By Rachel Crothers
Uprising Series curated by Hannah Rittner
*We would like to acknowledge the generous support of Concord Theatricals for giving us the access to discover this script.
*We would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts in supporting Hannah’s curatorial residency with the Festival from 2020-2022.

Series Description:
Hannah Rittner has discovered 400-plus plays by women between the 17th and 21st centuries as part of her two-year research project with the Stratford Festival entitled “The Feminist Expansion of the Western Canon,” in which she seeks to transform the Western theatrical canon so that it may include and celebrate the female gaze. In this series she has pulled together four plays that showcase women fighting against injustice through acts of uprising, and in doing so they become the heroes of their own story—but not without a fight.

Play Description:
An irreverent comedy about Mary Howard, a successful novelist about to publish her most scandalous book about a young woman who nearly breaks up a marriage. Art begins to mirror life when Jimmy introduces Mary to the last person on Earth she’d want to meet.

House Program:  When Ladies Meet