Upcoming Events at USF Theatre Centre
Thu Mar 21, 6:30 PM - Sat Mar 30, 12:00 PM
Hosted By: Powerstories Theatre
Participants: Powerstories Theatre
3837 USF Holly Dr, Tampa, FL 33620
Hosted By: Powerstories Theatre
Participants: Powerstories Theatre
Community: Uptown Tampa
Description
Join us March 21-24 for Powerstories 4th Annual Voices of Women Theatre Festival at USF Theatre. 10-minute and hour-long plays highlight conversation-starting stories. The festival includes a launch party on opening night. Digital festival March 25-30.
Event Details
Powerstories Theatre is proud to present the Voices of Women Theatre Festival, a showcase of original works by 11 brilliant women playwrights from March 21-30 at the USF Theatre. The festival is a tribute to Women's History Month and a response to the glaring underrepresentation of women in playwriting. The festival aims to highlight the diverse and powerful voices of women from different backgrounds and genres.
The Voices of Women Theatre Festival is an annual event that features live and online performances of plays written by women. The festival started during the pandemic's peak to connect isolated patrons and the theatre when the stage was closed. Now in its fourth year, the festival has seen its debuting playwrights go on to achieve national recognition.
With a tagline of EmpowerHER. InspirHER. AmplifiHER., the festival provides women a safe and inclusive space to tell their stories and inspire audiences worldwide. This year, the festival will feature live-in-theatre 10-minute self-produced productions, three live-in-theatre 60-minute performances selected and produced by Powerstories, and 60-minute digital submissions.
Featured plays are:
• I'm (Not) Okay by Kimberly Schwartz (Florida) – 10-minute live
• High Occupancy Detour by Karen Campion (Florida) – 10-minute live
• Rose by Janet Scaglione (Florida) – 10-minute live
• The Memories We Keep by Ada Cheng (Illinois) - 10-minute live
• The First Step by Kathleen Maule Holen (Kansas) – 60-minute live
• The Wives; A Post-Roe American Abortion Odyssey by Alli Hartley-Kong (District of Columbia) – 60-minute live
• Too Woke Too Book by Krystle Dellihue (Michigan) – 60-minute live
• Purdah by J.Lois Diamond (New York) – 60-minute digital
• Diary of a Bastard Child by Nikki Luellen (Texas) – 60-minute digital
• Diversifications by Natalie Ekberg (United Kingdom) – 60-minute digital
• Beholden by Susan Lily Jackson (California) – 60-minute digital
The Voices of Women Theatre Festival is an annual event that features live and online performances of plays written by women. The festival started during the pandemic's peak to connect isolated patrons and the theatre when the stage was closed. Now in its fourth year, the festival has seen its debuting playwrights go on to achieve national recognition.
With a tagline of EmpowerHER. InspirHER. AmplifiHER., the festival provides women a safe and inclusive space to tell their stories and inspire audiences worldwide. This year, the festival will feature live-in-theatre 10-minute self-produced productions, three live-in-theatre 60-minute performances selected and produced by Powerstories, and 60-minute digital submissions.
Featured plays are:
• I'm (Not) Okay by Kimberly Schwartz (Florida) – 10-minute live
• High Occupancy Detour by Karen Campion (Florida) – 10-minute live
• Rose by Janet Scaglione (Florida) – 10-minute live
• The Memories We Keep by Ada Cheng (Illinois) - 10-minute live
• The First Step by Kathleen Maule Holen (Kansas) – 60-minute live
• The Wives; A Post-Roe American Abortion Odyssey by Alli Hartley-Kong (District of Columbia) – 60-minute live
• Too Woke Too Book by Krystle Dellihue (Michigan) – 60-minute live
• Purdah by J.Lois Diamond (New York) – 60-minute digital
• Diary of a Bastard Child by Nikki Luellen (Texas) – 60-minute digital
• Diversifications by Natalie Ekberg (United Kingdom) – 60-minute digital
• Beholden by Susan Lily Jackson (California) – 60-minute digital
