Productions of Gage's Work and Appearances
2023
January 7, Zoom:
Reading of Georgia and the Butch, Cauldron & Labrys.
January 16, Denver, CO and Zoom:
In McClintock's Corn, Rant and Rave Series by Athena Project.
February 23-March 12, Tampa Bay, FL and Zoom:
In McClintock's Corn, Powerstories Theatre.
March 7, Zoom.
Georgia and the Butch, Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
March 11 and 12, Florence, Italy:
Giovanna D'Arco la rivolta, Compagnia Pupilunari, Il Teatro Borsi di Prato
June (TBA), Mount Desert Island, ME:
Gage leads a tour on the island to parts of The Lesbian History Trail of MDI. Sponsored by the Bar Harbor Historical Society.
July, Washington, DC:
In McClintock's Corn, Washington Women in Theatre 20th Anniversary Festival, American University. (reading)
2022
February 6, Southwest Harbor (Zoom):
Starpattern, Cauldron & Labrys Production.
March 25, Chicago & Zoom:
Excerpted scenes from In McClintock's Corn, Thumbprint Reads & Listens, 7:30-9:30 PM CST.
March 15-20, Tampa Bay and Online:
Starpattern (Zoom reading), The Voices of Truth Festival, Powerstories Theatre.
April 16, NYC and online:
Esther and Vashti, The Skeleton Represents. Professional reading, 7 pm EST.
Spring, Tallahassee, FL:
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Florida State Univ. Theatre Dept. Fringe Festival, White Mouse Productions
June 8-30 (see website for specific dates), Hollywood:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Theatre Asylum (Hollywood Fringe) , Underground Annex
June TBA, Freeport, ME:
Panel of Queer Writers, Monologue Workshop, performance of Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, reading of excerpt from Easter Sunday, Stonecoast Writers Conference.
June 24, 25, 26, Hyde Park, NY:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, The New Deal Creative Arts Center.
Summer, private event:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc .
September, TBA, Lakewood, CO:
Lighting Martha, Red Rocks Community College.
September, TBA, Tottori, Japan:
At Sea (reading), BIRD International Theatre Festival (presented by Queen's Theatre, NYC)
September 17, Southwest Harbor, ME:
In McClintock's Corn, 7 PM, free to the public, Maine Playwrights Festival cast, Legion Hall, sponsored by Southwest Harbor Public Library
October 1, Whalley, UK:
Lace Curtain Irish, Lavelle Productions, Whalley Village Hall.
October 1, Orono, ME:
In McClintock's Corn, Blackbox Theatre, student reading.
October 5, (Zoom)
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, States of Play Series, featuring Barbara Kahn.
December 9, Portland, OR:
Cookin' with Typhoid Mary, Portland State University, mainstage rehearsal space.
Fall or 2023, Manchester, UK:
Artemisia and Hildegard, Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
POSTPONED, Buffalo, NY:
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Brazen-Faced Varlets New Play Festival.
January 7, Zoom:
Reading of Georgia and the Butch, Cauldron & Labrys.
January 16, Denver, CO and Zoom:
In McClintock's Corn, Rant and Rave Series by Athena Project.
February 23-March 12, Tampa Bay, FL and Zoom:
In McClintock's Corn, Powerstories Theatre.
March 7, Zoom.
Georgia and the Butch, Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
March 11 and 12, Florence, Italy:
Giovanna D'Arco la rivolta, Compagnia Pupilunari, Il Teatro Borsi di Prato
June (TBA), Mount Desert Island, ME:
Gage leads a tour on the island to parts of The Lesbian History Trail of MDI. Sponsored by the Bar Harbor Historical Society.
July, Washington, DC:
In McClintock's Corn, Washington Women in Theatre 20th Anniversary Festival, American University. (reading)
2022
February 6, Southwest Harbor (Zoom):
Starpattern, Cauldron & Labrys Production.
March 25, Chicago & Zoom:
Excerpted scenes from In McClintock's Corn, Thumbprint Reads & Listens, 7:30-9:30 PM CST.
March 15-20, Tampa Bay and Online:
Starpattern (Zoom reading), The Voices of Truth Festival, Powerstories Theatre.
April 16, NYC and online:
Esther and Vashti, The Skeleton Represents. Professional reading, 7 pm EST.
Spring, Tallahassee, FL:
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Florida State Univ. Theatre Dept. Fringe Festival, White Mouse Productions
June 8-30 (see website for specific dates), Hollywood:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Theatre Asylum (Hollywood Fringe) , Underground Annex
June TBA, Freeport, ME:
Panel of Queer Writers, Monologue Workshop, performance of Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, reading of excerpt from Easter Sunday, Stonecoast Writers Conference.
June 24, 25, 26, Hyde Park, NY:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, The New Deal Creative Arts Center.
Summer, private event:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc .
September, TBA, Lakewood, CO:
Lighting Martha, Red Rocks Community College.
September, TBA, Tottori, Japan:
At Sea (reading), BIRD International Theatre Festival (presented by Queen's Theatre, NYC)
September 17, Southwest Harbor, ME:
In McClintock's Corn, 7 PM, free to the public, Maine Playwrights Festival cast, Legion Hall, sponsored by Southwest Harbor Public Library
October 1, Whalley, UK:
Lace Curtain Irish, Lavelle Productions, Whalley Village Hall.
October 1, Orono, ME:
In McClintock's Corn, Blackbox Theatre, student reading.
October 5, (Zoom)
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, States of Play Series, featuring Barbara Kahn.
December 9, Portland, OR:
Cookin' with Typhoid Mary, Portland State University, mainstage rehearsal space.
Fall or 2023, Manchester, UK:
Artemisia and Hildegard, Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
POSTPONED, Buffalo, NY:
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Brazen-Faced Varlets New Play Festival.
2021
January 3, 2021 Southwest Harbor, ME (Livestream):
Artemisia and Hildegard, Cauldron & Labrys Production, with Akia Woods and Carolyn Gage, talkback moderated by Stripe Gandara
January 30, NYC (Livestream):
Lighting Martha, Constructive Outrage Productions, NYC.
February 16, Chicago (livestream):
The Clarity of Pizza, Lesbian Shorts, PrideArts.
February 28, Gulfport, FL (live capture):
Artemisia and Hildegard, ReadOut 2021: A Festival of Lesbian Literature.
March 5-7, Bowling Green, KY (Streamed and live):
Lighting Martha, Western Kentucky University.
(Live performance is Feb. 20, but show will stream in March)
March 13, Southwest Harbor, ME (livestream):
Lighting Martha, Constructive Outrage Productions, fundraiser for Southwest Harbor Public Library.
I will be on the post-show panel! 6 PM.
April 3 & 4, Rockport, ME (livecapture Zoom):
Artemisia and Hildegard, Everyman Repertory Theatre, fundraiser for Farnsworth Museum.
April 9 &10, Mount Pleasant, MI:
Lighting Martha, Central Michigan University.
(Semi-private)
April 11, Hollywood, CA:
At Sea, SWAN Day Festival, Play Club West. 6 PM Pacific time and 9 PM Eastern Time.
April 16-19 , NYC (live capture):
Easter Sunday, Clutch Productions, NYC. Premieres April 16 at 7 PM EST. Available through April 19.
April 30, Portland, ME: (livestream zoom)
The Poorly Written Play Festival, Maine Playwrights Festival Fundraiser, 7 PM EST.
May 16, Southwest Harbor, ME: (livestream zoom)
Head in the Game and The Intimacy Coordinator, Cauldron & Labrys Productions, moderated talkback. 6 PM EST.
May 22, Bethlehem, NH:
In McClintock's Corn (reading), the Highlands Inn.
June 7-21, Dublin, Ireland: (livestream)
Calamity Jane Sends a A Message to Her Daughter, International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.
June 12 NYC (livestream):
Esther and Vashti, reading, The Skeleton Rep(resents), 2:30-6:30 EST
June 18, NYC (livestream):
Monologue about Harriet Vinton Davis, Put a Woman on a Pedestal, 7 PM Eastern, New Shokan Kitchen Island Project.
