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.

Sierra Lancaster is an actor, singer, producer, and educator from Omaha, NE. She is currently is a third year student at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where she is pursuing her BFA in Musical Theatre with a minor in Creative Entrepreneurship and concentrations in Acting and Neurodivergent Theatre Programming. Since 2019, Sierra has been a Private Vocal Instructor and Group Theatre Class Co-Instructor with the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs (BIAESN). Additionally, she is currently developing a virtual play reading workshop and co-developing a semester long virtual theatre program with the BIAESN. When not in class, performing, or teaching, Sierra enjoys engaging in artistic activism with her production company, Samuel-Lancaster Productions, to tell powerful, dynamic stories in inclusive, accessible, and anti-racist artistic spaces. Check them out on Facebook or Instagram @samuellancasterproductions! VOTE! 

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.