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 streaming beginning August 27 on the final evening of the GOP convention.
The Interview is one of eight plays and is based on the bravery of Natasha Stoynoff. The Interview is directed by Jenna Elser with Lyrics and Book by Natasha Stoynoff and Music and Additional Lyrics by Melissa Li.
Celia Blitzer (Natasha) is making her Proud Mary Theatre debut (virtually)! She has been performing in the Upstate since moving here in 2013. Credits: CS – Holly Jolly Christmas, Shaboom, Ghost, Sister Act, Jekyll and Hyde (Nellie), Addams Family (Grandma), Shout! (Orange), and The Producers (Shirley Markowitz); GT – Little Women (Aunt March) and Legally Blonde (Paulette); SLT – Hands on a Hardbody (Norma), Xanadu (Melpomene) and Rocky Horror (Columbia); GLOW – Whorehouse (RubyRae); MTP – Beehive (Peggy); YP – Nunsense(Amnesia). Originally from Baltimore, MD other favorites include: Hairspray (Tracy, Helen Hayes Nomination), Nunsense (RobertAnn), Children of Eden (Yonah), and Company (Marta). Thank you to Jenna and Sandy for the opportunity to tell Natasha’s story. #BidenHarris2020
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.
The Pussy Grabber Plays will stream all weekend Thursday, August 27 @ 8 pm – Sunday, August 30 @ midnight. $5 Suggested Donation. Make a donation now of any amount here on our website.