Second half of Synchronicity season highlights girls and women, past and present

Synchronicity Theatre has announced the second half of the theater’s 27th season, running February through June. Shows include a Stripped Bare Arts Incubator production, a Family Series production and a Women in the Arts staging. 

Running February 4 through March 2 is the Family Series play Petite Rouge. Based on the award-winning book by Mike Artell, the play is a Cajun Little Red Riding Hood story with book, music and lyrics by Joan Cushing. Morgan Crumbly and Brandin Jay are cast in main roles.

January through May, the Stripped Bare Arts Incubator series continues with: I Am The Dead Man by Stephen Ruffin, with performance on January 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Intergenerational Caregiving Pretzel by Rachel Mewbron, with a performance on April 16 at 7:30 p.m.; and Viscera by Meaghan Novoa, with performances on May 13 and May 14 at 7:30 p.m.  

And in April, Synchronicity Theatre will host a Women in the Arts and Business luncheon at The Foundry at Puritan Mill. The theme of the event is “Thriving Together: Atlanta Women Take the Stage” and will be an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of women in the arts and business community. This year, Jane Woodruff Blount, legal director for Wizarding World Digital at Warner Bros. Discovery, and Sue Schroeder, CORE Dance, will be honored.

Synchronicity will present the next Bold Voices show: The Dark Lady by Jessica B. Hill, from June 6 through June 29. The play is a witty and sensual duet that reclaims the story of a fascinating woman who was almost lost to history, Emilia Bassano. Multiracial and multilingual, Bassano was the first Englishwoman to publish her own poetry — and she may also be the answer to a 400-year-old mystery: Who was the Dark Lady that Shakespeare spoke of with such passion in his sonnets?

The season will conclude with the annual Playmaking for Girls public performance on June 14 at 6:30 p.m. This is the culminating performance for a year-long program that provides an opportunity for girls of various backgrounds to explore their creativity and develop their storytelling skills through the art of playwriting.