June 21-26 (tentative) Portland, ME (Livestream):
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Maine Playwrights Festival.
June 21, 2021, NYC and Livestream:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman Monologue (perfomed by Carolyn Gage), Some1Speaking Monologues, produced by Roland Tek.
September 24, Portland, ME:
In McClintock's Corn, (developmental reading), Maine Playwrights Festival.
October 6-17, Tampa Bay, FL and online:
In McClintock's Corn, (zoom reading), The Voices of Women Theatre Festival, Powerstories Theatre.
October 26, Southwest Harbor, ME (and zoom):
"The Lesbian History Trail of Mount Desert Island," a zoom presentation by Carolyn Gage sponsored by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
December 5, Arezano, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, trans. by Edy Quaggio, Festival Progetto Rivendell. Produced by Hermit Crab/Pupilunari.
2020
January 17- February 2, Buffalo, NY:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Brazen-Faced Varlets.
January 27, Portland, ME:
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Maine Playwrights Festival Preview Readings Night.
February 6-8, Newton Centre, MA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Newton South High School Auditorium.
February 14, 15, 21 & 22, Jenkinstown, PA:
Leading Ladies, Pulley and Buttonhole Theatre Company.
February 14, 15, &16, Chicago:
At Sea, Violet Surprise: Lez Beaus! at The Martin.
March 7 & 8, Poulsbo, WA:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter and Cookin' with Typhoid Mary, Jewel Box Theatre.
April 29, College Park, MD (livestream):
Black Eye and At Sea, Zoom readings by "Friends of Ellen" (lesbian discussion group) at University of Maryland.
May 16, NYC (livestream):
Female Nude Seated, Counterclaim Productions, online reading. (Zoom URL to come!)
July 21, Southwest Harbor, ME (livestream):
Reading of excerpts from the letters between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 2 PM, Southwest Harbor Public Library. Gage and the fabulous Denise Poirier.
August 4, (livestream), NYC
Female Nude Seated video is going to be viewed by a "Writing in the Disciplines" class at Pace University. I'm doing a talk-back.
October 23-31, Rochester, NY (live and livestream):
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Out of Pocket Productions.
October 25, livestream:
The 2020 Lesbian Tent Revival with Shelley Graff.
November, Washington, DC:
Cookin' With Typhoid Mary, Catholic University of America, semi-private performance.
November 17, Southwest Harbor, ME (livestream):
Reading of excerpts from the letters between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 2 PM, Southwest Harbor Public Library. Gage and the fabulous Denise Poirier.
December (TBA), River Forest, IL:
Semi-private performance of The Clarity of Pizza at Dominican University.
POSTPONED:
Postponed... Hollywood, CA:
Easter Sunday, 2Cents Theatre Group's Acting Out INK Fest 2020, Broadwaters Theatre.
Postponed, Santa Barbara, CA:
Lighting Martha, University of California at Santa Barbara.
CANCELLED
May 14 & 15, Northampton, MA:
Louisa May Incest , Smith College Theatre Department,Commencement Studio Production. I will be at a talk-back after the matinee on May 15.
London:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival is producing the show with Party Boy by Brian Merriman at the Cockpit Theatre in London.
2019
February 7-9, 14-16, Montreal:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, McGill University, Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre.
February 7-9, Bryn Mawr, PA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Agnes Irwin School.
March 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, Akron, OH:
The Gage and Mr. Comstock, A Labor Play,
The Clarity of Pizza, Black Eye,The Rules of the Playground, At Sea, Queen Bee Productions, Weathervane Playhouse.
April TBA, Venice, ITALY:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Biennale College Teatro 2019, La Biennale di Venezia.
April 18, Twin Falls, ID:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, College of Southern Idaho Stage Door Series.
April 24 & 25, Tuscaloosa, AL:
Lighting Martha, Crimson Stage, University of Alabama.
April 25 & 26, Roanoke VA:
The P.E. Teacher, Hollins University.
May 13-18, Dublin:
The Obligatory Scene, The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Teachers Club Studio.
May 17 & 18, Lake Worth FL:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Empty Closets Women's Theatre, Compass Community Center, 201 N. Dixie Hwy.
June 5-8, Knutsford, ENGLAND:
52 Pickup, Knutsford Little Theatre International Play Festival, Knutsford, Cheshire.
June 15, NYC:
"Shame: My Mother's Abortions," will be performed as a reading at Under St. Mark's Theater as part of a fundraiser for the National Network Of Abortion Funds, 7-9 PM.
June 15, Wilmslow, ENGLAND:
52 Pickup, Wilmslow Festival of One-Act Plays, Wilmslow Guild Players.
June 15, 18, 20, 22, Portland, ME:
Lighting Martha, PortFringe, Portland Stage Company Studio Theatre.
July 10-14, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA:
The Obligatory Scene, Regina Fringe Festival, produced by University of Regina Theatre Students' Association.
July 16 &20, NYC:
The Obligatory Scene, Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project.
August 26, Lenox, MA:
At Sea, Shakespeare & Company Fringe Festival
September 30, Tucson, AZ:
"Shame: My Mother's Abortions," from the larger work #AfterTheBans, Strada Company
October 5, Jersey City, NJ:
"Shame: My Mother's Abortions," from the larger work #AfterTheBans, #NoDominion Theater.
Oct 26th & 27, Poulsbo, WA:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Cookin' with Typhoid Mary, Jewel Box Theatre.
December 7, Portland, ME:
Black Star, Maine Playwrights Festival Reading Series. 7 PM at Acorn Studios.
2018
January 26, Portland, OR:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, with Julia Reddy, details TBA.
March 2-11, NYC:
At Sea, ANDTheatre Company's Eclectic Evening of Shorts: Boxers & Briefs. Directed by Kathe Mull. Eight performances: March 2 at 7, March 3 at 3 and 7, March 4 at 6, March 8 at 9, March 9 at 7, March 10 at 9, March 11 at 2. Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor.
March16-18, New Orleans:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Tulane University Performing Arts Society
March 22- April 3, Dallas, TX:
The Rules of the Playground, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts.
April 3-4, Wilmington, DE:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Wilmington Drama League.
April 7, Bethlehem, NH:
Easter Sunday, semi-staged reading at the Highlands Inn with Gage and Julia Reddy.
April 17-22, Potsdam, NY:
Bite My Thumb, Festival of One-Acts, SUNY Potsdam.April 17 - 20, 7:30 p.m., April 18, 2 p.m., 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., April 22, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Blackbox Theater, Performing Arts Center
April 26-28, Macon, GA:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Studio Theatre, Wesleyan College.
April 19-22, Wichita Falls, TX:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Midwestern State University.
May 1, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival. The Royal Alexandra and Albert School.
May 7-18, Leatherhead and Reigate, UK:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, The Royal Alexandra and Albert School. Featured at the Leatherhead Drama Festival.
May 12-13, Rome:
Giovanna d/Arco-la rivolta, Carrozzerie not. Production by Associazione Culturale Hermit Crab
May 14-20, Dublin:.
Easter Sunday, Dublin International Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Eight performances. See website for days/times/venue.
May 25-26, NYC:
Monologue from The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, performed by Barbara Kahn, Lower East Side Festival.
June 13, NYC:
52 Pickup, Fresh Fruit Short Play Competition, Nuyorican Cafe. 7 PM. Directed by Kathe Mull.
July 20-21, Schenectady, NY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY.
July 20-28, Ashtabula, OH:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Rescued from the Mess. July 20, 21, 22; and 27, 28, and 29.
August 24 &25, NYC:
52 Pickup, Manhattan Repertory Theatre.
September 13 and 21, Florence, Italy:
Giovanna d/Arco-la rivolta, Teatro delle donne. Production by Associazione Culturale Hermit Crab
September 22 & 23, Providence, RI:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Brown University Production Workshop’s “Festival of Queer Art.” 9/22 at 2pm and 9/23 at 8pm. Facebook event page
October 4-7, Columbia, MO:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Warehouse Theatre Company, Stephens College.
