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5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w

By Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood

With contributions by Sarah Gitenstein, Mary Hollis Inboden, Meg Johns, Thea Lux, Beth Stelling and Maari Suorsa

It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town?

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Experimental
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival, Best Overall Production

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Summary
It’s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled “widows” await the announcement of the society's prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the “widows” respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks? Winner of the 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival as Best Overall Production, 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche is a tasty recipe of hysterical laughs, sexual innuendoes, unsuccessful repressions, and delicious discoveries.
History
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche was first presented by The New Colony, under Co-Artistic directors Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder and producing director Will Rogers, at Dank Haus in Chicago, Illinois, on June 24, 2011. It was directed by Sarah Gitenstein. This production was subsequently presented in New York City at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival, before transferring to the SoHo Playhouse, off-Broadway, on October 20, 2012.
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Performing Groups

LULIE STANWYCK – President
WREN ROBIN – Events chairwoman
VERONICA “VERN” SCHULTZ – Buildings and grounds chairman
GINNY CADBURY – Secretary
DALE PRIST – Historian

Note: Though Dale and Ginny are the youngest of the five officers, the ladies can vary in age.

Though Dale and Ginny are the youngest of the five officers, the ladies can vary in age. 

  • Time Period 1950s
  • Setting

    A community center basement. 1956 America.

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Audience Participation/Interactive, No Intermission, Physical Comedy, Special Effects
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

★★★★ “A cult hit... gleaming with comic polish.” – Time Out New York

“Its raw and magnetic dementia seems destined to attract a cult following.” – The New York Times , Read More

“A delectable portrait of sublimated Sapphism... dishes up high-spirited theatrical comfort food with a bit of a saucy kick.” – Chicago Tribune, Read More

★★★★ “I wouldn't be surprised if 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, like The 39 Steps, becomes a mainstream favorite of theater troupes around the country... skillfully, lovingly and deliciously prepared.” – Chicago Stage Standard

★★★★ “Expanded from an award-winning sketch, this wonderfully ridiculous scenario delivers what it promises. This ensemble piece is smart, sharp and hysterically funny.” – Time Out Chicago, Read More

★★★★ “A cult hit... gleaming with comic polish.” – Time Out New York, Read More

★★★★★ “The bitingly funny story of friendship, pastry and forbidden love has the audience in stitches.” – Vancouver Sun, Read More

ON BREAKING CHARACTER

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, or How a Play About Lesbians in a Nuclear Bomb Shelter is for Everyone
by Garrett Anderson
October 11, 2016

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Authors

Evan Linder

Evan Linder

Evan Linder is a founding member of The New Colony (Winner of Broadway in Chicago's Emerging Theatre Award- 2011) in Chicago, IL, where he also serves as Co-Artistic Director. He works as a playwright, actor and director. He also teaches playwriting at the University of Chica ...

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Andrew Hobgood

Andrew Hobgood

Andrew Hobgood is the Founding Artistic Director of The New Colony and a Business Strategist in Chicago. His last play, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, won Outstanding Production at the 2012 New York International FringeFestival and is published by the Samuel French imprint of Co ...

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