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SUMMARY:The Violet Sisters\, Staged Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Violet Sisters by Gina Femia\nfeaturing Charlette Augusta\, Camilla Bastos\, and Kaitlyn Crockett. \nA staged reading of Gina Femia’s contemporary play “The Violet Sisters” – a story of navigating familial\nbonds\, domestic abuse survivorship\, and resilience in the wake of tragedy. \nIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy\, Pam comes home to Brooklyn to attend her father’s funeral. When she\narrives\, she is greeted by an angry sister\, a dilapidated house\, and a past she can’t escape. Despite all of\nher best intentions\, the conversation quickly turns tense and the two sisters are forced to deal with all\nthat they have let slip away\, all the words that have been left unsaid for years. A two-person play with\nGina’s trademark comedic-dramatic expertise that portrays real life nuances of complicated\nrelationships\, “The Violet Sisters” is a play about forgiving when you cannot bring yourself to forget. \nContent Transparency: This play contains conversations around abuse\, abusive relationships\, grief\, the\ndeath of a parent. In addition\, there is a moment of self harm described within the stage directions – this\nsection will be read aloud but not depicted. \n“The Violet Sisters” explores abuse and abusive relationships. If you or anyone you know is struggling\nwith a toxic relationship\, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. \nPlease note: A staged reading has actors with scripts in hand so that the playwright can work on the play until the day of. \n  \nGina Femia (Playwright) (they/them) is an award-winning playwright and performer whose work has\nbeen seen/developed at The Goodman Theater\, MCC Theater\, Playwrights Horizons\, EST\, Page 73\, New\nGeorges\, The Playwrights Center\, CTG\, Theater of NOTE\, Rivendell Theater\, Cape Cod Theater Project\,\nBag&Baggage\, Mirrorbox Theater\, among others. Selected honors include The Kilroys List\, Leah Ryan\nPrize\, Doric Wilson Award\, the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award and the Neukom Award in Playwriting\,\nnominations for Drama League and NYIT. Gina is a former Core Writer with the Playwrights Center\, and\nan Alum of EST Youngblood\, Page73's Interstate 73\, Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab\, New Georges' Audrey\nResidency\, the Ingram New Play Lab at Nashville Rep and Parsnip Ship's Radio Roots Writer's Group.\nGina’s a New Georges Affiliated Artist and has received residencies with Page73\, Powerhouse\, NTI at the\nO’Neill\, SPACE on Ryder Farm\, and Fresh Ground Pepper. As a teacher\, Gina has worked with The\nPlaywrights Center\, Primary Stages ESPA\, and TDF in addition to running independent classes that focus\non writing your first novel as well as writing autobiographical stories for the stage. Gina's debut YA\nnovel\, Alondra was named a Best Book for Teens in 2023 and is a Finalist for a Golden Kite award. Learn\nmore: www.femiagina.com. \nCharlette Augusta (Stage Directions) (any pronouns) is an actor\, stage manager\, producer\, and\nperformance artist. Most recently Charlette has worked on productions with Studio 506 Theater\,\nBrooklyn Grange\, Columbia University\, Central Casting\, and Erik Orjiako. If you are experiencing\nemotional or physical abuse in an intimate relationship\, call 1.800.799.7233 or text BEGIN to 88788. To\nthose contemplating suicide or self harm\, call 988 or text HOME to 741741. \nCamilla Bastos (Pam) (she/her) is an actor\, model\, and vlogger based in Boston. Film: Alexis in\nBlueberries (Boston University)\, Rosalba in 1988 (Made in Mass Productions)\, Moly in Wave (MassArt)\,\nJamie in When I Go Missing (From Another Planet Productions)\, Sex Worker in Absolution (Sculptor\nMedia). Theater: Isabel in Refugee – workshop (Merrimack Rep)\, Madeline in The Women of Lockerbie\n(MCC)\, Actor 3 in Revolt. She said. Revolt again. (Studio 506 Theater)\, Elizabeth in The Lowell Offering –\nworkshop (Merrimack Rep). Webseries: Dee in Love Undone (JG Productions). Commercial: Keurig\,\nClynk\, Fanatics\, Fallon Health\, Mowi Salmon\, Suburban HVAC. @camillacvbastos \nKaitlyn Crockett (Sam/director) (she/they) is an actor\, director\, writer\, and theatre artist. Acting in\nTheatre: The Trojan Women (dir. Nora Gair); Circle Mirror Transformation (Balefire Productions)\,\nEverybody (Studio 506 Theater); Film: Dinner Crawlers (BUTV)\, The Art Lesson (dir. Rudolf Lingens)\, Drive\n(Fitchburg State University); Webseries: The Lowell Life (Ima9ine). Directing in Theatre: Macbeth\, Revolt.\nShe said. Revolt again. (Studio 506 Theater)\, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Midsummer Dream Festival).\nPlaywriting: An Electric Sunrise on the Horizon – one act version (Capital Stage) (Marymount Manhattan\nCollege) (UMich-Flint)\, Open Mic (Studio 506 Theater)\, How The Ocean Shimmers (published in The\nLowell Eclipse). @createlyn \n  \nThis event is All Ages\, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption \nDoors 1:30 PM  \nShow 2:00 PM  \nTickets $15 adv / $20 day of \nUNFORTUNATELY\, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING FOR COMEDY & THEATER. \nNO REFUNDS \nWheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.
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LOCATION:The Rockwell
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