Brooklyn’s Irondale theatrical ensemble, known for producing immersive and non-traditional performances, will present the On Women Festival, a three-week theater festival that places the feminine perspective in the spotlight, March 4-21. With two mainstage productions, To Moscow! A Palimpsest and Night Shadows – Or, One Hundred Million Voices Shouting, and two works-in-progress, England’s Splendid Daughters and The Fainting Room, coupled with educational workshops and a special performance by the Young New Yorker’s Women’s Ensemble, the festival highlights Irondale’s mission to present relevant and reflective works while tackling current issues facing the community.
A public Artists Exchange will also take place during the festival on March 7 to offer a conversation about each playwright’s work, their creative process and the importance of being female creators. Irondale’s young company will also engage in workshops with both Ann Kreitman and Becca Bernard to ensure that presenting the female perspective becomes as significant to the next generation of artists as it is to Irondale and the works they present. The festival will close with a performance by the Young New Yorker’s Women’s Ensemble, bringing together the finest choral musicians presenting classical greats and prominent living composers.
The On Women Festival schedule is as follows:
March 4-7: To Moscow! A Palimpsest, 7:30 pm.
March 7: On Women Artists Exchange, 3:30 pm.
March 11-14: Night Shadows – Or, One Hundred Million Voices Shouting, 7:30 pm.
March 19: England’s Splendid Daughters, 7:30 pm.
March 20: The Fainting Room, 7:30 pm.
March 21: Young New Yorker’s Women’s Ensemble, 6:00 pm.
General admission seats to the mainstage performances are $25, and workshop productions, $20. Festival packages are available; 2 shows for $40, 3 shows for $60, 4 shows for $70, and the full festival pass, $80, on sale at http://irondale.org/on-women-festival/.
Irondale is located at 85 South Oxford Street in Brooklyn, New York.
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