2017-18 Season

THE AGE of WOMEN

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  Bull in a China Shop

  By Bryna Turner, Directed by Jason Haskins & Liberty Leeds Klautsch

  Bull in a China Shop by Bryna Turner is a vibrant comedy about two fierce women who blazed a new trail for women’s education at the height of the suffrage movement. Inspired by the real letters of Mary Woolley and Jeanette Marks, Bull in a China Shop gallops through forty years at Mount Holyoke College, following the women as they navigate their ambitions, idealism, and feminine power with equal parts comedic punch and dramatic heft. The triumphant debut of playwright Bryna Turner, this utterly un-stuffy history lesson reminds us that when we work to change the world, it changes us right back. Bull in a China Shop premiered at LCT3 in New York City in February 2017 and was chosen as a critic’s pick by The New York Times.

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  Golden Girls Christmas Extravaganza

  Directed by Joe Golden & Justin Ness, Piano Anthony Mulparry

  The Golden Girls Christmas Extravaganza returns to Visual Arts Collective November 24 through December 16. Starring Minerva Jayne as Blanche and Jodi Eichelberger as Dorothy, the show features parodies of two classic episodes bookended by commercials written by the Fool Squad and live musicians. For those who want a picture with their favorite ‘80s TV heroine, Brunch with the Golden Girls will be on December 10.

  At each show, an Idaho musician will play a Christmas song from “Ida Ho Ho: A Celebration of the Holidays with Idaho Artists” benefitting The Woman’s and Children’s Alliance. The CD has become a yearly top seller at The Record Exchange, with some of Idaho’s best artists contributing their time and talent.

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  Women of a Certain Age

  By Richard Nelson, Directed by Buffie Main

  Women of a Certain Age invites you to spend an evening around the kitchen table with one extraordinary, imperfect American family as they celebrate connection and creativity, struggle to move forward together, and wait for the world to change.

  While the rest of the world awaits the results of the presidential election on November 8, 2016, the Gabriel family sits with Patricia, the family matriarch, preparing a meal from the past and considering the future of their country, town, and home. This family of women, ages 55 to 85, pay tribute to the difficult year behind them, and compare notes on the search for empathy and authenticity at a time when the game seems rigged and the rules are forever changing.

  Women of a Certain Age is the last play in the trilogy The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family from Tony winning writer and director Richard Nelson (The Apple Family Plays, James Joyce’s The Dead.)

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