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THE SPORTING LIFE by Marjorie Muller
August 23, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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16-year-old Dot still hasn’t gotten her period. Lucky for her, there’s a Witch in the woods who can get it started. However, in exchange, Dot must offer her the life of a man who has wronged her. And who better to offer than a math teacher? When Dot gets her elusive first period and becomes witness to the Witch’s murder, they become bonded in literal blood, sending Dot down a path of self-understanding, bitterness, and perhaps a little bit of violence too (as a treat). The Sporting Life is a ‘this girl is a woman now’ story brutally snapped open to expose the, sometimes literal, entrails of growing up girl.
Marjorie Muller writes body plays and when she’s not writing body plays, she’s writing romance novels, which are kind of like body plays but sexier. Marjorie’s work has appeared at Urbanite Theatre, The Women’s Theatre Festival, Avalanche Theatre, and Northwestern University (among others). Most recently, her play “littlespace, or the daddy play” was a semi-finalist for The O’Neill. Marjorie is an alum of the acting program at the Theatre School at DePaul, Jackalope Theatre Playwright’s Lab, New Coordinates’ Writers Room and The Road Theatre’s Under Construction 3 cohort.
Director – Kayla Menz
Cast
Sherry – Sonia Goldberg
Dot – Dana Pepowski
Joe – George Zerante
Mikayla – Liv McDaniel
Older Man – Cory Hardin
Younger Man – Maxwell Peters
Doors open at 7 PM for a 7:30PM showtime. The Understudy Cafe will be open for refreshments before the performance.
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