By May 2008, the end of our fourth season, AZWTC will have mounted 19 productions:
(1) Talking With, by Jane Martin, AZWTC inaugural benefit performance May 15, 2004, focused on a diverse group of women in crisis;
(2) Talking With, July 24-August 5, 2004, Herberger Lunch Time Theater;
(3) Necessary Targets by Eve Ensler, November 4-27, 2004. A critically-acclaimed award-winning play about refugees in Bosnia;
(4) Women in the Director's Chair Film Festival, short films by a diverse group of women, January 28-29, 2005, Scottsdale Community College;
(5) A Conversation With Edith Head, a gala fundraiser and one-woman show starring Susan Claassen, March 19, 2005;
(6) Invited presentation Talking With, Herberger Lunch Time Theater, Sept 13-23, 2005;
(7) World premiere of Complications, by Monica Long Ross, November 4-27, 2005;
(8) Tongue of a Bird by Ellen McLaughlin, February 3-26, 2006. A woman's search for a missing girl becomes a search for her own past;
(9) Raise the Roof--Short Plays by Wendy Wasserstein, April 28-30, 2006;
(10) Living Out by Lisa Loomer, Nov 3-26, 2006. An examination of the interdependent experiences of Anglo mothers and the undocumented Latinas they hire as nannies;
(11) An Evening with Canadian Playwrights Sherry MacDonald and Meah Martin, Nov 5, 2006. Sponsored by the Dept of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Canadian Consulate Generals, LA and Phoenix, and the Canada Council for the Arts;
(12) Girl, 20, by Ellen Fairey, Feb 2-25, 2007. A story of obsession and betrayal as a female college student's counselling sessions are observed from behind a two-way mirror by male students;
(13) Well, by Lisa Kron, April 5-29, 2007, directly from Broadway to Scottsdale! This hilarious and brazen piece of theater questions what it means to be "well";
(14) The Pandora Festival, May 11-12 and 19-20, 2007, a celebration of new work by Arizona women playwrights;
(15) Be Aggressive, October 12-21, 2007, by Annie Weisman. A satirical look at suburban life;
(16) California Transit, awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction, October 24, 2007. Reading and discussion by author and playwright Diane Lefer;
(17) Maybe Baby, It's You, February 5 and 6, 2008, by Charlie Shanian and Shari Simpson. A special presentation of Canyon Moon Theatre's acclaimed production to benefit the Arizona Women's Theatre Company;
(18) The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, by Rebecca Gilman, March 7-22, 2008. A funny, subversive examination of sports, art, identity, and being who you want to be;
(19) The Second Annual Pandora Festival, May 16-18 and May 30-June 1, 2008. A celebration of new work by Arizona women playwrights.
Highlights from past seasons include:
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