HARBINGER SEASON ‘27 ANNOUNCEMENT
The Welkin
By Lucy Kirkwood
Director TBA
Sand Lake Center for the Arts
11/12/27-11/21/27
Rural England, 1759. As the country awaits the return of Halley’s comet, a young woman is sentenced to death. When she tries to escape the noose by claiming she is pregnant, twelve ordinary women are gathered to decide whether she is telling the truth. A dark, fierce, funny play about democracy and housework.
“‘The Welkin’ is all muscle — taut and intense, energized not only by its moral indignation but by its sense of humor, and by the specific humanity of each of its large cast of characters.” Sara Holdren/Vulture
“A superb new history play – a feminist courtroom drama that’s equal parts Twelve Angry Men, The Crucible and The Vagina Monologues, plus a dash of searing, up-to-the-minute political and social commentary… a warm, humane and very funny piece, firmly anchored in women’s everyday experience.”
Broadway World
Casting: 15 women and 2 men.
Art by Marc Christopher
