In an unprecedented stand for the #MeToo movement, Proud Mary Theatre Company is partnering with 25 of our Upstate sisters (and 5 male and non-binary gender allies) for the South Carolina premiere of The Pussy Grabber Plays – Stories Inspired by the Women Who Came Forward –  streaming now through August 30 at our Vimeo Virtual PlayHouse. FREE, $5 suggested donations to Planned Parenthood can be made at proudmarytheatre.com.

Some of the Upstate’s leading women directors and actors have volunteered their talent and time for these powerful, potent, and important stories.

Five Beauty Queens Walk into a Bar is based on the bravery of Tasha Dixon and written by Julia Brownell. Caroline Davis directs this play about Donald Trump’s behavior behind the scenes of the Miss USA pageant. The beauty queens are: Miss Georgia – Katy Wilson; Miss Texas – Sierra Lancaster; Miss Michigan – Crystal Marie Stewart; Miss Maine – Erica Dilworth; Miss Arizona – Anissa Garcia; with Stage Directions by Alex Lin and Assistant Director – Anna Bowman.

Katy Wilson is an actor, singer, and Reese Witherspoon enthusiast newly based in Atlanta, GA. She was most recently seen as Shelby in Steel Magnolias at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre. Other theater credits include the First National Tour of Polkadots (an Off-Broadway hit based on the story of Ruby Bridges), Steel Magnolias (Gallery Players), Chasing Jack (NYTF), Valer: A Texan Drama (SheNYC) and City of Light (54 Below, SheNYC), TV: CadyDid, All Hail Beth, #JustaGirlonBroadway, and Lipstick Ladies. Training: B.M. Furman University and the Accademia dell’Arte in Tuscany.  www.katywilson.org.

The Pussy Grabber Plays is a series of eight short plays (two are musicals) 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.

All proceeds from The Pussy Grabber Plays benefit Planned Parenthood.
The Pussy Grabber Plays streams through Sunday, August 30 @ Midnight at Proud Mary Theatre‘s VIMEO VIRTUAL PLAYHOUSE
FREE. $5 Suggested Donation at proudmarytheatre.com.