Dead Girls No Mothers at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse

Four of Shakespeare’s heroines - Cordelia, Desdemona, Lavinia, and Ophelia - speak from beyond death to reclaim the voices they were denied in life. Confronting the violence, silencing, and objectification imposed on them by patriarchal systems, they expose how their suffering was used to serve men’s stories rather than their own. Through their reflections, the play challenges the idea of Shakespeare’s women as passive victims and insists on their agency, anger, and humanity beyond the roles that destroyed them. Returning from ASC's March 2026 Thy Name Is Woman feminist New Play Festival, Dead Girls No Mothers is a full-length, one-act production that highlights the experience of four of Shakespeare's famous tragic heroines. Part monologue cycle, part group revelation, this play will challenge, heal, and invite audiences to engage with a new perspective of the stories they love.

On the Porpentine Stage.