure out what to do with their anger in this #metoo moment, Merch
Girls explores the power and danger of female rage and asks what comes next
after our monsters are released into the world.
Jessica Batista
Alexis Braxton
Caylyn Creager
Jeff Ebner
Ann Herberger
Carolyn Kang
Julia Labusch
Gabriela Llarena
Stephanie Miller
Turner Morehead
Jillian Puhalla
Jake Robbins
Deborah Rose
Niki Sawyer
Adi Schor
Emily Sullivan
Alani Waters
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