Handmaids. Witches. Comedians and musicians. These were not your standard #MeToo stories. This was The Witch Hunt, a variety show inspired by the #MeToo movement.
The Women’s Voices Theater Festival currently wrapping up in Washington, D.C., featured over 30 theatrical productions written by some of the country’s pre-eminent women playwrights. We spoke to two of them.
Activist, writer and lawyer Mary Kathryn Nagle once persuaded her professor to let her write a play based on a Supreme Court ruling that tribal nations have sovereignty over what happens on their lands. That project became the seed for Sovereignty.
“I think women, and all artists, should put their efforts into whatever medium they’re the most drawn to. There’s a huge need for the authentic voices of women and gender non-binary people, and there’s no real telling where opportunity lies.”
“Choice: The Musical” follows the adventures of Ellie—a young, Christian woman who meets a trio of Women’s Health Clinic volunteers and is changed fundamentally.
Three activists want to mobilize the resistance—literally—by converting a 20-foot truck and plastering its three sides with images and videos for a tour of the country blasting the sexism of the Trump administration and building community among feminists.
