ABOUT THIS SHOW
VAGABONDS is a comedy that reimagines the life of the eminent French writer Colette. In this alternative history, she chooses not to marry Willy, her first husband, who forced her to put pen to page and took credit for what she produced. After rejecting him, Colette winds up in a music hall and gets romantically involved with a fellow mime. But Willy pursues her relentlessly. The play’s narrator, Renee, is a fictional character of Colette’s. Renee presents to us her fantasy: how she would have written Colette’s story, so that Colette would have written a better life for Renee.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Molly Kirschner is a playwright and poet. In the spring of 2014, she was selected for Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwrights Contest and Festival, where she wrote and developed her short play The Suit, which was produced in 2015 as part of the March Short Play Lab at Midtown International Theatre Festival in Manhattan. Kirschner’s first book of poems, Hard Proof, was released in July of 2015 from Red Mountain Press, and was the number one bestselling book from Small Press Distribution in the month of June. Her second collection, Notes For Further Research, is forthcoming from Red Mountain Press in the fall of 2017. Kirschner’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, as well as in Italian translation.
VAGABONDS is a comedy that reimagines the life of the eminent French writer Colette. In this alternative history, she chooses not to marry Willy, her first husband, who forced her to put pen to page and took credit for what she produced. After rejecting him, Colette winds up in a music hall and gets romantically involved with a fellow mime. But Willy pursues her relentlessly. The play’s narrator, Renee, is a fictional character of Colette’s. Renee presents to us her fantasy: how she would have written Colette’s story, so that Colette would have written a better life for Renee.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Molly Kirschner is a playwright and poet. In the spring of 2014, she was selected for Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwrights Contest and Festival, where she wrote and developed her short play The Suit, which was produced in 2015 as part of the March Short Play Lab at Midtown International Theatre Festival in Manhattan. Kirschner’s first book of poems, Hard Proof, was released in July of 2015 from Red Mountain Press, and was the number one bestselling book from Small Press Distribution in the month of June. Her second collection, Notes For Further Research, is forthcoming from Red Mountain Press in the fall of 2017. Kirschner’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, as well as in Italian translation.
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About the Theatre
Established in 1986, Dixon Place is a nonprofit institution dedicated to supporting visionary artists through the development and presentation of original works in the performing and literary arts. In a professional, compassionate environment, artists are inspired and encouraged to implement new ideas and new practices. Programming and curatorial policies support inclusivity and diversity regarding gender, race, sexual identity, age, disabilities, social class, and ethnicity. Committed to fostering social justice, DP’s foremost priorities are to serve as a safe haven for artists of all stripes and callings and to provide meaningful, culturally enriching experiences for audiences.
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