Proud Mary Theatre Company is supporting our sisters in the #MeToo movement with our virtual production and South Carolina premiere of The Pussy Grabber Plays (Stories Inspired by the Women Who Came Forward), a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of South Carolina with free streaming beginning August 27 just as the Donald Trump accepts the GOP nomination for president.
Before the 2016 election, 19 brave women came forward to speak out about their encounters with Donald Trump. Their courage inspired the Women’s March and the #metoo movement, but their stories have been too easily dismissed, forgotten and reduced to a statistic.
The Pussy Grabber Plays is a series of short plays created by some of the most highly acclaimed women writing for theater today. Based on interviews with seven of the women who have spoken out, the plays offer insights into each woman’s life, her decision to stand up, and the fallout she’s faced. Laced with humor, fear, heartbreak and anger, The Pussy Grabber Plays is political theater at its best: telling the untold stories about women who have risked everything to speak truth to power.
Proud Mary Theatre founding Board member Brook A. Nelson will direct Troublemaker, based on the bravery of Jill Harth and written by Sharyn Rothstein. Troublemaker stars Anne Robards and Frances Dell Bendert.
Brook, a Converse College alumna, is thrilled to work on this incredible piece of feminist theatre! Brook is a Proud Mary veteran– recent credits include directing Becoming (Proud Mary’s first music show,) costume design for their production of The Boys in the Band, costume design for Southern Baptist Sissies, soloist/ensemble and scenic design for Movement, and costume design for and performance as Lulie in 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche. She would like to thank Sandy for this opportunity as well as her fiancée, Jolyne, for her support.
The Pussy Grabber Plays will stream FREE all weekend Thursday, August 27 @ 8 pm – Sunday, August 30 @ midnight. Make a donation now of any amount here on our website.