2026 Women's One Acts+

A collection of seven short plays written and directed by artists who are women, transgender, and/or hold gender-diverse identities. Come laugh, cry, gasp, and guffaw at seven unique and exciting works of theater helmed by some of the top talent in the metro!

Performances:

Friday and Saturday, May 8-9 at 7:30 pm

Thursday through Saturday, May 14-16 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, May 17 at 2:00 pm

Thursday, May 14th performance is Pay-What-You-Can at the door (availability may be limited)

Recommended for audiences 12 and older. Some plays contain mature themes.

Featuring:

A Serendipitous Faux Pas by Cynthia Arsenault, directed by Taylor Ruder

Newcomers to a prestigious 55 plus condo community are caught red-handed and red-faced, as they find themselves in a precarious social situation, having inadvertently opened their snooty neighbors' Amazon delivery of -- well, that's the fun part!

Delta Zeta Jones by Anne Flanagan, directed by Lisa M. W. Phelps

A jacket. A wedding. A histrionic bride and two unexpected roommates. Long-term spouses Hal and Ellen's weekend is NOT turning out as planned.

Dirt by Sylia Francis, directed by Natalie Wolf-Foster

Maddie, a middle-aged Black woman, is digging dirt from a tree from which Elmore Bolling had been lynched for a memorial. It's in the summer heat of Alabama alongside a back road. Opie, a middle-aged White male Alabama farmer, stops his truck and gets out and watches Maddie from the side of the road. Is he friend, or foe?

Sorry About The Galvanism by Allison Page, directed by Samantha King

On a gloomy evening in 1816, four writers (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Doctor Polidori) try to quiet their boredom by writing scary stories. Things go off the rails when one of them dies and Mary decides to test out the theory of galvanism—using electric shocks to reanimate a dead body—on their friend, to outrageous effect.

Gamma Girls to the Rescue by Julie Zaffarano, directed by Lori Alsdurf

Nadia’s final item on her bucket list is a bungee jump off a scary, high bridge. Can her best friends from childhood, Ang and Mel, overcome their fears and help Nadia complete her list?

Female Flyers by Elizabeth Cava, directed by Lindsey Bushnell

World War II. Avenger Field. Sweetwater, Texas. Two fierce female flyers, one crass and friends with the flask, one elegant but shy,  struggle to find a way to say goodbye to their Women Airforce Service Pilots. They have mentored, instructed, cuddled, scolded these women for four years, to fly planes across America, while male pilots were overseas, fighting for their lives. With the War’s end, the female flyers are no longer needed and are gallingly told to pick male pilots to fly them home.

Dearly Beloved written and directed by Jaclyn Stiller

In the chaotic morning before her wedding, secrets start to unravel for Rachel and her bridesmaids as they attempt to give Rachel the “perfect” day.