New, zesty works by emerging artists and creative teams who identify as women, nonbinary or gender non-conforming. Presented by The Tank, LimeFest 2024 will feature over 50 productions.
Highlights include:
Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda
By Ariel Stess
Directed by Meghan Finn
Kara wakes up to find her husband and children missing. Twenty-year-old Emma runs away with a married man. Barbara’s ex-lover breaks into her home in the middle of the night. And the pipes in Miranda’s house burst. Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda follows the journey of four women whose major life crises collide on Christmas Eve, leading them to accidentally help each other find a way out.
A Vulva Named Carol
By Caitlin Beitel
A woman explodes at the corner of Sunset Blvd and North La Brea Ave, leaving remnants of her organs and flesh throughout the Hollywood Hills. Her ghost discovers her vulva (a life-sized, valley girl, vape smoking, muppet vulva) hanging off of an In-N-Out sign who proceeds to guide her through “death anon” and the visitation of three spirits (a la A Christmas Carol) who help her understand why she exploded in order to heal her soul in the afterlife.
Girls! Girls! Girls!
By Anike Sonuga
Baby stripper, Mara, quickly learns that 'easy money' doesn't mean that the work isn't hard. This piece explores the relationships between women in an environment dictated by the male eyes that closely watches them.
Best in Show
By Madi Fabber
A group of women enter their boyfriends into a dog show.
True Crime
By Gabby Kimbrough
When the brutal murder of college student Nancy’s roommate becomes the subject of her favorite true crime podcast, Nancy’s beloved pastime turns into a waking nightmare she can’t escape.
Prudence Play
By Caroline Dunn
Prudence Play is a new play about a young nun who’s having unholy (horny) dreams. In confession and in her diary, she’s only just starting to admit the truth.
