THE MRS. WHEATLAND PAGEANT
Synopsis
Sitcom nostalgia, small town reality and gender norms collide in a comedy about about one woman’s search for certainty in an ever-changing world .
Productions
No Strings Theatre Company, Las Cruces, NM. 2019
Lulubird Project at Theater 29, Denver, CO. 2019
Awards
Semi-Finalist, New American Voices, Landing Theatre, 2015
Semi-Finalist, PlayPenn, 2013
Development
On Your Feet Reading Series, Edge Theater, 2015 - 2016
Press
And the winner is - 'The Mrs. Wheatland Pageant'! - By MIKE COOK, Las Cruces Bulletin: “What do you do if you're about to turn 30, you are desperate to have a baby and your husband is suddenly wearing an apron and pumps? You host A beauty pageant, of course!”
Westword: The 21 Best Events in Denver: “While The Mrs. Wheatland Pageant may not have all the pomp and circumstance of the Miss America Pageant, this new play by Lisa Wagner Erickson, opening Thursday February 28, at Theater 29, Promises to run away with the Miss Congeniality award. Presented by the Lulubird Project and Directed by Hart DeRose, the world premiere will mix sitcom nostalgia, small-town reality and gender norms.
GALLERY
Photos by Brian Millar from the 2019 production at Theater 29