November 1-2, Baton Rouge:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Baton Rough Magnet High School.
November 15-17 (only one of these nights, TBA), Adrian, MI:
The Rules of the Playground, Siena Heights University (directing class).
November 15-17, Ada, OK:
Head in the Game, East Central University, Chalmers Herman Theatre.
November 30 & Dec. 1, Cleveland, OH:
Black Eye, Case Western Reserve University.
December 14-16, Pittsburgh, PA:
Planchette, Raymond Laine One-Acts Festival sponsored by Point Park University, at Pittsburgh Playhouse.
November/December TBA, Turin, Italy:
Giovanna d/Arco-la rivolta, Cubo Teatro. Production by Associazione Culturale Hermit Crab
Sometime in 2018, Indianapolis, IN:
Artemisia and Hildegard, reading by a book group, The Fourells: Lovely Lesbians Loving Literature.
2017
February 3-12, Youngstown, OH:
Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist and Mason-Dixon, The Victorian Players Theater, 502-210-1252.
February 25, Oneonta, NY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, SUNY Oneonta, Hamblin Theatre.
March 21-23, Providence, RI:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Brown University, PW Upspace. With Emily Tunkel.
April 23, Portland, ME:
At Sea will be read, as a semi-finalist in the Maine Playwrights Festival, at the Portland Ballet Theatre.
April 27, Androssan, Canada:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Androssan Community Theatre.
April 29, Bethlehem, NH:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc with Julia Reddy (second act with playright talk-back), Highlands Inn. (Lesbian B & B)
May 5-7, Waterville, ME:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Aqua City Actors, The Center, May 5 & 6 at 7:30pm, May 7 at 2 PM, The Center. Program of 6 comic one-acts.
May 1-14, Dublin, Ireland:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message To Her Daughter, International Dublin Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival, specific dates and venue TBA.
May 13, Bar Mills, ME:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc with Julia Reddy, Saco River Theatre.
May 16, NYC:
At Sea, Act Out/Fresh Fruit 10-Minute Play Competition, Nuyorican Cafe.
May 29, Rome:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, Festival Primavera dei Teatri, Castrovillari.
May (TBA), NYC:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, In Scena! Italian Theatre Festival.
July 21, NYC:
At Sea, Fresh Fruit Festival, directed by Kathe Mull. 2 PM. The Wild Project, 195 E 3rd St, between Avenue A & Avenue B, East Village.
July 6-9, Madison: WI:
Babe: An Olympian Musical, National Women's Music Festival. Concert/reading. Audition info.
July 14-16, Albany, NY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, First Congregational Church, Soul Rebel Performance Troupe.
July 19, Sansepolcro, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, 11:15 PM, Kilowatt Festival, Auditorium di Santa Chiara.
July 22 & 23, Buxton, UK:
Lace Curtain Irish, Buxton Fringe Festival, featuring Joanne Lavelle. Dates and venues TBA.
September 2, Amelia, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, TBA.
October 14, Milano:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, Festival Illecite Visioni, Teatro Dei Filodrammatici, Milano
October 21, Sacramento:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, William Geery Theatre. Lindsey Ahern Productions.
2016
February 11, Portland, ME:
Head in the Game, staged reading by Snowlion Repertory, closed reading.
February 12 & 13, Rome, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, Carrozzerie N.O.T.
February 13, Denton, TX:
Excerpt from Babe! included in a concert titled
"Women's Voices" presented by University of North Texas Opera at the Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center, free.
March 29, Los Angeles:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. With Karen Shields.St. Robert's Hall Auditorium,7:00 p.m.,Free and Open to the public
March 30 and April 8, Kent, Ohio:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Women's Leadership Symposium, Kent State University.
April 14, 15, 16, Oswego, OR:
The Ladies' Room, Lake Oswego High School, directed by Emma-Josephine N. Formanek
May 4-7, Portland, ME:
Planchette, Maine Playwrights Festival. St. Lawrence Art Center.
May 8, Portland, ME:
Acorn's 24-Hour Theater Festival, St. Lawrence Art Center, 7:30 PM.
June 11, Bar Harbor, ME:
The Parmachene Belle and Souvenirs from Eden, Bar Harbor Pride, Criterion Theatre.
July 14 &16, NYC:
Planchette, Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project at 7 PM. NOTE: This is in an evening of one-acts called Child's Play. Click here for tickets. Indiegogo campaign!
July 30, Buffalo, NY:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Buffalo Infringement Festival. at Rust Belt Books.
August 26, San Francisco:
At Sea, LezWrites by 3Girls Theatre, 7:30 at Thick House, 1695 18th St.
September 11, Boston (Somerville):
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, featuring Julia Reddy, The Auspicious Phoenix,438 Somerville Ave. FREE!
September 22-24, Ottawa, Canada:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, featuring Julia Reddy, "Lesbian Artivism in the Global Age" Conference, University of Ottawa.
November 15, Boston:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc with Julia Reddy, Boston University, 7 PM.
November 6, Scottsdale, AZ:
Babe:An Olympian Musical, produced by Arizona State University Musical Theatre/Lyric Opera Dept.
At ASU Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N Scottsdale Rd, Paradise Valley, AZ.
2015 Productions
March 4, Grand Forks, ND:
The Gage and Mr. Comstock, reading, University of North Dakota Women's Center.
March 5-8, Portland, ME:
The Clarity of Pizza, presented by Snowlion Repertory in an evening of one-acts, The Maine Dish. Portland Ballet Studio Theater.
March 15, Easthampton, MA:
Gage on Stage... with Julia Reddy. Produced by Gather the Lesbians. Will include complete performance of Louisa May Incest. Easthampton Building, 3-5 PM. For tickets.
March 7 & 8, Kitchener, Ontario:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, SheSpeaks Festival, Flush Ink Productions.
March 28, Bethlehem, NH:
Gage on Stage... with Julia Reddy, The Highlands Inn.
April 18-19, Los Angeles:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, 2 Cents Theatre InkFest, cosponsored by Los Angeles Women's Theatre Company.
April 21, New York City:
Black Eye, directed by Nicole Kontolefa, Fresh Fruit Short Play Contest at Nuyorican Cafe.
April 24, Rye, NY:
Black Eye in the Spring One-Act Festival at Rye Country Day School.
April 25, Portland, ME:
I Have Come To Show You Death, (reading) Parker Pavilion, Maine Women Writers Colllection, University of New England, 2 PM. Donation.
April & May (dates TBA), Middlebury, VT:
Mason-Dixon, Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. (Not open to the public)
May 2, 8, 15 & 16, Deadwood, SD:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Deadwood Alive... in the Charlie Utter Theater Above Saloon #10, where Wild Bill was shot. May 2, 8, 15 & 16.
June 18, Shanghai, China:
Bite My Thumb, Shanghai LGBT Pride Festival, East West Theatre. 8 and 10 PM, Venue: Happiness 42 (42 Xingfu Lu, Changning District, Shanghai, China).
June 11, Sacramento, CA:
Excerpt from Sappho in Love, produced by Closet Door Theatre for Art Mix at the Crocker Art Museum.
June 26 & 28, Portland, ME:
Louisa May Incest, with Carolyn Gage and Julia Reddy, PortFringe, at the Portland Stage Studio Theatre.
June 29, South Portland, ME:
Planchette, Snowlion Repertory Playlabs (reading), closed to the public.
July 24, NYC:
Black Eye, Fresh Fruit Festival at Wild Project, 6:30 PM.
July 11, 17, & 19, Minneapolis, MN:
Lace Curtain Irish, Gadfly Theatre, "Horror Festival," Nimbus Theatre 1517 Central Ave NE.
July 11-25, Washington, DC:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Theatre Prometheus, Capital Fringe Festival. 11 July - 4:55,12 July - 9:00,
19 July - 8:30, 21 July - 8:45, 23 July - 7:00, 25 July - 4:45.
August 2, Chicago:
Black Eye, 906 Theatre Company, "Echoes of..." Short Play Festival.
