THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON Reading to Fly Beyond the Gender Gap at Miranda Theatre

T minus one week until take-off!

Miranda Theatre Company will present readings of They Promised Her The Moon by Laurel Ollstein, directed by Valentina Frattim at NOLA Studios, 250 West 54th Street, Studio 1 on Monday, October 17th at 6:30 pm and Tuesday, October 18th at 3:00 pm.

Per press notes, the play is about Jerrie Cobb, who dreamed of becoming an astronaut in the 1960s.

The synopsis reads: "Jerrie Cobb devoted her life to the sky. Cobb was to find that family, colleagues, and contemporaries were too earthbound to see beyond the gender gap. In 1959, after undergoing rigorous physical and psychological testing, Cobb surpassed scores of many of the infamous Mercury 7. However, it was John Glenn, who was chosen to travel into space first. Laurel Ollstein tells the story of a great American woman who reached for the moon but hit the glass ceiling instead."

The reading will feature John Hillner, Barbara Kingsley, Jeff Kready, Peter McRobbie, Zoe Perry, and Carol Todd.

RSVP to rsvp.mirandatheatreco@gmail.com to attend.