Nora's Salon South: "Uncovered" + "She Started with a Beetle"
2023-08-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Hosted in Cloverdale, Montgomery, AL, 36106, United States
Our next gathering of Nora’s Salon South in Montgomery, Alabama is August 29th! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and informal readings of two one-act plays: Uncovered by Laura King and She Started With a Beetle by friend of Nora’s Martha Pichey (Ashes & Ink).
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Uncovered by Laura King
At their monthly book club meetings, a group of women come together to share their connections with classic literature. As the women share their favorite books, they begin to see what they have not only lost but also found during their lifetimes. But most of all, they learn that the strength and spirit of a community of women can lift you up when you are closest to the ground.
She Started With a Beetle by Martha Pichey
After a slew of failed relationships, Ashley seeks help from Animal Wisdom, a company that helps people learn relationship skills with unconventional animal/human pairings. Through hilarious pairings with beetles, octopi, and albatrosses, Ashley and other clients attempt to improve their intimacy issues and find lasting love
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Nora’s Salon South:
Uncovered + She Started with a Beetle
Tuesday, August 29th at 7pm
in Cloverdale, Montgomery, AL
SPACE IS LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org with the subject “RSVP for 8/29 Salon South” to add your name to the guest list. You will receive the exact street address when your reservation is confirmed.
Suggested donation: $10

Nora's Salon South: "She Boots"
2023-11-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Hosted in Downtown Montgomery, Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama, 36104, United States
Our next gathering of Nora’s Salon South in Montgomery, Alabama is November 16th! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and informal reading of She Boots by Janice A. Farringer.

Nora’s Salon South: She Boots by Janice A. Farringer directed by Jackie Viskup

Thursday, November 16th at 7pm in Downtown Montgomery, AL

In She Boots, eleven older women speak to the audience about their military service, the difficulties and victories. Flashbacks provide glimpses into their younger lives. The play is based on multiple oral histories the playwright gathered of women who were in the military at a pivotal time – the late 1970s.

In 1978, the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) was dissolved in favor of integrating women into the regular forces. I began trying to save these veteran’s stories in 2004. When these interviews were done, the women were in their 60s and 70s remembering a time most had never been asked about. While women warriors have now been in the services for decades, these heroes opened those doors by teeth grinding grit and perseverance, dealing with misogyny the best they could.
-Janice A. Farringer, Captain, US Army JAG Corps, 1977-1980

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SPACE IS LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org with the subject “RSVP for 11/16 Salon South” to add your name to the guest list. You will receive the exact street address when your reservation is confirmed.

Suggested donation: $10

Content warning: Contains references to sexual assault

Nora's Salon South: "They Must be Women Now!"
2024-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Hosted by The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S Court Street, Montgomery, AL, 36104, United States
Our next gathering of Nora’s Salon South in Montgomery, Alabama is February 12th! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and informal reading of They Must be Women Now! by Nedra Pezold Roberts (Wash, Dry, Fold).
Nora’s Salon South: They Must Be Women Now!
by Nedra Pezold Roberts
directed by Jacqueline Trimble
Monday, February 12th at 7pm
at The NewSouth Bookstore (105 S Court Street)
in Downtown Montgomery, AL
They must be women now. A forceful command and an ominous threat. Why do women have to be confined in order to learn their place in society? And how many kinds of prisons have they endured over the ages? Social, economic, religious, political restraints—to name only a few—have restricted women’s growth and empowerment, but toward what end? In a contemporary genesis of Euripides’ Antigone, a family of Southern women struggle to discern what needs to be buried, to understand the difference between the impulse to hide from pain and the strength to lay that pain to rest. These women are shaped by their time, their culture, and their individual journeys. It is their job and their lot to discover themselves—and become women now.
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SPACE IS LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org with the subject “RSVP for 2/12 Salon South” to add your name to the guest list.
Suggested donation: $10

Nora's Salon South: "The Backup Planner"
2024-05-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Hosted in a private home in Cloverdale, Montgomery, AL, 36106
Our next gathering of Nora’s Salon South in Montgomery, Alabama is May 30th! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and informal reading of Lou Clyde’s The Backup Planner.

Nora’s Salon South: The Backup Planner
by Lou Clyde
Thursday, May 30th at 7:00pm
in Cloverdale, Montgomery, AL

The Backup Planner is the story of single mother Jan who holds high aspirations for her high school daughter, Sophie. Jan, who is grieving from the death of her own mother, wants Sophie to go to college, while college is the last thing on Sophie’s mind. Jan creates a backup plan for Sophie by applying to college for her. Jan’s best friend Keisha also needs a backup plan since a traditional path to motherhood is not working for her. The Backup Planner is the story of three strong independent women whose goals and aspirations share a common thread.

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SPACE IS LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org with the subject “RSVP for 5/30 Salon South” to add your name to the guest list.

Suggested donation: $10

Nora's Salon South: "Laws of the Universe"
2024-10-15 19:00 - 21:00 | AL
Our next gathering of Nora’s Salon South in Montgomery, Alabama is Tuesday, October 15th! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and informal reading of Laws of the Universe by friend of Nora’s Suzanne Trauth (Françoise, Rehearsing Desire, La Fonda).
Laws of the Universe by Suzanne Trauth
Tuesday, October 15th at 7pm
in downtown Montgomery, AL
Astrophysicist Dr. Stella loves her work at the planetarium’s science education program—teaching young students about the laws of the universe in fun and practical ways, sharing her love of the stars and black holes. However, a health crisis forces her to face her past, including her responsibility for the child she left behind years ago. Life for Stella and her wife Bree gets complicated when that abandoned child is hired as a visiting professor in environmental education. Coming face-to-face with her daughter Zoe is both heart-rending and exciting: an opportunity to mentor a rising star in her field and to make up for the sins of her past.
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SPACE IS LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org with the subject “RSVP for 10/15 Salon South” to add your name to the guest list. The exact address of the reading will be sent to you after you have RSVP’d.
Suggested donation: $10

Nora's Salon South: "Back Porch Play"
2026-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Hosted by The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S Court Street, Montgomery, AL, 36104, United States
Our next gathering of Nora’s Salon South in Montgomery, Alabama is January 15th! We hope you’ll join us for a glass of wine, friendly conversation, and informal reading of Back Porch Play by Adrian Lee Bush.

Back Porch Play by Adrian Lee BushThursday, January 15th at 7pmat The NewSouth Bookstore (105 S Court Street)in Downtown Montgomery, AL

Maribelle Johnston is on her death bed and her four children have been called to her bedside to say their goodbyes. Will they all come as asked? Will they run out of time to say goodbye? And how will the urgency and their new life circumstances dredge up long-hidden family secrets?

Playwright Adrian Lee Bush is currently obtaining her MFA in Playwriting at Hollins University Playwright’s Lab. She has penned and staged nine full-length shows in Alabama, most of them plays with music. Adrian is also a director, dramaturg, performer, diploma-carrying intimacy choreographer, and certified actor combatant. She earned her BFA in Theatre Studies from Niagara University and spent eight thrilling years performing in Los Angeles, where she co-founded a nonprofit theatre company, Above the Curve, and performed with the Satin Dollz. Adrian is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists Guild.

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SPACE IS LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Please email us at reservations@norasplayhouse.org with the subject “RSVP for 1/15 Salon South” to add your name to the guest list.

Suggested donation: $10
