Defining Form and Other Plays

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the LADIES QUINTET A quintet of short solo works for mature women,includes: THE GARDEN CLUB The last surviving member of the Never-BlueGarden Club conducts the group's annualmeeting. THE STAR POLISHER An elderly woman polishes Joanne Woodward'sstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, reminiscingabout the films that shaped her life and Nation. NOEL Clearing out her deceased sister's attic, a womandiscovers Ghosts of Christmas Past. AN AMERICAN SKETCH A painter dazzles her granddaughter with herpaintbrush and wit teaching the compenents of awell-lived life. A REAL POSSIBLE A widow, braces herself for the arrival of herProm date. STRAIGHT LACED: A Cantata An exploration of reparative therapy in anattempt to heal a young man of his homosexuality. BESSIE! The Life of Bessie Smith Celebrating the life of the ?World's GreatestBlues Singer?, Bessie Smith, who took noprisoners as she graced stages across the countryforever changing the face of music as we know it. THE FITTING ROOM A peek inside a ladies dressing room in avoyeuristic perspective on the search formeaning, truth and the perfect pair of jeans. DEFINING FORM Siblings struggle over the care of their agingmother, in the early stages of Alzheimer's.