FEMMEmphis
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What is FEMMEmphis and why do we need your support?
The mission of FEMMEmphis is to champion all womyn by empowering and promoting the female, female-presenting, and gender-queer artistic voices in the Memphis community.
FEMMEmphis began with a small group of frustrated friends wishing there were more opportunities for women in the Memphis theater community (and beyond). In the 2016-2017 season, out of 126 productions from 7 major companies throughout the city, 7 were written by a female playwright, 8 had a female director, and leading roles for women were few and far between. At every audition we found ourselves throwing side eye at each of our friends, as we sat in a room full of talented women and all hoped for the same thing - that one decent female role of the season. Rather than fighting over a few rare opportunities a year, we should instead be finding ways to collaborate, learning from each other and building one another up.
We recognize how fortunate we are to have such a vibrant artistic community here in Memphis and to be surrounded by so many talented female artists. We also recognize a lack of opportunities for women to shine, develop our craft, and try something new. FEMMEmphis was founded to provide those opportunities and to encourage female representation and community among Memphis artists.
Our goals for the collective include:
*Produce art written by, directed by, designed by, built by, managed by, and performed by women.
*Actively pursue diversity in all artistic endeavors
*Create a stronghold of support for women to tell their stories and to create new work, in addition to participating in previously established artistic institutions within the community
*Smash the artistic patriarchy!
We are so excited to bring new works and unique artistic experiences that amplify the female voice to our community. With your help, we can continue to afford performance venues, rehearsal spaces, licensing fees, and all of the technical elements that go into producing and marketing a show. We greatly appreciate your support as we embark on this journey! Thank you!
www.femmemphis.com
What are we working on right now?
FEMMEmphis Presents: Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
Written by Jen Silverman
Directed by Claire Rutkauskas
August 4-6; The University of Memphis Lab Theater TH235
Visit this link to purchase your tickets today! https://collective-rage-tickets.eventbrite.com
Betty is very rich, very powerful, very unhappy, and very, very concerned with The State of Things.
Betty has no friends.
Betty is going to quit her job and devote her life to the Thea-tah.
Betty has never been asked by anyone what she has to say. She has a lot she’s never said.
Betty just got out of prison, and just wants to work on her truck.
In this absurd comedy from award-winning playwright Jen Silverman, five women named Betty Boop are brought together by the power of the Thea-tah. As they devise their own play, the unlikely friends discuss love, relationships, power, loneliness, and art. Each finding herself trapped in her own way and in desperate pursuit of happiness, they discover comfort in the most unlikely of places. A hysterical and heart-warming story, Collective Rage confronts the stereotypes of female identity, and asks us all to learn to love ourselves.
Cast
Betty Boop 1 - Kristen Vandervort
Betty Boop 2 - Jamie Boller
Betty Boop 3 - Christina Hernandez
Betty Boop 4 - Eileen Kuo
Betty Boop 5 - Brianna Hill
Crew
Director - Claire Rutkauskas
Stage Manager - Rae Boller
Set Designer - Claire Rutkauskas
Costume Designer - Ashley Kopera
Prop Master - Julia Hinson
Lighting Designer - Sally Crow
The mission of FEMMEmphis is to champion all womyn by empowering and promoting the female, female-presenting, and gender-queer artistic voices in the Memphis community.
FEMMEmphis began with a small group of frustrated friends wishing there were more opportunities for women in the Memphis theater community (and beyond). In the 2016-2017 season, out of 126 productions from 7 major companies throughout the city, 7 were written by a female playwright, 8 had a female director, and leading roles for women were few and far between. At every audition we found ourselves throwing side eye at each of our friends, as we sat in a room full of talented women and all hoped for the same thing - that one decent female role of the season. Rather than fighting over a few rare opportunities a year, we should instead be finding ways to collaborate, learning from each other and building one another up.
We recognize how fortunate we are to have such a vibrant artistic community here in Memphis and to be surrounded by so many talented female artists. We also recognize a lack of opportunities for women to shine, develop our craft, and try something new. FEMMEmphis was founded to provide those opportunities and to encourage female representation and community among Memphis artists.
Our goals for the collective include:
*Produce art written by, directed by, designed by, built by, managed by, and performed by women.
*Actively pursue diversity in all artistic endeavors
*Create a stronghold of support for women to tell their stories and to create new work, in addition to participating in previously established artistic institutions within the community
*Smash the artistic patriarchy!
We are so excited to bring new works and unique artistic experiences that amplify the female voice to our community. With your help, we can continue to afford performance venues, rehearsal spaces, licensing fees, and all of the technical elements that go into producing and marketing a show. We greatly appreciate your support as we embark on this journey! Thank you!
www.femmemphis.com
What are we working on right now?
FEMMEmphis Presents: Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
Written by Jen Silverman
Directed by Claire Rutkauskas
August 4-6; The University of Memphis Lab Theater TH235
Visit this link to purchase your tickets today! https://collective-rage-tickets.eventbrite.com
Betty is very rich, very powerful, very unhappy, and very, very concerned with The State of Things.
Betty has no friends.
Betty is going to quit her job and devote her life to the Thea-tah.
Betty has never been asked by anyone what she has to say. She has a lot she’s never said.
Betty just got out of prison, and just wants to work on her truck.
In this absurd comedy from award-winning playwright Jen Silverman, five women named Betty Boop are brought together by the power of the Thea-tah. As they devise their own play, the unlikely friends discuss love, relationships, power, loneliness, and art. Each finding herself trapped in her own way and in desperate pursuit of happiness, they discover comfort in the most unlikely of places. A hysterical and heart-warming story, Collective Rage confronts the stereotypes of female identity, and asks us all to learn to love ourselves.
Cast
Betty Boop 1 - Kristen Vandervort
Betty Boop 2 - Jamie Boller
Betty Boop 3 - Christina Hernandez
Betty Boop 4 - Eileen Kuo
Betty Boop 5 - Brianna Hill
Crew
Director - Claire Rutkauskas
Stage Manager - Rae Boller
Set Designer - Claire Rutkauskas
Costume Designer - Ashley Kopera
Prop Master - Julia Hinson
Lighting Designer - Sally Crow
Organizer
FEMMEmphis Collective
Organizer
Memphis, TN
