HANDS ACROSS VERONICA to Offer 'Cake Night' at Walking Fish Theatre, 11/21

HANDS ACROSS VERONICA, a delicious comedy about women and their relationships to men, food and their bodies by Philadelphia playwright, Gin Hobbs, will have a newly staged production, November 7 - 30, 2013 at Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia PA. Ticket prices are $20.00 and can be purchased through the Walking Fish website https://www.walkingfishtheatre.com/hands-across-veronica/ or at the door. In addition, every Wednesday of the run is Pay-what-you-can.

CAKE NIGHT on Thursday, November 21 @ 8:00 pm for HANDS ACROSS VERONICA.

TALK BACK after the show: on Thursday, November 14, 8:00pm with Jennifer Harrison of South Philly Wellness. Come join Jennifer and the cast, director and playwright to discuss Women and their Bodies-do women see themselves as they really are?

CAKE NIGHT - join the cast, director and playwright for some cake after the show! On Thursday, November 21, buy a ticket to the show, then give a donation for a slice of cake from local bakeries. A portion of the proceeds will go to the local non-profit REQ.1.

REQ.1 is a non-profit organization that provides victim-survivors of gender-based violence with safe and supportive outlets for physical activity, self-expression, and community connections. It is built on a socially responsible framework dedicated to healing, recuperation, and transition. REQ.1 empowers its participants to address, assess, and transform traumatic experience. Offices located at 1040 N American Street, Suite 1001, Philadelphia PA 19123.

HANDS ACROSS VERONICA was first produced in Philadelphia by Theatre Catalyst /Eternal Spiral Project in 2003. Hilarious, irreverent and deeply poignant, J. Cooper Rob of the Philadelphia Weekly had this to say about its first incarnation:

"You have to love a play that combines the Violent Femmes and artificial limbs in a rollicking musical number. But that's just one of the many delights."

The play follows the exercise routines, eating habits and love lives of a pair of best friends who strive for self-love at the gym, only to find heartache in their refrigerators. Their personal journey is supported by a Greek chorus of three Phat Ladies who offer their own perspective on weight and femininity in rap, song and dance.

Hannah Tsapatoris MacLeod, Director/Co-Producer of HANDS ACROSS VERONICA, said she wanted to bring back Ms. Hobbs' play because of the great impact it made on her 10 years ago.

"I want women to walk away from the play with a sense of empowerment and self-acceptance. I've talked to dozens of women, all shapes and sizes - and almost every one of them from size 2 to 22, hates her body. Why is that? I want to address it with this play"