August 21-22, 28-29, Hamden, CT:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter and The Parmachene Belle, featuring Leslie Bernardini, The Actor's Gym.
October 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, Buffalo, NY:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Brazen-Faced Varlets.
2014 Productions
March 27-29, Louisville, KY:
Mason-Dixon, African American Theatre Program's 20th Anniversary at University of Louisville.
May 1-17, 2014, Buffalo, NY:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Brazen-Faced Varlets, Thurs-Sat. at Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen Street.
May 10, Boston, MA:
Patricide, One-Minute Sprints, Boston Theater Marathon, Rehearsal Room A at the Calderwood Pavilion.
May 24, Portland, ME:
Stigmata (staged reading), Mayo Street Arts, Portland, Maine. Directed by Stephanie Ross. "Funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts."
May 29, Portland, ME:
Reading of Ain't Got No-I Got Life by Snowlion Playlab. (Closed reading, rescheduled.)
June 24 & 29, Portland, ME:
Valerie Solanas At Matteawan, PortFringe, Portland Stage Company Studio Theatre, Tuesday June 24 at 6 PM and Sunday June 29 at 2 PM.
September 27-29, Allentown, PA:
Black Eye, Muhlenberg College.
October 17 & 18, Provincetown, MA:
Black Eye, International Women's Theatre Festival, 7 PM on Friday, 2 PM on Saturday (reading), Provincetown Theater.
November 1 & 2, Oxford, OH:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Oxford Community Arts Center
November 7-23, Santa Monica, CA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Crossroads School.
2013 Productions
February 11, Portland, ME:
Romantic excerpts from Gage's writing (TBA), Love, I Do, Portland Stage Company, 7 PM.
February 23- March 3, Minneapolis, MN:
The Obligatory Scene, Theatre Unbound.
March 1-3, St. Louis, MO:
Black Eye, Briefs: Festival of LGBT Plays, That Uppity Theatre Company.
March 13, NYC:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, featuring Barbara Kahn, SWAN Day/ Women's History Month Celebration, 7 PM, Theater for the New City.
April 11-28, Westbrook, ME:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist and Little Sister, coproduction of Cauldron & Labrys and Acorn Productions.
April or May, (TBA) Beijing, China:
贞德再临_中文 [Full production of Mandarin translation by Chen San of Gage's feminist classic, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc], Peng Hao Theater.
May 2-4, Portland, ME:
Radicals, Maine Playwrights Festival, Acorn Productions. May 2 at 7:30 PM, May 3 at 7:30 PM, May 4 at 4 PM, St. Lawrence Arts Center.
May 5, Portland ME:
24-Hour Portland Theater Project, 7 PM, St. Lawrence Arts Center.
June 28, Portland, ME:
Crossing the Rapelands (a new work), PortFringe 2013, Portland Stage Company Studio Theatre, 7 PM.
July 26-28, Des Moines, Iowa:
Leading Ladies, Staria Troupe, Directed by Sarah Hobart.
October, Boquete, Panama:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, The Boquete Community Players.
October 9, 11, &12, Spencer, OK:
Radicals, Oct 12th (at the OSSAA One Act Play High School Competition,Oct 9th and Oct 11th (at 7pm in the Star Spencer High School Studio Theatre)
November 3 & 10, New Orleans:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Solomania Festival at The Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., Sunday Nov. 3 at 3 PM and Friday Nov. 10 at 7 PM, Break the Mold Productions. Read interview here...
November 9, Lansing, MI:
The Drum Lesson, Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Women in the Arts Festival (WITA), Edgewood United Church.
2012 Productions
January 6-8, Portland, ME:
Axed! (The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived & Lace Curtain Irish), Lucid Stage, Cauldron & Labrys Productions.
February 24-26, St. Louis, MI:
The Ladies' Room, That Uppity Theatre Company, “BRIEFS: A FESTIVAL OF SHORT LESBIAN & GAY PLAYS.”
March 8 & 9, Port Townsend, WA:
Excerpt from The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at Key City Playhouse. Part of a program for International Women's Day.
March 16- April 1, Phoenix, AZ:
Babe: An Olympian Musical, Theatre Artists Studio.
Click here for downloadable flyer with ticket info.
April 21, Portland, ME:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, MeACT One-Act Festival, Lucid Stage. Click here for schedule.
April 26-29, Naperville, IL:
Louisa May Incest, North Central College.
June 27 & 30, Portland, ME:
Emily & Sue: A Love Story in 5 Scenes and 4 Seizures, Presented by Portland Theater Collaborative’s
PortFringe 2012, Lucid Stage (June 27 at 8 PM) and St. Lawrence Art Center (June 30 at 7 PM).
July 16-29 (dates TBA), NYC:
Emily & Sue: A Love Story in Five Scenes and Four Seizures, Featuring Karen Ball, Fresh Fruit Festival, WILD Project on 3rd Street between Avenues A & B.
July 20-29, San Antonio, TX:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, featuring Martha Prentiss, Jump-Start Theatre.
July 27, Chicago:
The Spindle, Women’s Work Weekend, 7:15 PM, Hoover-Leppen Theater of Center on Halsted, sponsored by Pride Films and Plays.
June 9-10, Beijing, China:
贞德再临_中文 [Reading of Mandarin translation by Chen San of Gage's feminist classic, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc], Peng Hao Theater. 35 Dongmianhua Hutong (south gate of the Central Academy of Drama, between Nanluogu Xiang and Jiaodaokou Nandajie), Dongcheng District, 2:30-4:00 PM
November 20, Portland, ME:
Reading of Little Sister, Snowlion Playlab, evening. [closed reading.]
2011 Productions
February 25, Portland, ME:
Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist, and more! Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, ME.
February 26, Lexington, KY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Agape Theatre Troupe, Lexington, KY.
?? Columbus, OH:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Ohio State University Theatre Department.
March 7 & 8, Port Townsend, WA:
Excerpt from The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, International Women's Day at Key City Public Theatre.
March 10-13, Laurel, MD:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman with Karen Shields (Break the Mold Production) at Venus Theatre.
March 23, Montreal, CA:
La Résurrection de Jeanne d'Arc, Théâtre Rialto, 5723 du Parc, Montréal, 8 PM. Click here for info.
March 30, Montreal, CA:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc (English version). Théâtre Rialto, 5723 du Parc, Montréal. Click here
for info.
June 25, Brunswick, ME:
Speak Fully the One Awful Word, with Karen Ball Cabot, (staged reading) Conference: "Harriet Beecher Stowe at
200: Home, Nation, and Place in the 21st Century," Bowdoin College, June 22 - 25.
July 12 & 13, NYC:
The Fresh Fruit Festival! Break the Mold Production ofThe Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, starring Karen Shields! July 12 at 7 PM, July 13th at 6 PM at Barrows Group Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street.
August 25 & 26, Dunedin, New Zealand:
Selected scenes from Stigmata, Columba College.
September 25, Portland, ME:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived (reading), Lucid Stage Fundraiser. Email for details.
October 7, NYC:
Lace Curtain Irish at Sola Voce Estrogenia 2011, Manhattan Theatre Source.
Oct. 22-23, NYC:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, Fresh Fruit Festival.
Dec. 19, Portland, ME:
Souvenirs from Eden, Snowlion Repertory Company, Lucid Stage.
2010 Productions
January 21- 24, New Orleans, LA:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, starring Karen Shields, AllWays Lounge and Marigny Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117,Tickets: $15.00, For ticket information and reservations call: 504-427-4816.
January 29-31, Malta:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Gozo Creative Theater Club. For more info, email.
February 12-27, Madison, WI:
Sappho in Love, Stage Q.
February 25 & 26, Compton, CA:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, El Camino College Compton Center, Feb. 25 & 26 at 7 PM
March 6, 7, and 11, Fresno, CA:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, The Poorly-Written Play Festival, A Labor Play, Theatre Ventoux at the Rogue Festival.
