The 19th Amendment Project by Burning Coal Theatre, a series of short plays

Burning Coal Theatre presents The 19th Amendment Project, a collection of short plays written by some of the most accomplished women and/or non-binary playwrights working today, writing on the passage of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago and its ongoing impact.

Each of the 14 plays will be released virtually, one at a time, between August Aug 17 – 30. Tickets to view each 10 minute play will be $2 and will be available from the day each play is released through the end of September, 2020.

The playwrights expected to participate include Clare Bayley, Hannah Benitez, Susana Cook, Kelly Doyle, Jennifer Natalya Fink, Magdalena Gomez, Tamara Kissane, Carrie Knowles, Deb Margolin, Ruth Margraff, Kate R. Morris, MJ Perrin, Elaine Romero, Prageeta Sharma and Ariel Zetina.

The League of Women Voters of Wake County is the project’s production partner.

The Plays and Co-Producers:

INALIENABLE RIGHTS
by Deb Margolin
presented by Raleigh Little Theatre and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 17, 2020

THE TENDER-HEARTED
by Clare Bayley
presented by Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 18, 2020

APARTMENT 19: A Ten Minute Allegorical Play for Two Afro-Latinas
by Magdalena Gomez
presented by Agape Theatre and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 19, 2020

LOST MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EVERYTHING (a suffrage aria for Amelia Himes Walker)
by Ruth Margraff, music by Kamala Sankaram
Presented by NC Opera and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 20, 2020

LADIES ARE WAITING (L.A.W.)
by Carrie Knowles
presented by North Carolina Theatre and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 21, 2020

A SENTIMENT
by Elaine Romero
presented by Justice Theatre Project and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 22, 2020

THE 19TH
by Hannah Benitez
presented by Sweet Tea Shakespeare and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 23, 2020

BEHOLD: COLORED AND WOMAN, INCONCEIVABLE
by MJ Perrin
presented by Theatre in the Park and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 24, 2020

ON THE ROOF, IN THE TOMBS
by Prageeta Sharma and Ruth Morris
presented by Bulldog Theatre Ensemble and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 25, 2020

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE
by Susana Cook
presented by NC Central University and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 26, 2020

THUNDERCLAP
by Tamara Kissane
presented by William Peace University and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 27, 2020

BITTER FLOWER
by Jennifer Natalya Fink
presented by the Gilbert Theatre and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 28, 2020

GERRYMANDERIA, or The Miss Earth Vacancy in the Miss Universe Pageant System
by Ariel Zetina
presented by Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 29, 2020

TBA
by Kelly Doyle
presented by the Women’s Theatre Festival and Burning Coal Theatre Company
Release date: August 30, 2020