in the lounge The Hysteria Plays Zoe Kamil, Shelby Solla, Sarah Rosenthal

About This Show

Two women viewed as “crazy” share emotional experiences that transcend time and place.

Deliverance by Zoe Kamil

Surrey, England, 1726. Mary Toft is pregnant with her third child. But Mary is not an ordinary country wife, and what she gives birth to is destined to send ripples of change through her own community, and worlds beyond her imagination – reaching all the way to the King himself.

Astronaut (or Frantic Action) by Shelby Solla

Somewhere between Houston and Orlando, February, 2007. NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak is driving in adult diapers to kidnap and murder her ex-boyfriend’s new lover. Over the course of her drive, she revisits the moments that brought her to this infamous decision and made her a news sensation.

about the artists

Zoe Kamil is a playwright and theatre artist currently residing in New York City. Her writing has been presented as part of the Blank Theatre’s National Young Playwrights Festival, Young Playwrights Inc. National Competition, and at the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival, among others. She co-runs Semicolon Theatre Company, which produces new work entirely by and for emerging artists 21 and under. She’ll graduate Marymount Manhattan College with a B.A in Theatre Arts/Writing for the Stage in May. Here’s to female-driven theatre taking over the world, and hysterical women everywhere.

Shelby Solla is a playwright and performer based in Brooklyn. She is a veteran of Marymount Manhattan College’s improv and sketch comedy teams, America’s Least Wanted and Dead Rabbits Society. She has studied improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where she performed in the annual Del Close Marathon in 2016. Shelby will receive a B.A. in Theatre Arts/Writing for the Stage and Communication Arts/Creative Media in May.

Sarah Rosenthal is a New York-based director and educator. Recent directorial credits include Working: A Musical (MMC) and You Belong to Me by Keith Reddin (MMC). Sarah currently interns at Sesame Workshop.  In addition to her educational theatre credits, she has worked as a stage manager with Primary Stages’ ESPA Detention series and as a Production Assistant at New York Classical Theatre. She will receive a double major in Theatre/Directing and Communication and Media Arts from Marymount Manhattan College in May.

Friday, February 2, 2018 at 9pm

General Admission

$10 in advance

$15 at the door (cash only at the door)

Estimated Runtime
75 minutes

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Credits

Deliverance by

Zoe Kamil

Astronaut (or Frantic Action) by

Shelby Solla

Directed by

Sarah Rosenthal

CAST

Zack Canter

Sofia Dobrushin

Ethan Greiner

Andrew O’Loughlin

Collin Orton

Natasha Roland

Jahmorei Snipes

Victoria Villier

Shelly Zimms

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