March 15, Laurel, MD:
Hermeneutic Circlejerk, (reading) Venus Theatre, at the Play Shack, C Street, 8 PM.
March 27, Portland, ME:
Excerpt from The Parmachene Belle at Mainely Monologues, a SWAN [Support Women Artists Now] Day Event, At University of New England Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., 2-4 PM.
March 30, Boston:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women (reading), Another Country Productions, Boston Playwrights Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 7:30 PM. Suggested donation, $10.
April 15-17, Dallas, PA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Misericordia Players at Lemmond Theater, Walsh Hall, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., 8 p.m. $5, $3 seniors. 674-6719.
April 21, 22, & 23, Forest Grove, OR:
Bite My Thumb, LunchBox Theatre, Pacific University.
April 22 & 24, NYC:
Black Eye at Pace University, Schaeberle Studio, 41 Park Row, admission free.
May 11, Athens, TX:
Louisa May Incest, Trinity Valley Community College, 903-675-3290.
May 14, NYC:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, in Herstorical Figures produced by Playwrights for Pets, Roy Arias Studio 606. Fundraiser for Glenn Wild Animal Rescue.
May 16, Montreal:
Promotional Launch, Village Scene Productions, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and La Resurrection de Jeanne d'Arc, Village Scene Productions (Productions Village Scene), 2:00pm - 4:00pm,Théâtre Saint Catherine 264 Ste-Catherine E. Montréal. Click here for Facebook Event Page.
June 25, 26, & 27, Fort Lauderdale, FL:
The Ladies Room, as part of "Girl Play," The Second Annual Lesbian Play Festival, produced by the Women's Theatre Project.
July 1, Boston:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Boston Stage Company, 8-9 PM, 791 Tremont Street.
August 19-29, Montreal:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and La Résurrection de Jeanne d’Arc, Village Scene Productions.
September 10 & 17, New Orleans:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at the Women's Work Festival at Le Chat Noir. Featuring Karen Shields in her acclaimed production. Performances are Sept. 10th @ 8:00, Sept. 12th @ 6:00 and Sept. 17th @ 8:00.
October 7-10, Montreal:
La Résurrection de Jeanne d'Arc / The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, check for times,L'Espace Freestanding Room 4324 St-Laurent, 3è étage. Harvest LGBT Theatre Festival, Village Scene Productions. Facebook page.
October 15 &16, New Orleans:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at the University of New Orleans, 8 PM. Featuring Karen Shields in her acclaimed production.
October 22 &23, Slidell, LA:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at Cutting Edge Theatre (Attractions Hair Salon) Featuring Karen Shields in her acclaimed production.
November 6, 7, 13, &14, Provincetown, MA:
Lace Curtain Irish at the Provincetown Playwrights' Festival, Provincetown Theatre.
December 12, Somerville, MA:
Patricide, at Gan-e-Meed Theatre, 2 PM. (staged reading).
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Artemisia and Hildegard, Cauldron & Labrys Production, with Akia Woods and Carolyn Gage, talkback moderated by Stripe Gandara
January 30, NYC (Livestream):
Lighting Martha, Constructive Outrage Productions, NYC.
February 16, Chicago (livestream):
The Clarity of Pizza, Lesbian Shorts, PrideArts.
February 28, Gulfport, FL (live capture):
Artemisia and Hildegard, ReadOut 2021: A Festival of Lesbian Literature.
March 5-7, Bowling Green, KY (Streamed and live):
Lighting Martha, Western Kentucky University.
(Live performance is Feb. 20, but show will stream in March)
March 13, Southwest Harbor, ME (livestream):
Lighting Martha, Constructive Outrage Productions, fundraiser for Southwest Harbor Public Library.
I will be on the post-show panel! 6 PM.
April 3 & 4, Rockport, ME (livecapture Zoom):
Artemisia and Hildegard, Everyman Repertory Theatre, fundraiser for Farnsworth Museum.
April 9 &10, Mount Pleasant, MI:
Lighting Martha, Central Michigan University.
(Semi-private)
April 11, Hollywood, CA:
At Sea, SWAN Day Festival, Play Club West. 6 PM Pacific time and 9 PM Eastern Time.
April 16-19 , NYC (live capture):
Easter Sunday, Clutch Productions, NYC. Premieres April 16 at 7 PM EST. Available through April 19.
April 30, Portland, ME: (livestream zoom)
The Poorly Written Play Festival, Maine Playwrights Festival Fundraiser, 7 PM EST.
May 16, Southwest Harbor, ME: (livestream zoom)
Head in the Game and The Intimacy Coordinator, Cauldron & Labrys Productions, moderated talkback. 6 PM EST.
May 22, Bethlehem, NH:
In McClintock's Corn (reading), the Highlands Inn.
June 7-21, Dublin, Ireland: (livestream)
Calamity Jane Sends a A Message to Her Daughter, International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.
June 12 NYC (livestream):
Esther and Vashti, reading, The Skeleton Rep(resents), 2:30-6:30 EST
June 18, NYC (livestream):
Monologue about Harriet Vinton Davis, Put a Woman on a Pedestal, 7 PM Eastern, New Shokan Kitchen Island Project.
June 21-26 (tentative) Portland, ME (Livestream):
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Maine Playwrights Festival.
June 21, 2021, NYC and Livestream:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman Monologue (perfomed by Carolyn Gage), Some1Speaking Monologues, produced by Roland Tek.
September 24, Portland, ME:
In McClintock's Corn, (developmental reading), Maine Playwrights Festival.
October 6-17, Tampa Bay, FL and online:
In McClintock's Corn, (zoom reading), The Voices of Women Theatre Festival, Powerstories Theatre.
October 26, Southwest Harbor, ME (and zoom):
"The Lesbian History Trail of Mount Desert Island," a zoom presentation by Carolyn Gage sponsored by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
December 5, Arezano, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, trans. by Edy Quaggio, Festival Progetto Rivendell. Produced by Hermit Crab/Pupilunari.
2020
January 17- February 2, Buffalo, NY:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Brazen-Faced Varlets.
January 27, Portland, ME:
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season, Maine Playwrights Festival Preview Readings Night.
February 6-8, Newton Centre, MA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Newton South High School Auditorium.
February 14, 15, 21 & 22, Jenkinstown, PA:
Leading Ladies, Pulley and Buttonhole Theatre Company.
February 14, 15, &16, Chicago:
At Sea, Violet Surprise: Lez Beaus! at The Martin.
March 7 & 8, Poulsbo, WA:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter and Cookin' with Typhoid Mary, Jewel Box Theatre.
April 29, College Park, MD (livestream):
Black Eye and At Sea, Zoom readings by "Friends of Ellen" (lesbian discussion group) at University of Maryland.
May 16, NYC (livestream):
Female Nude Seated, Counterclaim Productions, online reading. (Zoom URL to come!)
July 21, Southwest Harbor, ME (livestream):
Reading of excerpts from the letters between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 2 PM, Southwest Harbor Public Library. Gage and the fabulous Denise Poirier.
August 4, (livestream), NYC
Female Nude Seated video is going to be viewed by a "Writing in the Disciplines" class at Pace University. I'm doing a talk-back.
October 23-31, Rochester, NY (live and livestream):
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Out of Pocket Productions.
October 25, livestream:
The 2020 Lesbian Tent Revival with Shelley Graff.
November, Washington, DC:
Cookin' With Typhoid Mary, Catholic University of America, semi-private performance.
November 17, Southwest Harbor, ME (livestream):
Reading of excerpts from the letters between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 2 PM, Southwest Harbor Public Library. Gage and the fabulous Denise Poirier.
December (TBA), River Forest, IL:
Semi-private performance of The Clarity of Pizza at Dominican University.
POSTPONED:
Postponed... Hollywood, CA:
Easter Sunday, 2Cents Theatre Group's Acting Out INK Fest 2020, Broadwaters Theatre.
Postponed, Santa Barbara, CA:
Lighting Martha, University of California at Santa Barbara.
