Our seventh season explored the vital relationship between speech and power. Our production of Measure for Measure focused on women coming together to uncover a history of sexual harassment buried within the Justice System. Paired with the world premiere of The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows, a hilarious exploration of teenage revolution in the face of petty authoritarianism, SWP's season re-examined a frustratingly timeless question: even if you speak the truth, who will believe you?

Featuring:

Mia Canter, Shavana Clarke, Alia Guidry, Ashil Lee, Renita Lewis, Blake Prentiss, Sarah Rosengarten, Pearl Shin, and Stephen Zuccaro

* Denotes SWP Company Member or Artist-in-Residence

Production Stage Manager: Frances Swanson*
Production Manager: Emily Rosenkrantz*
Lighting Design: Yi-Chung Chen*
Set Design: Lindsay Genevieve Fuori
Sound Design: Carsen Joenk
Props Design: Megan McQueeney*
Press Representative: Emily Owens PR
Costume Design: Noelle Quanci
Production Assistant: Eve Brunswick
Assistant Stage Manager (Virtuous Fall): Victoria A. Gelling
Assistant Stage Manager (Measure for Measure): Cafega Haynes-Rodriguez

Our Reigning Women season explored the complex history of women in charge, finding both tragedy and hilarity in the journey from the dueling monarchs Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I to the working women chipping away at the glass ceiling in today's corporate culture. During the stark political aftermath of early 2017, these two plays investigated the timely questions of when - if ever- our society is finally ready to let women take control.

Featuring:

Meghan Blakeman, Olivia Jampol, Sam Ogilvie, Jonathon Ryan, Dan Selinger, Pearl Shin, Nicholas Vasilios Pappas & Kimberlee Walker

* Denotes SWP Company Member or Artist-in-Residence

Set Design: Beth Svenningsen
Sound Design: Carsen Jewell Joenk
Costume Design: Danica Martino
Fight Choreographer: Jon Meyer
Production Stage Manager: Franny Swanson*
Assistant Directors: Niki Afsar, Nkenna Ibeakanma
Lighting Design: Yi-Chung Chen*
Graphics Design: Sophie Golomb
Props Design: Megan McQueeney

The "Cuntry Wife" repertory season explored sexual freedom, gender fluidity and the rules and boundaries of monogamy. Our inaugural Playwright in Residence season paired a genderqueer interpretation of The Country Wife, a classic Restoration Comedy, with the world premiere of The Cunt by Elle Anhorn, a burlesque-filled adaptation of Wycherley's play set in contemporary Brooklyn. 

Featuring:

Zach Bryant, Amanda Ebert, Katie Fanning, Kristin Guerin, Tim Haber, Hannah Hammel, Zach Libresco, Isaac Miller, Kat Murphy, and Samantha Nugent

Production Stage Manager: Frances Swanson
Lighting Designer: Yi-Chung Chen
Hair & Makeup Designer: Meagan Gorham
Props Designer: Mariya Sudarska
Set Designer: Robert Burszytn
Assistant Stage Manager: Chiara Johnson
Costume Designer: Alexandra Rozansky
Sound Designer: Andrew Tarr
Projections Designer: Caleb Sharp

Our first season paired Shakespeare's Othello, performed by an all-female cast, and Paula Vogel's Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief.  By pairing the plays together and having actresses play the same parts in both plays, we investigated themes of the female voice, the public and private spheres, and our gendered and non-gendered views of deception, lying, jealousy, and status. 

Featuring:

Meghan Blakeman, Gianna Cioffi, Hannah Giddings,  Hannah Hammel, Lee Ann Hoover, Sarah Lemanski, Katie Medved, Victoria Nassif, Isabelle Russo, and Monique St. Cyr