Kathryn Mccarty

Defining Form & Other Plays Kathryn Mccarty

the LADIES QUINTETA quintet of short solo works for mature women,includes: THE GARDEN CLUBThe last surviving member of the Never-BlueGarden Club conducts the group's annualmeeting. THE STAR POLISHERAn elderly woman polishes Joanne Woodward'sstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, reminiscingabout the films that shaped her life and Nation. NOELClearing out her deceased sister's attic, a womandiscovers Ghosts of Christmas Past. AN AMERICAN SKETCHA painter dazzles her granddaughter with herpaintbrush and wit teaching the compenents of awell-lived life. A REAL POSSIBLEA widow, braces herself for the arrival of herProm date. STRAIGHT LACED: A CantataAn exploration of reparative therapy in anattempt to heal a young man of his homosexuality. BESSIE! The Life of Bessie SmithCelebrating the life of the "World's GreatestBlues Singer", Bessie Smith, who took noprisoners as she graced stages across the countryforever changing the face of music as we know it. THE FITTING ROOMA peek inside a ladies dressing room in avoyeuristic perspective on the search formeaning, truth and the perfect pair of jeans. DEFINING FORMSiblings struggle over the care of their agingmother, in the early stages of Alzheimer's.