Bechdel Test Fest – April 26

6:30 – Panel discussion:  Bechdel and Beyond 

FREE 

Moderator: Chandra Crudup (ASU & Black Theatre Troupe)

Panel: Larissa Brewington (Grey Matters Productions), Micha Espinosa (ASU),

Louis Farber (Stray Cat Theatre), Elaine “E.E.” Moe (Megaw Theatre & Actors Studio),

Laurelann Porter (The Bridge Initiative & Benedictine University)

 

We will discuss why The Bridge Initiative chose the Bechdel Test to evaluate work, and how we have found it both useful and limiting. Looking to the future and moving beyond this gauge, the panel will discuss why representation, diversity, and inclusion are imperative on our stages and screens, and what questions, beyond the Bechdel Test, should be asked. There will also be the opportunity for audience Q&A.

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DIRECTOR: Ashley Hare

PSM: Marissa Beckett 

CAST: Alyssa Arns, Valerie German, Esmeralda Lechuga, Chelsea McCasland, A.P. Nuri

 

After the sudden death of a housemate, four teenage girls living in state care try to combat their grief. A new poetic drama that explores the chrysalis of female adolescence and centers itself on the resilient youth of America who are left to raise themselves in the shadows of the system. 

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