Women on the Land
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Women on the Land
Women on the Land contrasts the world of the Los Angeles film studio with the rural environment of a lesbian land collective in southern Oregon, and points up the choices lesbian artists are forced to make between selling our art and protecting our vision. The show also provides a retrospective of lesbian culture in the early 70’s, with the attendant witch hunts and “political correctness” wars.
Stevie, who produces lesbian erotic videos in Los Angeles, finds that her protégé and lover, Damian, is becoming impatient to make a “real” lesbian film. Dialogue breaks down over the question of money for the project, and just then Catherine, Stevie’s old lover from fifteen years ago shows up on the scene. Catherine lives at Herland, a lesbian land collective she and Stevie founded in the 70’s. Damian, determined to find the women who don’t care about money, accompanies Catherine back to Herland. Stevie pursues her, and is in turn pursued by a leather porno star bucking for the role of lesbian vampire in the next film.
The second act opens at Herland, in the middle of a severe drought. Tempers flair and cultural and ideological sparks fly as the Los Angeles leather scene invades the kingdom of Oregon country dykes. Magic is abroad on the night of Hallowmas, and the women discover in themselves the common lesbian values that have been lost in both worlds.
This musical has something for everyone: The opening rock video number from the infamous “Lesbian Vampires From Hell,” the sexual auction at the notorious Ladyfingers Bar, the potluck-western dance “Country Dish,” and playful “Denim and Flannel Rag.”
Six women, one twelve-year old girl
Chorus of women
Two hours
Multiple sets
Stevie, who produces lesbian erotic videos in Los Angeles, finds that her protégé and lover, Damian, is becoming impatient to make a “real” lesbian film. Dialogue breaks down over the question of money for the project, and just then Catherine, Stevie’s old lover from fifteen years ago shows up on the scene. Catherine lives at Herland, a lesbian land collective she and Stevie founded in the 70’s. Damian, determined to find the women who don’t care about money, accompanies Catherine back to Herland. Stevie pursues her, and is in turn pursued by a leather porno star bucking for the role of lesbian vampire in the next film.
The second act opens at Herland, in the middle of a severe drought. Tempers flair and cultural and ideological sparks fly as the Los Angeles leather scene invades the kingdom of Oregon country dykes. Magic is abroad on the night of Hallowmas, and the women discover in themselves the common lesbian values that have been lost in both worlds.
This musical has something for everyone: The opening rock video number from the infamous “Lesbian Vampires From Hell,” the sexual auction at the notorious Ladyfingers Bar, the potluck-western dance “Country Dish,” and playful “Denim and Flannel Rag.”
Six women, one twelve-year old girl
Chorus of women
Two hours
Multiple sets
