"Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Satire" presented by East Lynne Theater Company
Date and Time
Sunday Aug 13, 2017
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Sunday, August 13 at 8:00PM
Location
East Lynne Theater Company is in residence at The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St., Cape May
Fees/Admission
$27; $17 students and military (active/retired/veteran); ages 12 and under free
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Contact Information
East Lynne Theater Company
Office: 121 Fourth Ave., West Cape May, NJ 08204
Phone: 609-884-5898
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Description
“Ladies, get what you want. Make home a hell on earth--but do it in a womanly way! This is so much more dignified than dropping a piece of paper into a ballot box," declares Marie Jenney Howe’s unlikely, but likable, heroine. Howe, a pro-suffragist, wrote her "Anti-Suffrage Monologue" in 1912—eight years before women won the vote. Her fictional speaker is a charming, guileless enthusiast who sincerely believes that her efforts as a “womanly woman” will keep the Home intact—and save the Nation from anarchy. Performed by Michele LaRue, who has been touring the country for over 25 years with various one-person shows, is giving a lecture followed by a Q&A, directly after the performance.