About this Event
The Sisters (2025) - World Premiere
Composer - Patricia Wallinga
Performance Dates
June 13, 2025 7:00pm
June 15, 2025 4:00pm
Performance Venue
Christ Church Neighborhood House
20 N American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Synopsis
The poet Amy Lowell, plagued with self-doubt at her work, ponders the difficulties of being a female poet. She imagines herself going back to meet three of her predecessors: Sappho, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Dickinson. She falls in love with Sappho's uninhibited passion, chafes against Mrs. Browning's Victorian sensibilities, and keeps pace with Emily's lightning-fast wit. She tries to bring them all into the same dream-space to ponder whether she could really measure up to any of them; however, Emily remains stuck in her own doubts measuring herself against Mrs. Browning. The other poets pull her from her reverie, and all four come together in the recognition that they are one continued line of the same creative family. Amy bids her visions a fond, grateful farewell as she returns to her work, her poetic inspiration renewed.
Cast
Allison Deady as Amy Lowell
Madison Boyer as Emily Dickenson
Rebecca Sacks as Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Ryan Colbert as Sappho
Creative Team
Patricia Wallinga - Composer
Amanda Staub - Creative Executive Producer
Ting Ting Wong - Music Director/Conductor
Elise D'Avella - Stage Director
Meghan Jones - Set Design
Orchestra
Sirapat Jittapirom - Piano
Leigh Brown - Cello
Eiko Ogiso - Violin
Set Construction by Philadelphia Scenic Works
Agenda
🕑: 05:45 PM - 06:15 PM
Pre-performance Discussion (Free)
🕑: 06:15 PM
House Opens
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Local Feminist Poetry and Writing Presentations
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
"The Sisters" World Premiere
🕑: 08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Post Premiere Reception
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Neighborhood House, 20 North American Street, Philadelphia, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 71.09
