Photo Flash: FRANK WOMEN Celebration of Frank Blocker at Stage Left Studio
Check out photos from the show below!
Known for “well-written women,” Blocker premiered several new monologues including “What I Learned from Aunt Mary,” “This is Your Mother,” “My Cantaloupes,” and “The Kroger What’s Near My House.” Inspired by the American experience, the characters presented included Southerners, Northerners, Midwesterners, sun-drenched Westerners, and even a monologue in broken Spanglish.The cast was rounded out by company members from Stage Left Studio's Forbidden Kiss LIVE! show: Gaby Gold, Cheryl King (Grapefruit), Jenn Wehrung, Elza Zagreda (Dating, Depression and Dirtbags) and show regular Valerie Hager. Seasoned character actresses Amy Heath Bell, Theresa Gambacorta, Stefani Miller and Nomi Tichman also joined the show along with sole male interloper, Jeremy Neal. Ellen Rosenberg is the light and sound designer.
Directors included Karen Baker (University of North Carolina-Greensboro), Kristin Cassidy, Vincent Marano, Regina O’Malley (AMDA), Barry Rowell (Peculiar Works Project) and Abby Williams. Performers Gambacorta, King and Hager also directed some of the selections.
Blocker is currently starring in self-penned Stabilized Not Controlled, also at Stage Left Studio, Sundays at 5:00 pm. Other plays include Southern Gothic Novel: The Aberdeen, Mississippi Sex-Slave Incident (Drama Desk Award nomination), Good Jew, Patient Number, Air Marshals, The Wisconsinners and Eula Mae’s Beauty, Bait & Tackle.
FRANK WOMEN returns for a special performance on Sept 23, 7:30 pm, as part of the 7th Annual Women At Work Festival at Stage Left Studio. For more about the show and Stage Left, visit www.stageleftstudio.net.
Photos courtesy Stage Left Studio.
Jenn Wehrung
Jenn Wehrung
Amy Heath Bell
Stefani Searcy
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