A piece of feminist theatre from 1868 is getting new life in New Westminster.
Way Off-Broadway Wednesday and Thunder Blunder Theatre are teaming up to present The Coming Woman: The Spirit of Seventy-Six, onstage in the back room at the Heritage Grill on Wednesday, Nov. 21.
Written by playwright Ariana Wormeley Curtis and originally staged in 1868, WOW is marking the 150th anniversary of this lesser-known play with a high-energy reading featuring Al Lafrance and some of the region’s most talented independent theatre artists.
The play follows the story of a straight-laced man who returns to Boston from an extended overseas business trip to find that women have taken over his home country. Women now hold every governmental role and position of power in society, and they cannot understand why he is so behind the times.
Al Lafrance of Thunder Blunder Theatre stars as the desperately out-of-touch businessman, joined onstage by an army of female performers that includes Linnea Gwiazda, Taylor Ray, Carly Polkradi, Val Cotic and more.
It’s onstage at 7 p.m., and doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is by donation on a pay-what-you-want basis, and reservations are recommended at 604-759-0819.
See www.facebook.com/wayoffwed for all the details.
