A new play festival celebrating the bravery and strength of unsung heroines. Tickets at the door, $10 suggested donation.

HERSTORY 2: WE RISE; is NOplays second incarnation of the HERSTORY Festival. The goal of this project is to continuing shedding a light on the untold stories of women in our country, both in our past history, and on our stages of the future. HERSTORY 2: WE RISE features the struggles and triumphs of native women, like Native American civil rights activist Anna Mae Aquash; groundbreakers like Ida Lupino, who became one of Hollywood’s first female directors; and immigrants who came to this country and dreamed of touching the stars, like astronaut Kalpana Chawla, among others.

The plays featured in HERSTORY are part of 365 Women a Year. This international playwriting coalition involves over 200 women across the world who have signed on to write one or more one-acts about extraordinary women in history. The project’s ambitious yet focused goal is to write women back into the social consciousness as well as empower and promote female playwrights, and plant seeds of herstory around the country.

HERSTORY will take place at the Silk Road Art Gallery in New Haven, CT, March 10^th and 11^th at 7pm. The performance will be followed by a Q & A with the writers, actors, directors, and organizers. Plays include Ida and Leonor written by Danielle Winston and directed by Ingrid Oslund, A Moment of Silence, written by Allie Costa and directed by Moira Malone, K.C. Reporting, Earth Do You Read Me? written by Natalie Osborne and directed by Keith Paul, and My Aim is True, written by Lucy Wang and directed by Shellen Lubin. There will be a raffle with prizes including gift cards to Cloud 9 Day Spa, Rainbow Gardens, and the Canvas Patch.

There is a $10 suggested donation for entry. Tickets are available at the door, first come first serve.