The Suffrage Project Playbill

PLAYBILL Academy of Our Lady of Peace San Diego, CA

ACADEMY OF OU R LA DY O F P EACE P R ESE N TS

PRE M I E R ES F R I DAY, N OVE M B E R 1 3 AT 7:00 PM THIS PERFO R MANCE W ILL B E AVAI L ABL E TO ST R EAM AS A V ID EO O N D E MAND (48 H O UR RENTAL):

N OV E M B E R 1 3 - 3 0, 2020

Academy of Our Lady of Peace presents

THE SU FFR AG E P ROJECT

Created by Justin Tracy & Emily Devereaux ’00 Director Mr. Justin Tracy Stage Manager Maria Corral ’21 Production Manager Sophie Fudge ’22 Deputy Stage Manager Lora Frigerio ’23 Assistant Director Halle Wilson ’21 & Rachel Rougas ’16 Technical Director Stella Occhialini ’22 Props Head Lauren Crane ’22 Costume Designers Ana Gutierrez ’21 & Maddie Strazzeri ’23 Hair & Makeup Designer Maya Giammarinaro ’21 Sound Designer Cindy Tran ’21 Original Music Composer Isabelle Islas ’23 Animations Head Katalyna Lavarez ’21 Head of Illustrations Anapaula Rios Miranda ’21

Publicity Head Karel Gonzalez ’21 Advertising and Design Ms. Becca Fink Logo Designer Eliana Oliver ’21 Producers Eliana Oliver ’21, Mrs. Emily Devereaux ’00, Mrs. Lorran Garrison, Mr. Justin Tracy Researchers Kiara Ashman ’22, Izzy Barba ’22, Loren De Los Santos ’21, Sophie Fudge ’22, Lorran Garrison, Aisling Ward ’22, Laura Wise ’22 Writers Isabel Borossay ’23, Czarina Datiles ’23, Mrs. Emily Devereaux ’00, Mrs. Lorran Garrison, Samira Ghannadian ’22, Ms. Rene Goffney, Jordan Ho ’23, Isabelle Islas ’23, Kyra Martin-Spencer ’22, Eliana Oliver ’21, McKenna Rogers ’21, Valentina Rubio Lopez ’22, Audrey Serrano ’22, Julia Torres ’22, Mr. Justin Tracy

DIRECTOR’S NOTES A Note from the Director: In searching for a way to properly mark and consider the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Chair of the History Department at the Academy of Our Lady of Peace (where I am the Drama Director), Mrs. Emily Devereaux, caught me between class in March 2020, right before COVID-19 put us all in lock-down. She proposed that we combine forces to dig into this momentous confluence of History and Herstory.

In this play, we seek to tell the truth of our shared story. Often our characters speak the very words—or close to them—of the people who they represent. We acknowledge that any retelling is flawed; our goal in the research and writing process was to learn and to synthesize, and it has been a powerful experience for us.

In this retelling of the era that led to the passage of the 19th Amendment, the voices of suffragists are central. By taking the major events in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and bringing them to life in an original theatrical production, they reveal the arduous fight suffragists waged to ensure the right to vote for women in the United States.

As we were writing this play, we could not have predicted that this summer would introduce us to another national movement, to George Floyd, to Breonna Taylor, and to so many others impacted by racism and racial violence.

In the words of Civil Rights Activist and Former House Representative John Lewis (February 21, 1940 - July 17, 2020), “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up; you have to say something, you have to do something.”

We hope that this play does something.

-Justin Tracy

SCENES Pre-Prologue “Setting the Stage” Prologue “Greetings and Warnings” Written by Lorran Garrison and Justin Tracy Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott 1848 “Getting the Ball Rolling” Written by McKenna Rogers & Audrey Serrano Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, Suffragists 1851 “So Nice of You to Ask; The Escape” Written by Renee Goffney Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Escaping Women 1861 “Civil War” Written by Eliana Oliver & Isabel Borossay Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Angelina Grimke Weld, Wife, Husband, Paperboy 1866 “Turning Away” Written by McKenna Rogers Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Rosetta 1869 “The Vote in the Kitchen” Written by Czarina Datiles Frederick Douglass, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Suffragists 1869 “AWSA vs. NWSA; A Trip Down South” Written by Samira Ghannadian Susan B. Anthony, Henry Blackwell, Lucy Stone, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Julia Ward Howe, Matilda Jocelyn Gage

SCENES 1872 “We Take Our Vote; I Take My Vote” Written by Julia Torres Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, John, Joseph, Lucretia Mott, Margaret, Martha, Matilda Jocelyn Gage, Suffragists 1876 “Rushing the Stage at the Centennial” Written by Julia Torres Susan B. Anthony, Bradley, Frederick Douglass, Kenneth, Richard Henry Lee, Matilda Jocelyn Gage, Robert, Suffragists, Crowd 1895 “The Women’s Bible” Written by Samira Ghannadian Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass 1896 “But What About Us?” Written by Jordan Ho Harriet Tubman, Mary Church Terrel, Ida B. Wells 1917 “Picketing the White House; Jail; In the Tank” Written by Kyra Martin-Spencer Alice Paul, Walter, Policemen, Police Captain, Orderly, Mrs. Mary Ingham, Doctor, Sophia, Lily, Mrs. Brannan, Helen, Ava, Frank, Mrs. Belmont, Picketers 1919 “Too Early to Be So Late; The Change of Heart” Written by Valentina Rubio Anne Dallas Dudley, Febb Burn, Seth Walker, Charles, Harry Burn, Crowd Members, Representatives Now “The Fight Isn’t Over” Written by Lorran Garrison and Justin Tracy Anne Dallas Dudley, Ida B. Wells

