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Plays for Women!: A collection of overlooked suffrage plays

  • Chicago, IL 60625 (map)

An ongoing staged reading series, For Your (Re)Consideration explores the works of historically overlooked female writers. Featuring a variety of distinct voices and styles from different historical periods, the readings seek to bring attention to these remarkable women who have been sidelined by history for reasons that had nothing to do with their talent and everything to do with their gender and, in many cases, their race.

In 2024, Ghostlight Ensemble presents Plays for Women!: A collection of overlooked suffrage plays — a reading of short suffrage works, most of them largely unknown and rarely performed, to coincide with March as Women’s History Month. This is a co-production with the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

The reading runs about 90 minutes with an intermission. A brief talkback will follow. For more details, see the Plays for Women! show page.

Earlier Event: March 2
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Later Event: March 8
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