WOMAN OF THE WORLD By Rebecca Gilman Opens at The Liz Smith Reading Series

Woman of the World, is a new play by Rebecca Gilman, that tells the true story of the wonderfully complex Mabel Loomis Todd. Kathleen Chalfant plays Todd, best known as Emily Dickinson's posthumous editor, but also a journalist, a naturalist, and a popular public speaker.

Set at one of Todd's speaking engagements on Hog Island - an island Todd owned off the coast of Maine. During the evening's entertainment, she reveals shocking secrets from her full and storied life. This play was written on Hog Island, in Todd's very cabin, where Ms. Gilman was an Artist-in-Residence at the Hog Island Audubon Camp.

Manhattan Theatre Club's Creative Center311 West 43rd Street8th Floor. ADMISSION IS FREE. Reception to follow. Space is limitedReservations are required: Please email?rsvp.mirandatheatreco@gmail.com

Liz Smith was not only the "Grande Dame of Dish." She was a firecracker, filled with joy, wit and a deep passion for theatre. Her memories of times spent with theatre greats ranging from Tennessee Williams to Mike Nichols, served as an important oral history. We, at Miranda were lucky to have her support. We celebrate her life and spirit with this Inaugural Reading Series.

Next Week...Don't Miss The Final Reading Of The Series:

March 27th at 6:30
JAZZ

Based on the novel of the same name by Toni Morrison
by Nambi E. Kelley
directed by Michele ShayIn

Morrison's exhilarating novel, Joe and Violet move from the Virginia countryside to Harlem at the turn of the century, young and in love. Twenty years later, Joe's interactions with a young woman set off a series of violent events and unforgivable acts. Peeling back layers and alternating perspectives expose ultimately sympathetic characters, who-like the growing New York neighborhood and the winding woods of their youth-reveal their own rhythms.

Manhattan Theatre Club's Creative Center311 West 43rd Street, 8th Floor. ADMISSION IS FREE. Receptions to follow. Space is limited. Reservations are required: Please email?rsvp.mirandatheatreco@gmail.comwith Name, Reading you will be attending and Number of people attending