CANCELLED
May 14 & 15, Northampton, MA:
Louisa May Incest , Smith College Theatre Department,Commencement Studio Production. I will be at a talk-back after the matinee on May 15.
London:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival is producing the show with Party Boy by Brian Merriman at the Cockpit Theatre in London.
2019
February 7-9, 14-16, Montreal:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, McGill University, Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre.
February 7-9, Bryn Mawr, PA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Agnes Irwin School.
March 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, Akron, OH:
The Gage and Mr. Comstock, A Labor Play,
The Clarity of Pizza, Black Eye,The Rules of the Playground, At Sea, Queen Bee Productions, Weathervane Playhouse.
April TBA, Venice, ITALY:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Biennale College Teatro 2019, La Biennale di Venezia.
April 18, Twin Falls, ID:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, College of Southern Idaho Stage Door Series.
April 24 & 25, Tuscaloosa, AL:
Lighting Martha, Crimson Stage, University of Alabama.
April 25 & 26, Roanoke VA:
The P.E. Teacher, Hollins University.
May 13-18, Dublin:
The Obligatory Scene, The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Teachers Club Studio.
May 17 & 18, Lake Worth FL:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Empty Closets Women's Theatre, Compass Community Center, 201 N. Dixie Hwy.
June 5-8, Knutsford, ENGLAND:
52 Pickup, Knutsford Little Theatre International Play Festival, Knutsford, Cheshire.
June 15, NYC:
"Shame: My Mother's Abortions," will be performed as a reading at Under St. Mark's Theater as part of a fundraiser for the National Network Of Abortion Funds, 7-9 PM.
June 15, Wilmslow, ENGLAND:
52 Pickup, Wilmslow Festival of One-Act Plays, Wilmslow Guild Players.
June 15, 18, 20, 22, Portland, ME:
Lighting Martha, PortFringe, Portland Stage Company Studio Theatre.
July 10-14, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA:
The Obligatory Scene, Regina Fringe Festival, produced by University of Regina Theatre Students' Association.
July 16 &20, NYC:
The Obligatory Scene, Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project.
August 26, Lenox, MA:
At Sea, Shakespeare & Company Fringe Festival
September 30, Tucson, AZ:
"Shame: My Mother's Abortions," from the larger work #AfterTheBans, Strada Company
October 5, Jersey City, NJ:
"Shame: My Mother's Abortions," from the larger work #AfterTheBans, #NoDominion Theater.
Oct 26th & 27, Poulsbo, WA:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Cookin' with Typhoid Mary, Jewel Box Theatre.
December 7, Portland, ME:
Black Star, Maine Playwrights Festival Reading Series. 7 PM at Acorn Studios.
2018
January 26, Portland, OR:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, with Julia Reddy, details TBA.
March 2-11, NYC:
At Sea, ANDTheatre Company's Eclectic Evening of Shorts: Boxers & Briefs. Directed by Kathe Mull. Eight performances: March 2 at 7, March 3 at 3 and 7, March 4 at 6, March 8 at 9, March 9 at 7, March 10 at 9, March 11 at 2. Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor.
March16-18, New Orleans:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Tulane University Performing Arts Society
March 22- April 3, Dallas, TX:
The Rules of the Playground, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts.
April 3-4, Wilmington, DE:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Wilmington Drama League.
April 7, Bethlehem, NH:
Easter Sunday, semi-staged reading at the Highlands Inn with Gage and Julia Reddy.
April 17-22, Potsdam, NY:
Bite My Thumb, Festival of One-Acts, SUNY Potsdam.April 17 - 20, 7:30 p.m., April 18, 2 p.m., 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., April 22, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Blackbox Theater, Performing Arts Center
April 26-28, Macon, GA:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Studio Theatre, Wesleyan College.
April 19-22, Wichita Falls, TX:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Midwestern State University.
May 1, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival. The Royal Alexandra and Albert School.
May 7-18, Leatherhead and Reigate, UK:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, The Royal Alexandra and Albert School. Featured at the Leatherhead Drama Festival.
May 12-13, Rome:
Giovanna d/Arco-la rivolta, Carrozzerie not. Production by Associazione Culturale Hermit Crab
May 14-20, Dublin:.
Easter Sunday, Dublin International Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Eight performances. See website for days/times/venue.
May 25-26, NYC:
Monologue from The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, performed by Barbara Kahn, Lower East Side Festival.
June 13, NYC:
52 Pickup, Fresh Fruit Short Play Competition, Nuyorican Cafe. 7 PM. Directed by Kathe Mull.
July 20-21, Schenectady, NY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY.
July 20-28, Ashtabula, OH:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Rescued from the Mess. July 20, 21, 22; and 27, 28, and 29.
August 24 &25, NYC:
52 Pickup, Manhattan Repertory Theatre.
September 13 and 21, Florence, Italy:
Giovanna d/Arco-la rivolta, Teatro delle donne. Production by Associazione Culturale Hermit Crab
September 22 & 23, Providence, RI:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Brown University Production Workshop’s “Festival of Queer Art.” 9/22 at 2pm and 9/23 at 8pm. Facebook event page
October 4-7, Columbia, MO:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Warehouse Theatre Company, Stephens College.
November 1-2, Baton Rouge:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Baton Rough Magnet High School.
November 15-17 (only one of these nights, TBA), Adrian, MI:
The Rules of the Playground, Siena Heights University (directing class).
November 15-17, Ada, OK:
Head in the Game, East Central University, Chalmers Herman Theatre.
November 30 & Dec. 1, Cleveland, OH:
Black Eye, Case Western Reserve University.
December 14-16, Pittsburgh, PA:
Planchette, Raymond Laine One-Acts Festival sponsored by Point Park University, at Pittsburgh Playhouse.
November/December TBA, Turin, Italy:
Giovanna d/Arco-la rivolta, Cubo Teatro. Production by Associazione Culturale Hermit Crab
Sometime in 2018, Indianapolis, IN:
Artemisia and Hildegard, reading by a book group, The Fourells: Lovely Lesbians Loving Literature.
2017
February 3-12, Youngstown, OH:
Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist and Mason-Dixon, The Victorian Players Theater, 502-210-1252.
February 25, Oneonta, NY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, SUNY Oneonta, Hamblin Theatre.
March 21-23, Providence, RI:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Brown University, PW Upspace. With Emily Tunkel.
April 23, Portland, ME:
At Sea will be read, as a semi-finalist in the Maine Playwrights Festival, at the Portland Ballet Theatre.
April 27, Androssan, Canada:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Androssan Community Theatre.
April 29, Bethlehem, NH:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc with Julia Reddy (second act with playright talk-back), Highlands Inn. (Lesbian B & B)
May 5-7, Waterville, ME:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Aqua City Actors, The Center, May 5 & 6 at 7:30pm, May 7 at 2 PM, The Center. Program of 6 comic one-acts.
May 1-14, Dublin, Ireland:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message To Her Daughter, International Dublin Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival, specific dates and venue TBA.
May 13, Bar Mills, ME:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc with Julia Reddy, Saco River Theatre.
May 16, NYC:
At Sea, Act Out/Fresh Fruit 10-Minute Play Competition, Nuyorican Cafe.
May 29, Rome:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, Festival Primavera dei Teatri, Castrovillari.
May (TBA), NYC:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, In Scena! Italian Theatre Festival.
July 21, NYC:
At Sea, Fresh Fruit Festival, directed by Kathe Mull. 2 PM. The Wild Project, 195 E 3rd St, between Avenue A & Avenue B, East Village.
July 6-9, Madison: WI:
Babe: An Olympian Musical, National Women's Music Festival. Concert/reading. Audition info.
July 14-16, Albany, NY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, First Congregational Church, Soul Rebel Performance Troupe.
July 19, Sansepolcro, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, 11:15 PM, Kilowatt Festival, Auditorium di Santa Chiara.
July 22 & 23, Buxton, UK:
Lace Curtain Irish, Buxton Fringe Festival, featuring Joanne Lavelle. Dates and venues TBA.