CAST

(in order of appearance) Frederick Douglass…………………………………........…………………...………..Halle Wilson ’21 Matilda Jocelyn Gage………………………………….....…………………...McKenna Rogers ’21 Elizabeth Cady Stanton…..…………………………………………....…....…………..Kate Linggi ’21 William Lloyd Garrison……………….......………………………………………Emily Bringman ’21 Lucretia Mott……………........………………………………..………………….Jori Panontongan ’24 Harriet Tubman………...........…………………………………………………………..Jeni Dalessio ’24 Sojourner Truth…………….........…………………………...……………………..Belyeziin Farley ’23 Susan B. Anthony……………….....…………………………………….Camila Arellano Beltran ’23 Angelina Grimke Weld………….......………………………………………………...Jessica Kuhn ’21 Paperboy………………………………...........………………………………..…....Maggie Holcomb ’24 Rosetta………………………………………............………………………....……Mackenzie Lazare ’24 Lucy Stone……………………………………….............……………………………….Isabella Cano ’22 Henry Blackwell………………………………………..........……………………...Emily Bringman ’21 Julia Ward Howe…………………………………………..........……………………...Maddy Leach ’21 Richard Henry Lee…………………………………………….........………………Isabella Roberts ’21 Robert………………………………………………………………..............………....Olivia Gonzalez ’22 Ida B. Wells……………………………………………………………...............……………Maya May ’24 Mary Church Terrell…………......……………………………………………...Mackenzie Lazare ’24 Police Captain…………………............…………………………………………………...Kate Linggi ’21 Mrs. Brannan…………………………........…………………………...………….Jori Panontongan ’24 Mrs. Belmont……………………………...........…………………………………….Olivia Gonzalez ’22 Mary Ingham………………………………............…………………………………….Isabella Cano ’22 Doctor…………………………………………….............…………………………....Isabella Roberts ’21 Orderly………………………………………………...............………………………….Emily Gorman ’22 Alice Paul………………………….........………………………………….Camila Arellano Beltran ’23 Anne Dallas Dudley……………..…......………..…………………………………..Ainsley Savant ’23 Harry Burn………………………………...........…………………………………..Sophia Wakefield ’22 Febb Burn…………………………………….............……………………………….Emily Bringman ’21 Seth Walker………………………………………............……………………………..Emily Gorman ’22

ENSEMBLE

(in order of appearance) Escaping Woman #1……………………………………………………………………...Maya May ’24 Escaping Woman #2…………………………………………………………...Mackenzie Lazare ’24 Wife…………………………………………………………….………..…...…………...Jordan Smith ’24 Husband…………………………………………………………………………………….Kelly Rickwa ’24 Martha………………………………………………………………………………..Maggie Holcomb ’24 Margaret…………………………………………………….……………………………...Kelly Rickwa ’24 Joseph………………………………………………………………………………………….Catie Nickoli ’23 John…………………………………………………………………….…………………….Emily Gorman ’22 Kenneth………………………………………………………………………..…...……….Maddy Leach ’21 Bradley………………………………………………………………………………………...Catie Nickoli ’23 Lily…………………………………………………………………………………………….Jordan Smith ’24 Helen…………………………………………………………………………………………..Kelly Rickwa ’24 Frank……………………………………………………………………………………Maggie Holcomb ’24 Walter………………………………………………………………………………………….Catie Nickoli ’23 Ava…………………………………………………………………………………………….Maddy Leach ’21 Policeman #1…………………………………………………………………...…….Emily Bringman ’21 Policeman #2……………………………………………………………………………..Halle Wilson ’21 Representative #1……………………………………………………………………...Catie Nickoli ’23 Representative #2…………………………………………………………………..Emily Bringman ’21 Charles………………………………………………………………………………..McKenna Rogers ’21

CREW SUFFRAGISTS

Isabella Cano ’22, Jeni Dalessio ’24, Olivia Gonzalez ’22, Maggie Holcomb ’24, Jessica Kuhn ’21, Maddy Leach ’21, Catie Nickoli ’23, Kelly Rickwa ’23, Isabella Roberts ’21, Ainsley Savant ’23, Jordan Smith ’24

CROWD MEMBERS

Emily Bringman ’21, Isabella Cano ’22, Belyeziin Farley ’23, Olivia Gonzales ’22, Emily Gorman ’22, Mackenzie Lazare ’24, Maddy Leach ’21, Kate Linggi ’21, Jori Panontongan ’24, Isabella Roberts ’21, Sophia Wakefield ’22, Halle Wilson ’21

FILM TEAM

Maria Corral ’21, Loren De Los Santos ’21, Lora Frigerio ’23, Sophie Fudge ’22, Stella Occhialini ’22, Marissa Todd ’24, Natalie Wilkins ’24, Halle Wilson ’21, Grey Zuniga ’23

EDITING

Loren De Los Santos ’21 & Justin Tracy

ANIMATIONS/ILLUSTRATIONS

Katalyna Lavarez ’21, Anapaula Rios Miranda ’21, Maria Cohen Ollervides ’22