ICWP Women Playwrights Podcast VARIOUS AUTHORS

Hortense Gerardo talks about her plays I SEE YOU, COUNTERPOINT, TOASTING MAN, MIDDLETON HEIGHTS, GLACIAL INCANTATIONS of THE HERAKLES PROJECT and THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF, as well as the PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD from ICWP, the DRAMATIC WRITING AWARD from Mass Cultural Council, the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION, and the CHANGEMAKER ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY LEARNING COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP at the University of California, San Diego.
Hortense is a playwright and anthropologist. She is the Director of the Anthropology, Performance, and Technology  (APT) Program at the University of California, San Diego and her works have been performed nationally and internationally, including: LaMama Experimental Theatre, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston, the International Performance Art Festival, the Performance Mix Festival, The Fence, and the Nuit Blanche Festival, Toronto
For more information go to: www.hortensegerardo.com
Past  works of note
THE MEDFIELD ANTHOLOGY – June 4, 5, and 11, 2020, produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the Cultural Alliance of Medfield on the video platform ZOOM during the Covid Pandemic.
THE SAUNA PLAYS – March 20, 2020 produced by ARDNA in Oslo, Norway with funding from the Mass Cultural Council. This production was cancelled due to the Covid Pandemic.
PAINLESS – June 18 – 30, 2021, produced by Speakeasy Stage as part of the Boston Project Resilience.
Works to look out for
MIDDLETON HEIGHTS in Concord, MA March 31 – April 23, 2023

https://freedomsway.org/event/middleton-heights-world-premiere/2023-04-02/
GLACIAL INCANTATIONS for the Without Walls Festival produced by La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego on April 27- 30, 2023 
THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF directed by Jessica Ernst and produced by Sleeping Weasel Theater as part of the Boston Theater Marathon on May 7, 2023.
See the Author Online 
Website: www.hortensegerardo.com
Twitter - @hfgerardo
Web page where plays can be found: https://newplayexchange.org/users/261/hortense-gerardo
 Hortense was interviewed by Dr Jennifer Munday, Charles Sturt University, Australia.

We hear a small excerpt of Joanna Pickering’s new powerful one woman play “Don’t Harm The Animals” 
A short version of this chilling new work will now be showcased in the upcoming production of Joanna's latest play Bad Victims collection of stories about women handling violent encounters in unpredictable ways. 
Bad Victims runs April 26th, 27th and 28th in its next development production at The Courtyard Theatre in London, UK before announcing its official world premier.
We discuss these plays, their themes with Joanna, and the impact they are having on their sold out audiences.                                            

Joanna Pickering is an award-winning British playwright and actress based in US. Her plays have sold out in NYC, Paris and London, and are stocked in The Drama Book Shop in NYC. 
Past works of note: 
Cat and Mouse, Beach Break, Sylvie and Sly (trilogy Truth, Lies and Deception) 
Upcoming works to note
Bad Victims, Misty and Rover, Don’t Harm The Animals. 
Joanna online...
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joannapickering 
Web page where plays can be found: 
https://www.nextstagepress.com/truth-lies-and-deception/
Joanna was interviewed by Dr Jennifer Munday, Charles Sturt University, Australia.

We hear excerpts from Deena’s first play “Triple Bypass” and discuss her upcoming second play “The Canonized Club.”  
Deena talks to Jenni Munday from Charles Sturt University in Australia.
We discussed what inspires her writing it and how she got into playwriting. 
Deena lives in South Dakota, USA and is the Founder/Creative Director of Hardly Working Promotions, LLC
Past works
Triple Bypass: Three Ten Minute Plays About Living for Death & Dying for Life
Upcoming works 
The Canonized Club: The Curious Lives & Deaths of the Saints
Website
https://hardlyworkingpromotions.com/about/ 
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/hardlyworkingpromotions

Twitter https://twitter.com/HardlyWorkingPr
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hardlyworkingpromotions/
Find Deena's plays:
 https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1526482/triple-bypass 

Lou Beckett discusses her play, Bletchley Girls, accompanied by an excerpt from the audio play.
Lou Beckett wrote for the stage until Covid lockdowns inspired the director of her play, Bletchley Girls, to turn it into a radio play and podcast. Since then, the allure of having a legacy for one’s work, as well as the continuing presence of Covid, has meant her subsequent plays have been created for radio/podcast.

Pictured: Tthe Bletchley Girls creative team
Lou’s other works include Rotten Luck, The Parrot, the Poet, and the Philanderer, and  Forbidden Music.
Upcoming works:
We Can’t Be, a new audio play, tells the story of two young women who decide their town needs a statue of a woman.
Lou's  Online Pages
Website:  https://www.loubeckett.com/
Facebook Page  @loubeckett.playwright
Twitter: @loubeckett4
Instagram:  loubeckett_      
Amazon Author page  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radio-Play-Bletchley-Girls-WW2/dp/B08K5Y7831
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Spotify
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Jenni Munday interviews Kari Ann Owen and Kari reads from two of her works.
Kari Ann Owen is a Missoula, MT playwright. She discusses her comedy routine about Dr. Fauci’s loving lost-lost brother in the Mafia, and her play, Fighting It!, about courageous men and women during the New York Covid Pandemic lockdown. Her plays are published and produced in the USA.
Examples of past works:
“Bernie Madoff in Hell”, San Francisco Fringe Festival
“Modern Life”, a series of one act plays about a disabled computer scientist and his service dog, dot.com, and their conquest of prejudice, produced and awarded playwrighting and directors’ prize at Dominical University, San Rafael, CA.
Websites
https://wildhorse.sparkdisk.com/
THEATRE ENGAGE
https://kariannowenandtheatreengage.vpweb.com/
 
 

Sharon Wallace is the President of ICWP, The International Centre for Women Playwrights.
She talks to Jenni Munday from Charles Sturt University in Australia.
She reads from her play 1967: A Life of its Own.

" I was inspired to write the play from a short story based on a personal reflection from my childhood memory of the 1967 Riot in Detroit, Michigan. 
I decided to build characters within the riot setting and develop a story within the conflict of the riot.
My first experience with playwriting began as an adolescent adapting a story to a play.
Many years later, studying acting at the National Black Theatre in Harlem, New York, I got into playwriting. I collaborated with my fellow actors to write a play titled "Ouch Outrageous Love."
However, years later, I committed to the genre of playwriting when I completed my first play, 1967: A Life of its Own, as the creative component of a master's degree. "
Sharon's other works
Poetry
Inheritance, In Search of a Woman, PushCart Evening, Without Skin, 2646 West Grand, My Passions and the Practical Self, Locations Unknown, White Socks
Upcoming works
Children's Books
Marching to See a King, A Mustard Seed of Faith
Plays
Long Way Home, Twilight Hours, Out of the Lions Paw
Contact
Twitter  @Sharruth4
Instagram sharonwallace9051
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