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The Inferior Sex
Synopsis:
It's the summer of 1972. As the war in Vietnam intensifies, the battle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment ramps up across the nation, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm remains undeterred in her campaign for president. In midtown Manhattan, a small woman's magazine is on the verge of collapsing and threatens to dash the hopes and dreams of a group of women tired of being treated as second class. The Inferior Sex is a poignant and hilarious behind-the-scenes look at a woman's magazine that gets political, faces hard truths, and breaks new ground in an ever-changing world.
Cast Breakdown
8 women
Characters:
Sandra (White, mid 20s) – Executive Editor, daughter of the publisher.
Joan (White, mid 20s) – Senior Editor, Sandra’s sorority sister and Gwen’s childhood best friend.
Gwen (Black, mid 20s) – Political Features Writer, Joan’s childhood best friend.
Connie (Black, mid 20s) – Housekeeper for the magazine and Sandra’s family, Her mother was the live-in housekeeper for Sandra's family.
Vera (White, early 40s) – Fashion and Beauty Editor
Madeleine (White, mid 20s) – Food and Health Editor
Penny (White, early 40s) – Style and Features Editor
Alice (White, mid 20s) – Photographer
Development History
It's the summer of 1972. As the war in Vietnam intensifies, the battle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment ramps up across the nation, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm remains undeterred in her campaign for president. In midtown Manhattan, a small woman's magazine is on the verge of collapsing and threatens to dash the hopes and dreams of a group of women tired of being treated as second class. The Inferior Sex is a poignant and hilarious behind-the-scenes look at a woman's magazine that gets political, faces hard truths, and breaks new ground in an ever-changing world.
Cast Breakdown
8 women
Characters:
Sandra (White, mid 20s) – Executive Editor, daughter of the publisher.
Joan (White, mid 20s) – Senior Editor, Sandra’s sorority sister and Gwen’s childhood best friend.
Gwen (Black, mid 20s) – Political Features Writer, Joan’s childhood best friend.
Connie (Black, mid 20s) – Housekeeper for the magazine and Sandra’s family, Her mother was the live-in housekeeper for Sandra's family.
Vera (White, early 40s) – Fashion and Beauty Editor
Madeleine (White, mid 20s) – Food and Health Editor
Penny (White, early 40s) – Style and Features Editor
Alice (White, mid 20s) – Photographer
Development History
- New Play Development Workshop and Reading at Elon University's Department of Drama and Theatre Studies (Burlington, NC) - March 2018
