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Buckle in for an evening of one-act plays written by female writers and dealing with the diverse elements of female identity. This inter-collegiate will include original plays by students from the University of Michigan directed and performed by Michigan Tech students. This evening’s performance of Show A will consist of:

St. Juliana’s School for Troubled Girls
By Claire Vogel
Directed by Ahnikah Bachleitner

Taking Survey
By MacKenzie Mollison
Directed by Matt Koss

Show A: February 17, 19, and 25.
Show B: February 18, 24, and 26.

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About St. Juliana’s School for Troubled Girls

By Claire Vogel
Directed by Ahnikah Bachleitner

This quick-witted, modern, mumblecore show turns from funny to devastating on a dime. Young women are sent away to St. Juliana’s for various “troubling” things: sex, mental illness, drugs, and sexual identity. Together, six of these troubled girls take down the institution that is bleeding their parents dry and denying them the education they deserve. 

CAST

Danielle
Ally Southgate

Cecilia
Samantha Siefert 

Reese
Ahnikah Bachleitner

Eve
Alyssa Helminen

Charlotte
Valerie Lynch

Tara
Angie Gecosky

Counselor
Joshua Levine

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About Taking Survey

By MacKenzie Mollison
Directed by Matt Koss

Zera is a young woman with big ideas. Hal is an older man who wants things to stay the way they are. While counting votes in their small town, the two of them engage in a fascinating, witty, and all-too-rare conversation about caste, politics, and challenges within the voting system and one another. 

CAST

Zera
Valerie Lynch

Hal
Brian Breseno

Connie
Anna VanNiejenhuis

Wendy
Ally Southgate

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Choosing the plays

José Casas is a playwriting professor at UMich. Kristy Dodson is a visiting performance professor at Michigan Tech. Kristy and José reviewed multiple submissions written by José’s junior and senior undergraduate students. In their review, they were most interested in authenticity, mission, and originality in either structure or dialogue. These are the four plays chosen by Kristy and José and directed and performed by Michigan Tech Students.

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