September 2, Amelia, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, TBA.
October 14, Milano:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, Festival Illecite Visioni, Teatro Dei Filodrammatici, Milano
October 21, Sacramento:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, William Geery Theatre. Lindsey Ahern Productions.
2016
February 11, Portland, ME:
Head in the Game, staged reading by Snowlion Repertory, closed reading.
February 12 & 13, Rome, Italy:
Giovanna d'Arco - la rivolta, Carrozzerie N.O.T.
February 13, Denton, TX:
Excerpt from Babe! included in a concert titled
"Women's Voices" presented by University of North Texas Opera at the Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center, free.
March 29, Los Angeles:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. With Karen Shields.St. Robert's Hall Auditorium,7:00 p.m.,Free and Open to the public
March 30 and April 8, Kent, Ohio:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Women's Leadership Symposium, Kent State University.
April 14, 15, 16, Oswego, OR:
The Ladies' Room, Lake Oswego High School, directed by Emma-Josephine N. Formanek
May 4-7, Portland, ME:
Planchette, Maine Playwrights Festival. St. Lawrence Art Center.
May 8, Portland, ME:
Acorn's 24-Hour Theater Festival, St. Lawrence Art Center, 7:30 PM.
June 11, Bar Harbor, ME:
The Parmachene Belle and Souvenirs from Eden, Bar Harbor Pride, Criterion Theatre.
July 14 &16, NYC:
Planchette, Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project at 7 PM. NOTE: This is in an evening of one-acts called Child's Play. Click here for tickets. Indiegogo campaign!
July 30, Buffalo, NY:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Buffalo Infringement Festival. at Rust Belt Books.
August 26, San Francisco:
At Sea, LezWrites by 3Girls Theatre, 7:30 at Thick House, 1695 18th St.
September 11, Boston (Somerville):
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, featuring Julia Reddy, The Auspicious Phoenix,438 Somerville Ave. FREE!
September 22-24, Ottawa, Canada:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, featuring Julia Reddy, "Lesbian Artivism in the Global Age" Conference, University of Ottawa.
November 15, Boston:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc with Julia Reddy, Boston University, 7 PM.
November 6, Scottsdale, AZ:
Babe:An Olympian Musical, produced by Arizona State University Musical Theatre/Lyric Opera Dept.
At ASU Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N Scottsdale Rd, Paradise Valley, AZ.
2015 Productions
March 4, Grand Forks, ND:
The Gage and Mr. Comstock, reading, University of North Dakota Women's Center.
March 5-8, Portland, ME:
The Clarity of Pizza, presented by Snowlion Repertory in an evening of one-acts, The Maine Dish. Portland Ballet Studio Theater.
March 15, Easthampton, MA:
Gage on Stage... with Julia Reddy. Produced by Gather the Lesbians. Will include complete performance of Louisa May Incest. Easthampton Building, 3-5 PM. For tickets.
March 7 & 8, Kitchener, Ontario:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, SheSpeaks Festival, Flush Ink Productions.
March 28, Bethlehem, NH:
Gage on Stage... with Julia Reddy, The Highlands Inn.
April 18-19, Los Angeles:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, 2 Cents Theatre InkFest, cosponsored by Los Angeles Women's Theatre Company.
April 21, New York City:
Black Eye, directed by Nicole Kontolefa, Fresh Fruit Short Play Contest at Nuyorican Cafe.
April 24, Rye, NY:
Black Eye in the Spring One-Act Festival at Rye Country Day School.
April 25, Portland, ME:
I Have Come To Show You Death, (reading) Parker Pavilion, Maine Women Writers Colllection, University of New England, 2 PM. Donation.
April & May (dates TBA), Middlebury, VT:
Mason-Dixon, Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. (Not open to the public)
May 2, 8, 15 & 16, Deadwood, SD:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Deadwood Alive... in the Charlie Utter Theater Above Saloon #10, where Wild Bill was shot. May 2, 8, 15 & 16.
June 18, Shanghai, China:
Bite My Thumb, Shanghai LGBT Pride Festival, East West Theatre. 8 and 10 PM, Venue: Happiness 42 (42 Xingfu Lu, Changning District, Shanghai, China).
June 11, Sacramento, CA:
Excerpt from Sappho in Love, produced by Closet Door Theatre for Art Mix at the Crocker Art Museum.
June 26 & 28, Portland, ME:
Louisa May Incest, with Carolyn Gage and Julia Reddy, PortFringe, at the Portland Stage Studio Theatre.
June 29, South Portland, ME:
Planchette, Snowlion Repertory Playlabs (reading), closed to the public.
July 24, NYC:
Black Eye, Fresh Fruit Festival at Wild Project, 6:30 PM.
July 11, 17, & 19, Minneapolis, MN:
Lace Curtain Irish, Gadfly Theatre, "Horror Festival," Nimbus Theatre 1517 Central Ave NE.
July 11-25, Washington, DC:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Theatre Prometheus, Capital Fringe Festival. 11 July - 4:55,12 July - 9:00,
19 July - 8:30, 21 July - 8:45, 23 July - 7:00, 25 July - 4:45.
August 2, Chicago:
Black Eye, 906 Theatre Company, "Echoes of..." Short Play Festival.
August 21-22, 28-29, Hamden, CT:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter and The Parmachene Belle, featuring Leslie Bernardini, The Actor's Gym.
October 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, Buffalo, NY:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Brazen-Faced Varlets.
2014 Productions
March 27-29, Louisville, KY:
Mason-Dixon, African American Theatre Program's 20th Anniversary at University of Louisville.
May 1-17, 2014, Buffalo, NY:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Brazen-Faced Varlets, Thurs-Sat. at Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen Street.
May 10, Boston, MA:
Patricide, One-Minute Sprints, Boston Theater Marathon, Rehearsal Room A at the Calderwood Pavilion.
May 24, Portland, ME:
Stigmata (staged reading), Mayo Street Arts, Portland, Maine. Directed by Stephanie Ross. "Funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts."
May 29, Portland, ME:
Reading of Ain't Got No-I Got Life by Snowlion Playlab. (Closed reading, rescheduled.)
June 24 & 29, Portland, ME:
Valerie Solanas At Matteawan, PortFringe, Portland Stage Company Studio Theatre, Tuesday June 24 at 6 PM and Sunday June 29 at 2 PM.
September 27-29, Allentown, PA:
Black Eye, Muhlenberg College.
October 17 & 18, Provincetown, MA:
Black Eye, International Women's Theatre Festival, 7 PM on Friday, 2 PM on Saturday (reading), Provincetown Theater.
November 1 & 2, Oxford, OH:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Oxford Community Arts Center
November 7-23, Santa Monica, CA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Crossroads School.
2013 Productions
February 11, Portland, ME:
Romantic excerpts from Gage's writing (TBA), Love, I Do, Portland Stage Company, 7 PM.
February 23- March 3, Minneapolis, MN:
The Obligatory Scene, Theatre Unbound.
March 1-3, St. Louis, MO:
Black Eye, Briefs: Festival of LGBT Plays, That Uppity Theatre Company.
March 13, NYC:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, featuring Barbara Kahn, SWAN Day/ Women's History Month Celebration, 7 PM, Theater for the New City.
April 11-28, Westbrook, ME:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist and Little Sister, coproduction of Cauldron & Labrys and Acorn Productions.
April or May, (TBA) Beijing, China:
贞德再临_中文 [Full production of Mandarin translation by Chen San of Gage's feminist classic, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc], Peng Hao Theater.
May 2-4, Portland, ME:
Radicals, Maine Playwrights Festival, Acorn Productions. May 2 at 7:30 PM, May 3 at 7:30 PM, May 4 at 4 PM, St. Lawrence Arts Center.
May 5, Portland ME:
24-Hour Portland Theater Project, 7 PM, St. Lawrence Arts Center.
June 28, Portland, ME:
Crossing the Rapelands (a new work), PortFringe 2013, Portland Stage Company Studio Theatre, 7 PM.
