The Tank (Meghan Finn and Rosalind Grush, Artistic Directors) will present their fourth annual LadyFest, featuring new work by some of the most exciting lady-identified artists in New York City, in celebration of womanhood and the female voice, in all its glory.
Highlights:
Tornkid
Written by Katelynn Kenney
August 8, 9 & 11 @ 7pm, August 10 @ 3pm
Tornkid just wants to belong: at school, at home, in their own skin. So what does Tornkid do? Tear themselves in two. Tricky thing is, Tornkid’s other half runs away with their voice, into a mythical land both achingly familiar and unfamiliar. This play by Katelynn Kenney draws on the power of Southeast Asian and Pacific Indigenous mythology to take the audience on an elemental journey to literally find oneself. Under the direction of Cara Hinh and Donna Ibale, with puppetry created by Jess Rassp, and masks created by Tara Cariaso, Tornkid promises to be a feast for the senses and an exploration into a world rarely seen on the American stage.
The Valkyries
Written by Jessica Owens
August 18, 19 & 20 @ 7:30pm
In The Valkyries the tenuous strands of connection between three women in an all-female doomsday cult start to unravel—revealing how women deal with trauma, what lengths they are willing to go to, what traumas they’re willing to inflict on others, and what portion of their own autonomy they are willing to give up, to feel they’ve regained some semblance of power.
Bury Me in My Leggings
Written by Scarlet Grace McCarthy, Directed by Margaret Baughman
Thursday, August 22 @4 pm
It’s June 2007. Paris Hilton is in jail and the iPhone launches in just a few days. At the mall, employees at an upscale athleisure store find out what happens when your work bestie turns out to be a total murderer.
