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.
Rachels, based on the bravery of Rachel Crooks and written by Halley Feiffer, is one of eight plays in this collection and is directed by Michele Colletti. Rachels stars Tiffany Nave, Clare Ruble, and Lena Bledsoe as Rachel at three different ages and John Leggett as Loving Boyfriend, the only male role in the plays.
A middle child who calls Michigan home, but has spent most of her life in Greenville, SC, Clare owes her career to her 8th grade soccer coach who told her she was a bad soccer player and should focus on theatre. Clare graduated from Furman University in 2017 with a BA in Theatre Arts. Since graduation at Furman, Clare has performed in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Lydia/Lady Catherine), THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Columbia) and SPRING AWAKENING (Thea) at The Warehouse Theatre and in SHABOOM SHABOOM (Vocalist) and MAMMA MIA (Lisa) at Centre Stage. Clare serves as the Director of Corporate Development and Events at The Warehouse Theatre.
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.