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The Strand is the only brick-and-mortar theater in Baltimore to present outstanding works written ONLY by women artists! We invite you to celebrate our new theater and our commitment to putting women at the center of the creative process. Join us!

2018-2019 Season​        
CELEBRATING 11 YEARS . . .

You'd Be So Much Prettier If You...
A Collaboratively Crafted Performance of the Women's Performance Workshop
​Sunday, August 12th at 5pm

The Strand Theater Company presents You'd Be So Much Prettier If You..., the product of an ongoing workshop dedicated to developing a community of women. You'd Be So Much Prettier If You... decentralizes the hierarchical power relationships usually found in traditional theater productions. Each workshop participant has served as the director of their own show and each story has been created with the input of the entire ensemble. You'd Be So Much Prettier If You... is part of an ongoing series of workshops and performances dedicated to empowering women to tell their own stories.
 
You'd Be So Much Prettier If You... is the Strand Theater Company’s first offering of the season, kicking off a year of performances that unapologetically deal with issues surrounding oppression, black lives, corruption, gentrification, and misogyny.
 
The performance will feature Baltimore community members Ann Tabor, Lisa Banks, Kerry Brady, Tara Cariaso, Kelly Cardall, Sarah Cosgrove, Christen Cromwell, Emily Hall, Amber Hendricks, Kat Kaplan, Kat Martineau, Mkawasi Mcharo Hall, Shelley Northern Jennings, Lucie Poirier, Barbara Wilgus, Christine Valeriann, Robin Yasinow
 
“The Women's Performance Workshop was a new way for me to engage with other women-identified people through theater. I've worked on plays with all women casts and have experienced hashing through some of the issues that women uniquely experience in the world – but never have I been in an environment where all participants wanted to reveal their own experiences with such joy and freedom. It's a ride I don't want to get off.” – Tara Cariaso

​You'd Be So Much Prettier If You... is made possible by a generous grant from Engaged Cornell.

Using the template of consciousness-raising groups that sprung out of the Women’s Movement, the women’s performance workshop creates a safe space for women-identified participants to talk about their personal lives and socially relevant issues. The final performance, collaboratively crafted from these conversations, reflects the breadth of the participants’ experiences and stories. 
Fall 2018 Season Lineup
'Night, Mother
by Marsha Norman
Directed by Anne Hammontree
9.13.18 - 9.30.18
Detroit '67
by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Erin Riley
11.1.18 - 11.18.18
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The Strand needs YOU !!
Please help us reach the goal of $5,000 to support the launch of our 11th Season!  
Your tax-deductible contribution will enable the Strand Theater to:
  • Support more women playwrights, directors, actors, designers, and other talented professionals
  • Bring more quality theater and educational programming to Hamilton-Lauraville.
  • Expand our partnerships and coalitions with local schools and community organizations
  • Fund much needed improvements to our space, including new lighting and sound systems, dressing room renovations, and upgrades to our exterior facade.
The Strand is the ONLY theater in Baltimore dedicated to giving women playwrights and theater artists the opportunities and experience they need and deserve. You can help us achieve it!

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Strand Theater Second Series
SHE SPEAKS
On-going series of short engagements,  comprising a wide variety of programming, i.e. play readings, workshops, concerts, poetry nights, musical events, and more. The goal of the series is to provide opportunities for women artists and to showcase a wide variety of women’s diverse voices and perspectives. 
Prices vary per event.