The 2025 Reading series: powerful women
February is project month at Live Arts! This year, we are featuring plays with powerful female characters.
Join us for staged readings of the plays! We will be reading each play on a different evening in February 2025, followed by a talkback session focusing on the themes presented in the play.
Slaying Holofernes by Emily McClain 2/3/2024 7pm
Directed by: Blair Sanders
Artemesia Gentileschi: Haley Perez-Arche
Amanda: Sarah Palm
Agostino Tassi: Andre Eaton Jr.*
Orazio/Oscar: Chris Voss
Anthony/ Coppino: Michael Ward
Tuzia/Tonya: Lory Cox
Stiatessi/Greg: Jeffrey Liu
Penatelli/Lucas: Face
the Judge: Elaine Wadsworth^
the Notary/Stage Directions: BJ Barrett
Blame by Wendy Simonds 2/4/2025 7pm
Directed by: Rich Hammett+
Richard (Dick) Schaff: Fred Galyean^
Carrie Woolf/Clarence: Yolanda Spencer^
Ida Bernard/Avi: Lauren Casola
Alice Morrison/Louie: Haley Perez-Arche
Harriet Hill/Harvey: TJ Sanson
Mary Walker/Aziz: Victoria Allen
Marla Mallo: Lory Cox
Roger Johnson/Rod Peters: Andre Eaton Jr.*
Stage Directions/Mentor Director: Becca Parker*
Gutted by Tori Hersant 2/5/2025 7pm
Directed by: Jeffrey Liu
Blair: Shannon Dempsey^
Axel: Michael Ward
Rhett: Andre Eaton Jr.*
Stage Directions: Katie Bates
Find My Way by Morgan Jones 2/10/2025 7pm
Directed by: Morgan Jones
Doris: Celeste Campbell
Tanya: Blair Sanders
King: D. Norris*
Social Worker: Sylvia Galan^
Gina: Dominique Wilson^
Kasey: Sherle Walker^
Laneese: Becca Parker*
Aunt Rose: Yolanda Spencer^
Uncle Lonnie: Andre Eaton Jr.*
Dawayne: Rodney L. Johnson*
Michelle: Liz Phrampus
Cheryl Alexander: Sheryl McCoy^
Eric: Michael Ward
Stephanie: Rita Rafar*
Ensemble: Jeremiah Walker^, Jeffrey Liu, Victoria Allen
In the Slush by Daniel Prillaman 2/11/2025 7pm
Directed by: Andre Eaton Jr.*
Laura Beth Gardner/Rodina Waits: Liz Phrampus
Ethan Gardner/Orlando Bloom: Jeffrey Liu
Hope Rosenstock: Erin Taravella^
Harold Becklesby: Rodney L. Johnson*
Cadillac Crew by Tori Sampson 2/12/2025 7pm
Directed by: Becca Parker*
Rachel/Alicia: My’Una Jones
Abby/Opal: Deneen Royal
Dee/Patrisse: LeTitia Sloan
Sarah/Journalist: Stephanie Cheversia
Voices 1&2/Stage Directions: Rodney L. Johnson
Project Leadership
ANDRE EATON Jr.*
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Andre Eaton Jr is a graduate of Georgia State University. He received a taste of directing in the required directing classes for theatre majors where he directed scenes from Doubt, and Harlem Duet. The majority of his experience with directing comes from acting in various show with a variety of different kinds of directors each with their own ways of working.
BECCA PARKER*
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Becca Parker is the Founding Artistic Director of LiveArts Theatre. Becca is a teaching artist who is active at the local, state, and national level. Becca leads the Directing, Stage Management, and Dramaturgy Intensives.She founded Live Arts as a place for all, and is excited to be working with such an awesome team to bring this project to life.
Rich hammett
member of the 2024-25 directing intensive
BLAIR SANDERS
guest director
Bio coming soon!
Jeffrey Liu
Guest Director
Bio coming soon!
Morgan Jones
Guest Director
Bio coming soon!