"In actuality, there's probably no Shakespeare that Woman's Will wouldn't do well...Woman's Will is no-nonsense theatre brimming with intelligence and passion." - Chad Jones,
Oakland Tribune


Mrs. Lincoln (Acquenetta Summers-Wong) shares a secret about President Lincoln with her dressmaker Mrs. Keckley (Lizzie Calogero)
In November 2002, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. The world premiere of this play cycle will be performed as a yearlong national festival. From November 13, 2006 to November 12, 2007, simultaneous and separate performances of the cycle by over 600 theaters will take place all across the United States, creating the largest theater collaboration in U.S. history. Each week one theater company will produce one week (seven plays) in the 365 Days/365 Plays cycle.
Woman's Will sets its all-female cast loose on Week 2: Thanksgiving week, presenting a family-friendly, site-specific event. that invites audiences to add their voices to the proceedings through a short togetherness observance (bring hand instruments if you like) and post-play food and conversation. Part play, part family gathering, 365 Week 2 is the antidote for the post-turkey blahs. And Week 2 even has a bonus 8th play in honor of the holiday!
The San Francisco component of 365 Days/365 Plays is coordinated by the Z Space Studio, the Playwrights Festival, and Cutting Ball Theater. For the entire year's schedule, please see www.zspace.org/365plays.htm. For more on the nationwide project, see the Public Theatre's website at www.publictheater.org/365.
Oakland Public Conservatory of Music
1616 Franklin (downtown Oakland near 19th St BART)
November 24th - November 26 (Thanksgiving weekend ONLY!)
Friday & Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
Reservations are recommended
For more information or reservations, please call: (510) 420-0813
Mrs. Lincoln (Acquenetta Summers-Wong) shares a secret about President Lincoln with her dressmaker Mrs. Keckley (Lizzie Calogero)
Photo: Erin Merritt
This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the East Bay Community Foundation, the Clorox Corporation, and the City of Oakland.
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