Elevating New and Diverse Voices…
New plays by women and non-binary playwrights and directors.
The Uterine Files: Virginia Mary’s experiences echo through the lives of her descendants. Moving through time from 1863 to the present, this choreopoem’s stories of disruption demand an answer: what are they doing with our uteruses?
Carmilla: A camp-horror play based on the queer, female-centered, pre-Dracula vampire novella of the same name, introducing the mother of the modern monster and shattering the mold of male protagonists in horror.
On the Train: A timely indictment of medical racism as three women fight a hypocritical senator to secure the right for women to control and protect their own reproductive destinies.
Out of Time: Three different pairs of women deal with disaster and its aftermath, from the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire to the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and beyond.
May 9-19, 2024
18th & Union
1406 18th Avenue, Seattle WA 98122
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The Production Team
Production Stage Manager - Jasmine Ritter
Assistant Stage Manager - Atlyss Larsen
Producer - Rebecca O’Neil
Mentors - Rachel Atkins & Annie Lareau
Scenic Designer - Bella Rivera
Lighting Designer - Montse Garza
Sound Designer - Alison Kozar
Costume Designer - Elizabeth Shipman
Assistant Costume Designer - SusanAnne Luchenta
The Plays
The Uterine Files: Episode One, Voices Spitting Out the Rainbow
written by Jourdan Imani Keith
directed by Rebecca O’Neil
The first part of a trilogy telling the story of Virgina Mary, an enslaved African American woman transformed after her death by an unquiet and demanding dybuuk. Virginia Mary’s trauma haunts her descendants throughout time. Through her voice and vignettes of women in her family, this choreopoem, rooted in dance, music, and the lineage of African American narratives, explores the connections between the stories and histories our bodies tell, demanding an answer to the question, “What are they doing with our uteruses?”
Featuring Somnia Mari Feral and Ziara Greathouse
On the Train
written by Lisa A. Price
directed by Christie Zhao
Shortly after the overturning of Roe, political correspondent Nia Anderson has a brief confrontation with Senator Chad Fox, the Pro-Life‘face of morality’, about the pending increase in African-American maternity and infant mortality rates; his public insult leads to the damaging of her career. A serendipitous meeting between Senator Fox’s estranged daughter and his African American campaign assistant facilitates possible retribution as Nia seeks a second interview with the politician. The three conspire, exposing the ways in which the Senator has been clandestinely incorporating a new form of eugenics into his legislation. Years of dishonesty, hypocrisy and sinister politics finally catches up with Senator Fox at the hands of three women.
Featuring Alba Davenport, José Amador, Audrey Herold, Chloe Iman Monroe, and James Lyle
Carmilla
written by Mariah Lee Squires and S.W. Jones
directed by Aidyn Stevens
While Count Dracula is often seen as the father of the modern vampire, Carmilla is the 1872 Gothic novella by Sheridan Le Fanu that inspired his inception - predating Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years. Based on the book of the same name, Carmilla tells the tale of the isolated Laura and the mysterious young woman she falls in love with. But what happens when infatuation turns into obsession? Shattering the mold of male protagonists in horror, the mother of the modern monster is waiting for you.
Featuring Mia McGlinn, Jessica Marvin-Romero, Bradley Goodwill, Meghan Ames, Riley Gene, and Michael Ramquist
Out of Time
Written by Rachel Atkins
Directed by Divya Rajan
Moving back and forth through time and place, 3 different pairs of women fight for their lives. Angelina and Sarah are immigrant sweatshop workers who have both escaped dire circumstances in their home countries, trying to escape the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. A century later, Angelina’s great-granddaughter Angie is trapped with co-worker Miranda in a post-9/11 office skyscraper disaster. Angie’s Muslim-American roommate Sera and Miranda’s sister Trish struggle to make sense of their losses together. All are strangers forced to develop connections under extraordinary circumstances—each, in their own way, in the wrong place at the right time. It’s a play about life and death, choices and consequences, chance, hope, grief, loss and survival. And sometimes, it’s funny. Really.
Featuring Azadeh Zanjani, Tessa Cricket James, and Natalie Schmidt.
We believe theatre is for all - if you are in need of a free ticket, contact us at info@shatteredglassproject.org.
What is the Incubator/Mentor Program?
The TSGP Incubator/Mentor program empowers theatre artists who have been marginalized on the basis of their gender to move into professional playwright or director roles. This one-year program provides cohort members time, space and opportunity to build their professional skills and confidence as a practitioner and a network of on-going professional relationships within the cohort and with the broader Seattle theatre community. Read more about the Incubator/Mentor Program.
About The Shattered Glass Project
The Shattered Glass Project is a theatre company with the mission to amplify the voices of theatre artists who have been marginalized on the basis of their gender or sex, including but not limited to cis and trans women, non-binary folks, and trans-masculine/trans-feminine folks, by providing unique opportunities to create and grow professionally.
Creative Team and Cast Biographies
On the Train
Carmilla
The Uterine Files: Episode One, Voices Spitting Out the Rainbow
Out of Time