THE SPORTING LIFE by Marjorie Muller

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16-year-old Dot still hasn’t gotten her period. Lucky for her, there’s a Witch in the woods who can get it started. However, in exchange, Dot must offer her the life of a man who has wronged her. And who better to offer than a math teacher? When Dot gets her elusive first period and becomes witness to the Witch’s murder, they become bonded in literal blood, sending Dot down a path of self-understanding, bitterness, and perhaps a little bit of violence too (as a treat). The Sporting Life is a ‘this girl is a woman now’ story brutally snapped open to expose the, sometimes literal, entrails of growing up girl.

Marjorie Muller writes body plays and when she’s not writing body plays, she’s writing romance novels, which are kind of like body plays but sexier. Marjorie’s work has appeared at Urbanite Theatre, The Women’s Theatre Festival, Avalanche Theatre, and Northwestern University (among others). Most recently, her play “littlespace, or the daddy play” was a semi-finalist for The O’Neill. Marjorie is an alum of the acting program at the Theatre School at DePaul, Jackalope Theatre Playwright’s Lab, New Coordinates’ Writers Room and The Road Theatre’s Under Construction 3 cohort.

Director – Kayla Menz

Cast

Sherry – Sonia Goldberg

Dot – Dana Pepowski

Joe – George Zerante

Mikayla – Liv McDaniel

Older Man – Cory Hardin

Younger Man – Maxwell Peters

Doors open at 7 PM for a 7:30PM showtime. The Understudy Cafe will be open for refreshments before the performance.