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Bird Girl and the Hammer - Bethany Dickens Assaf

Published: March 20, 2023, 3:50 p.m.

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About This Episode

In this episode of\\xa0Stories Found, we\\u2019re talking to one of our very favorite playwrights,\\xa0Bethany Dickens Assaf, and then listening to her ten-minute comedy, Bird Girl and The Hammer.

About the Playwright

Bethany Dickens Assaf\\xa0is a freelance playwright, dramaturg, and theatre artist, and a co-founder of\\xa0Whiskey Theatre Factory\\xa0and the Fragmented Theatre Festival. As both a writer and producer, she is obsessed with plays that deconstruct and take unusual perspectives on gender and sexuality, challenging audiences and serving untapped artistic voices by creating meaningful roles for women.

Other favorite ideas/themes include female separatism, evangelical Christianity, bisexuality particularly in period settings, gender complementarianism, women in male-dominated spaces (gaming, cosplay), and the exploitation of women\\u2019s bodies for media such as reality television and true crime podcasts. Almost 100 of her plays have been performed or read across the country including her twisty sci-fi play, The Consciousness, which has been performed at over 10 fringe festivals across the country and won Best Play at the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival (director: Liz Colvert, stage manager: Meghan Pratt). She\\u2019s also had the amazing honor of working with organizations that are truly making an impact through storytelling such as Threshold Theatre, Theatre Works, FUSION Theatre, Road Theatre, EMBer Women\\u2019s Theatre, Central Florida Community Arts, Birdhouse Theatre, the Bechdel Group, and more.

You can learn more through Bethany\\u2019s website:\\xa0www.BethanyDickens.com.

You can also read more of Bethany\\u2019s work on\\xa0NPX, The New Play Exchange.

About the Cast

Kate O\'Claire as Bird Girl

Kate O\\u2019Claire\\xa0(she/her/hers) is a performer, producer, public speaker, and social justice mage who has been seen on stages throughout Central Florida, Paris, and her home state of Wisconsin. She is passionate about telling unique stories, amplifying historically excluded voices, fighting the patriarchy, riding Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios, eating Taco Bell, and reducing shame around difficult topics.

Joe Llorens as The Hammer

Joe Llorens has been a performer for over twenty years. In that time, he\\u2019s done things. Some of those things he\\u2019s liked, even. Joe will keep trying to do things he likes and not be as judgy about the things he doesn\\u2019t like because he really should cut himself a bit of a break. He loves his wife, children, and pets, though. A lot.

About the Crew

Engineering by Paul Hanna and ELA Studios.

Featured Organization

Whiskey Theatre Factory is a theatre collective based in Orlando, FL with the mission\\xa0to produce meaningful theatrical productions that uplift, develop, and celebrate emerging and untapped voices. We challenge our community through provocative, authentic pieces, examining our culture and revealing the grace of humanity. Interested in reading our Credo or connecting with us? Visit WhiskeyTheatreFactory.com to learn more.

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