Season 4 has arrived!
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Director's Statement
Season 4 of Pleiades 24 was initially inspired by Robert Schumann’s Fraueliebe und leben which details what was thought to be the typical stages in a woman’s life. For Schumann these included falling in love, getting married, having a baby and loss. It got us thinking, what would the modern update look like? What are the “typical” stages of a woman’s life now?
The answer is, there is no typical life, there is no typical woman.
Rather than trying to represent all women, we wanted to capture some of the beautiful diversity of experience in the snapshots from 5. We meet an exhausted mother, completely in love with her children but nevertheless in great need a of break. We go back to middle school, and instead of the feared “mean girls,” get lifted up by the nice ones, the ones that help us find ourselves in a new scary place. In an unexpectedly timely episode, we explore the relationship of an estranged mother and daughter in a time of sickness. And finally, we remember that ill-advised relationship and celebrate that age when you begin to give less fucks! Through all of this, we realize, even in their contrasting experiences, there is a universal nature to hardships, courage and love that comprise the flashbulb moments in a woman’s life.
--Caroline Miller
The answer is, there is no typical life, there is no typical woman.
Rather than trying to represent all women, we wanted to capture some of the beautiful diversity of experience in the snapshots from 5. We meet an exhausted mother, completely in love with her children but nevertheless in great need a of break. We go back to middle school, and instead of the feared “mean girls,” get lifted up by the nice ones, the ones that help us find ourselves in a new scary place. In an unexpectedly timely episode, we explore the relationship of an estranged mother and daughter in a time of sickness. And finally, we remember that ill-advised relationship and celebrate that age when you begin to give less fucks! Through all of this, we realize, even in their contrasting experiences, there is a universal nature to hardships, courage and love that comprise the flashbulb moments in a woman’s life.
--Caroline Miller
in Development
A Women’s Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza!
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This show is an original music-theater work, inspired by turn-of-the-century vaudeville, in which our daring Maestra Impresaria guides us through the comedic, tragic, and untold stories of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States.
Through unique adaptations of suffrage propaganda, including plays and popular songs, as well as newly commissioned songs from NYC-based composer Lacy Rose, Maestra Impresaria and her troupe lead us on an exhilarating jaunt, as we celebrate, explore, and problematize this historic fight to win the vote. By examining the intersection of the voices of historic women and American women of today, we ask the audience to consider how far we have come in building an equal and just society for all women. |
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A Women's Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza! is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by LMCC.
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