When performing, writing, and classes aren’t enough, join It’s Personal’s Play of the Month Club!
On the second Saturday of each month, we come together to discuss plays that highlight women and/or woman playwrights. Our goal is to educate ourselves, connect with our community, and to have fun exploring as much theater as we possibly can! Best of all, the Club is FREE!!
To join, all you’ve got to do is read the play – either on your own time or with our play reading group – and then jump into the discussion led by Max Kirkham! It’s that easy.
A few things to keep in mind:
See below for It’s Personal’s Play of the Month Club 2021 Selections and Schedule
Play Reading: 9:30am
Club Discussion: 11:00am
On the second Saturday of each month, we come together to discuss plays that highlight women and/or woman playwrights. Our goal is to educate ourselves, connect with our community, and to have fun exploring as much theater as we possibly can! Best of all, the Club is FREE!!
To join, all you’ve got to do is read the play – either on your own time or with our play reading group – and then jump into the discussion led by Max Kirkham! It’s that easy.
A few things to keep in mind:
- All readings and discussions will be held via Zoom video services.
- You do not have to take part in the play reading group to participate in the discussion.
- Our goal is to include as much of our community as possible in PotMC. To that end, assistance may be available to those who are unable to purchase, or otherwise access, the plays. Please contact max@itspersonalonstage.com for more information.
See below for It’s Personal’s Play of the Month Club 2021 Selections and Schedule
Play Reading: 9:30am
Club Discussion: 11:00am
December 12
The Long Christmas Ride Home, Paula Vogel (2003)
Past, present, and future collide on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family of five. Humorous and heart-wrenching, this beautifully written play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to Drive proves that magic can be found in the simplest breaths of life.
Find it here: Dramatists
January 9
As You Like It, William Shakespeare (1623)
Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity… What ensues is a riotous combination of a feisty cross-dressing heroine, a tartan-clad fool, melodic songs, questionable poetry and laughs aplenty. Will love conquer all, or is it merely a madness?
Find it here: Free in the Public Domain
February 13
The America Play, Suzan-Lori Parks (1993)
In The America Play, a black man travels the U.S. reenacting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln over and over, as other characters try to extricate themselves from the giant pit of history (and to figure out how they got into it).
Find it here: https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=830
March 13
Lysistrata, Aristophanes (411 BC)
The comic account of one woman’s extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War, as Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace.
Find it here: Free in the Public Domain
April 10
Harvey, Mary Chase (1944)
Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit… Veta decides to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium.
Find it here: https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1800
May 8
Ching Chong Chinaman, Lauren Yee (2011)
The Wongs are American as apple pie. Desdemona dreams of Princeton but could use some help with her calculus. Her brother Upton wants to be a World of Warcraft champion but needs more free time to train. Upton solves both their problems by bringing an indentured servant home one day, but they soon discover that "Ching Chong" has American dreams of his own!
Find it here: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/6522/ching-chong-chinaman
June
We love play of the month, but this month we are taking a hiatus. Questions? Email us at hello@itspersonalonstage.com
July 10
Little Women, Greta Gerwig, Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott (2019)
A true American classic, Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
Find it here (free): https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/little-women-by-greta-gerwig.pdf
August 14
The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carson Kreitzer (2006)
"Do I dare disturb the universe?" Lead scientist on the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer's rise and fall erupt in this kaleidoscopic play exploring questions of faith, conscience, and the consequences of the never-ending pursuit of knowledge.
Find it here: https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/the-love-song-of-j-robert-oppenheimer
September 11
4000 Miles, Amy Herzog (2012)
After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other. 4000 MILES looks at how two outsiders find their way in today's world.
Find it here: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/499/4000-miles
October 9
Machinal, Sophie Treadwell (1928)
Inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder, Machinal is a powerful expressionist play about the status of women in an increasingly mechanized society, and the torture of a loveless marriage.
Find it for here (free): http://www.ciaranhinds.eu/pdf/machinal.pdf
November 13
Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley (1979)
Babe has just shot her husband because she didn't like his looks. This brings middle sister Meg back to town from Los Angeles… And poor Lenny, everyone has forgotten her birthday! Warm-hearted, irreverent, and imaginative, Crimes of the Heart teems with humanity as the sisters forgive the past, face the present, and embrace the future.
Find it here: https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1271
The Long Christmas Ride Home, Paula Vogel (2003)
Past, present, and future collide on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family of five. Humorous and heart-wrenching, this beautifully written play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to Drive proves that magic can be found in the simplest breaths of life.
Find it here: Dramatists
January 9
As You Like It, William Shakespeare (1623)
Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity… What ensues is a riotous combination of a feisty cross-dressing heroine, a tartan-clad fool, melodic songs, questionable poetry and laughs aplenty. Will love conquer all, or is it merely a madness?
Find it here: Free in the Public Domain
February 13
The America Play, Suzan-Lori Parks (1993)
In The America Play, a black man travels the U.S. reenacting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln over and over, as other characters try to extricate themselves from the giant pit of history (and to figure out how they got into it).
Find it here: https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=830
March 13
Lysistrata, Aristophanes (411 BC)
The comic account of one woman’s extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War, as Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace.
Find it here: Free in the Public Domain
April 10
Harvey, Mary Chase (1944)
Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit… Veta decides to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium.
Find it here: https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1800
May 8
Ching Chong Chinaman, Lauren Yee (2011)
The Wongs are American as apple pie. Desdemona dreams of Princeton but could use some help with her calculus. Her brother Upton wants to be a World of Warcraft champion but needs more free time to train. Upton solves both their problems by bringing an indentured servant home one day, but they soon discover that "Ching Chong" has American dreams of his own!
Find it here: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/6522/ching-chong-chinaman
June
We love play of the month, but this month we are taking a hiatus. Questions? Email us at hello@itspersonalonstage.com
July 10
Little Women, Greta Gerwig, Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott (2019)
A true American classic, Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
Find it here (free): https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/little-women-by-greta-gerwig.pdf
August 14
The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carson Kreitzer (2006)
"Do I dare disturb the universe?" Lead scientist on the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer's rise and fall erupt in this kaleidoscopic play exploring questions of faith, conscience, and the consequences of the never-ending pursuit of knowledge.
Find it here: https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/the-love-song-of-j-robert-oppenheimer
September 11
4000 Miles, Amy Herzog (2012)
After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other. 4000 MILES looks at how two outsiders find their way in today's world.
Find it here: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/499/4000-miles
October 9
Machinal, Sophie Treadwell (1928)
Inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder, Machinal is a powerful expressionist play about the status of women in an increasingly mechanized society, and the torture of a loveless marriage.
Find it for here (free): http://www.ciaranhinds.eu/pdf/machinal.pdf
November 13
Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley (1979)
Babe has just shot her husband because she didn't like his looks. This brings middle sister Meg back to town from Los Angeles… And poor Lenny, everyone has forgotten her birthday! Warm-hearted, irreverent, and imaginative, Crimes of the Heart teems with humanity as the sisters forgive the past, face the present, and embrace the future.
Find it here: https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1271
