Who Do You Think You Are?
The WhatNext? Collective Presents A Staged Reading of 10-Minute Plays: The evening spans a full range of female defiance, from two soccer moms on a bleacher finally finding their voices, to a cancer survivor turning her diagnosis into a stand-up set, to a compliance officer who approved the destruction of $9 million in contraceptives and decides she has to do something about it. There are mothers and daughters, secrets kept for 35 years, and a suburban housewife who has been surveilling her neighbors with binoculars for two years and will not be stopped.
Featured New Works:
200 Coffee Filters by Connie Terwilliger
A woman tracks her whirlwind romances in coffee filters—until she realizes love might require more than just good chemistry and a fresh brew.
Bittercake by Melissa Jordan Grey
Three generations of women wrestle with food, body image, and inheritance as a simple cake reveals what’s been quietly baked into them all.
Confetti Time by Aleta Barthell
Two women on a covert mission to blow up a pharmaceutical warehouse discover that waiting for orders is harder than pulling the trigger.
Off Sides by Lindsey Salatka
At a high school soccer game, two moms channel their sideline outrage into a full-blown reckoning with fear, politics, and finding their voice.
Still Standing by Lisa Balderston
A stand-up comic battles Cancer as her most relentless heckler, proving that if she’s going down, she’s taking the mic—and the last word—with her.
The Gossip by Lolo Moreno Ines
An empty-nester turns neighborhood gossip into a high-stakes surveillance operation, blurring the line between curiosity, conspiracy, and self-discovery.
Thirty-Five Candles by Melissa Jordan Grey
At a reunion decades in the making, two women confront the choices that shaped their lives—and the daughters they still imagine.
Under the Influence by Caroline Gilman
A perfectly curated influencer mom goes viral for all the wrong reasons when her live stream exposes the chaos behind her “perfect” life.