February Readings 2025: Powerful Women

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.

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Slaying Holofernes by Emily McClain 2/3/2024 7pm
Directed by: Blair Sanders

Artemesia Gentileschi:
Amanda:
Agostino Tassi:
Orazio/Oscar:
Anthony/ Coppino:
Tuzia/ Tonya
Stiatessi/Greg
Penatelli/Lucas
the Judge
the Notary

Blame by Wendy Susan Simonds 2/4/2025 7pm
Directed by: Rich Hammett+

Richard (Dick) Schaff:
Carrie Woolf/Clarence:
Ida Bernard/Avi:
Alice Morrison/Louie:
Harriet Hill/Harvey:
Mary Walker/Aziz:
Marla Mallo:
Roger Johnson/Rod Peters: 

Gutted by Tori Hersant 2/5/2025 7pm
Directed by: Jeffrey Liu

Blair:
Axel:
Rhett:

Find My Way by Morgan Jones 2/10/2025 7pm
Directed by: Morgan Jones

Doris:
Tanya:
King:
Gina:
Kasey:
Laneese:
Aunt Rose:
Uncle Lonnie:
Dwayne:
Michelle:
Cheryl Alexander:
Eric:
Stephanie:
Ensemble:

In the Slush by Daniel Prillaman 2/11/2025 7pm
Directed by: Andre Eaton Jr.*

Laura Beth Gardner/Rodina Waits:
Ethan Gardner/Orlando Bloom:
Hope Rosenstock:
Harold Becklesby: 

Cadillac Crew by Tori Sampson 2/12/2025 7pm
Directed by: Becca Parker*

Rachel/Alicia:
Abby/Opal:
Dee/Patrisse:
Sarah/Journalist:
Voice 1/Stage Directions:
Voice 2/Stage Directions:

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

Bio coming soon

BLAIR SANDERS
guest director

Bio coming soon!

Jeffrey Liu
Guest Director

Bio coming soon!