July 26-28, Des Moines, Iowa:
Leading Ladies, Staria Troupe, Directed by Sarah Hobart.
October, Boquete, Panama:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, The Boquete Community Players.
October 9, 11, &12, Spencer, OK:
Radicals, Oct 12th (at the OSSAA One Act Play High School Competition,Oct 9th and Oct 11th (at 7pm in the Star Spencer High School Studio Theatre)
November 3 & 10, New Orleans:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, Solomania Festival at The Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., Sunday Nov. 3 at 3 PM and Friday Nov. 10 at 7 PM, Break the Mold Productions. Read interview here...
November 9, Lansing, MI:
The Drum Lesson, Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Women in the Arts Festival (WITA), Edgewood United Church.
2012 Productions
January 6-8, Portland, ME:
Axed! (The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived & Lace Curtain Irish), Lucid Stage, Cauldron & Labrys Productions.
February 24-26, St. Louis, MI:
The Ladies' Room, That Uppity Theatre Company, “BRIEFS: A FESTIVAL OF SHORT LESBIAN & GAY PLAYS.”
March 8 & 9, Port Townsend, WA:
Excerpt from The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at Key City Playhouse. Part of a program for International Women's Day.
March 16- April 1, Phoenix, AZ:
Babe: An Olympian Musical, Theatre Artists Studio.
Click here for downloadable flyer with ticket info.
April 21, Portland, ME:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, MeACT One-Act Festival, Lucid Stage. Click here for schedule.
April 26-29, Naperville, IL:
Louisa May Incest, North Central College.
June 27 & 30, Portland, ME:
Emily & Sue: A Love Story in 5 Scenes and 4 Seizures, Presented by Portland Theater Collaborative’s
PortFringe 2012, Lucid Stage (June 27 at 8 PM) and St. Lawrence Art Center (June 30 at 7 PM).
July 16-29 (dates TBA), NYC:
Emily & Sue: A Love Story in Five Scenes and Four Seizures, Featuring Karen Ball, Fresh Fruit Festival, WILD Project on 3rd Street between Avenues A & B.
July 20-29, San Antonio, TX:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, featuring Martha Prentiss, Jump-Start Theatre.
July 27, Chicago:
The Spindle, Women’s Work Weekend, 7:15 PM, Hoover-Leppen Theater of Center on Halsted, sponsored by Pride Films and Plays.
June 9-10, Beijing, China:
贞德再临_中文 [Reading of Mandarin translation by Chen San of Gage's feminist classic, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc], Peng Hao Theater. 35 Dongmianhua Hutong (south gate of the Central Academy of Drama, between Nanluogu Xiang and Jiaodaokou Nandajie), Dongcheng District, 2:30-4:00 PM
November 20, Portland, ME:
Reading of Little Sister, Snowlion Playlab, evening. [closed reading.]
2011 Productions
February 25, Portland, ME:
Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist, and more! Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, ME.
February 26, Lexington, KY:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Agape Theatre Troupe, Lexington, KY.
?? Columbus, OH:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, Ohio State University Theatre Department.
March 7 & 8, Port Townsend, WA:
Excerpt from The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, International Women's Day at Key City Public Theatre.
March 10-13, Laurel, MD:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman with Karen Shields (Break the Mold Production) at Venus Theatre.
March 23, Montreal, CA:
La Résurrection de Jeanne d'Arc, Théâtre Rialto, 5723 du Parc, Montréal, 8 PM. Click here for info.
March 30, Montreal, CA:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc (English version). Théâtre Rialto, 5723 du Parc, Montréal. Click here
for info.
June 25, Brunswick, ME:
Speak Fully the One Awful Word, with Karen Ball Cabot, (staged reading) Conference: "Harriet Beecher Stowe at
200: Home, Nation, and Place in the 21st Century," Bowdoin College, June 22 - 25.
July 12 & 13, NYC:
The Fresh Fruit Festival! Break the Mold Production ofThe Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, starring Karen Shields! July 12 at 7 PM, July 13th at 6 PM at Barrows Group Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street.
August 25 & 26, Dunedin, New Zealand:
Selected scenes from Stigmata, Columba College.
September 25, Portland, ME:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived (reading), Lucid Stage Fundraiser. Email for details.
October 7, NYC:
Lace Curtain Irish at Sola Voce Estrogenia 2011, Manhattan Theatre Source.
Oct. 22-23, NYC:
The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived, Fresh Fruit Festival.
Dec. 19, Portland, ME:
Souvenirs from Eden, Snowlion Repertory Company, Lucid Stage.
2010 Productions
January 21- 24, New Orleans, LA:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman, starring Karen Shields, AllWays Lounge and Marigny Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117,Tickets: $15.00, For ticket information and reservations call: 504-427-4816.
January 29-31, Malta:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Gozo Creative Theater Club. For more info, email.
February 12-27, Madison, WI:
Sappho in Love, Stage Q.
February 25 & 26, Compton, CA:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, El Camino College Compton Center, Feb. 25 & 26 at 7 PM
March 6, 7, and 11, Fresno, CA:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, The Poorly-Written Play Festival, A Labor Play, Theatre Ventoux at the Rogue Festival.
March 15, Laurel, MD:
Hermeneutic Circlejerk, (reading) Venus Theatre, at the Play Shack, C Street, 8 PM.
March 27, Portland, ME:
Excerpt from The Parmachene Belle at Mainely Monologues, a SWAN [Support Women Artists Now] Day Event, At University of New England Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., 2-4 PM.
March 30, Boston:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women (reading), Another Country Productions, Boston Playwrights Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 7:30 PM. Suggested donation, $10.
April 15-17, Dallas, PA:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Misericordia Players at Lemmond Theater, Walsh Hall, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., 8 p.m. $5, $3 seniors. 674-6719.
April 21, 22, & 23, Forest Grove, OR:
Bite My Thumb, LunchBox Theatre, Pacific University.
April 22 & 24, NYC:
Black Eye at Pace University, Schaeberle Studio, 41 Park Row, admission free.
May 11, Athens, TX:
Louisa May Incest, Trinity Valley Community College, 903-675-3290.
May 14, NYC:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, in Herstorical Figures produced by Playwrights for Pets, Roy Arias Studio 606. Fundraiser for Glenn Wild Animal Rescue.
May 16, Montreal:
Promotional Launch, Village Scene Productions, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and La Resurrection de Jeanne d'Arc, Village Scene Productions (Productions Village Scene), 2:00pm - 4:00pm,Théâtre Saint Catherine 264 Ste-Catherine E. Montréal. Click here for Facebook Event Page.
June 25, 26, & 27, Fort Lauderdale, FL:
The Ladies Room, as part of "Girl Play," The Second Annual Lesbian Play Festival, produced by the Women's Theatre Project.
July 1, Boston:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Boston Stage Company, 8-9 PM, 791 Tremont Street.
August 19-29, Montreal:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and La Résurrection de Jeanne d’Arc, Village Scene Productions.
September 10 & 17, New Orleans:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at the Women's Work Festival at Le Chat Noir. Featuring Karen Shields in her acclaimed production. Performances are Sept. 10th @ 8:00, Sept. 12th @ 6:00 and Sept. 17th @ 8:00.
October 7-10, Montreal:
La Résurrection de Jeanne d'Arc / The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, check for times,L'Espace Freestanding Room 4324 St-Laurent, 3è étage. Harvest LGBT Theatre Festival, Village Scene Productions. Facebook page.
October 15 &16, New Orleans:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at the University of New Orleans, 8 PM. Featuring Karen Shields in her acclaimed production.
October 22 &23, Slidell, LA:
The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman at Cutting Edge Theatre (Attractions Hair Salon) Featuring Karen Shields in her acclaimed production.
November 6, 7, 13, &14, Provincetown, MA:
Lace Curtain Irish at the Provincetown Playwrights' Festival, Provincetown Theatre.
December 12, Somerville, MA:
Patricide, at Gan-e-Meed Theatre, 2 PM. (staged reading).
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