Experimental Bitch Presents 2020 Commission:
TANYA’S LIT CLIT
Conceived by Emma Goldman-Sherman and Tatiana Baccari
Written by Emma Goldman-Sherman
Directed by Tatiana Baccari
TANYA'S LIT CLIT (TLC) is a modern-mythic play about Tanya, a White ballerina with a burning in her clitoris (a word she can barely utter!) and Dr. Violet, a Black uro-gynecologist with her own autoimmune diseases. In an epic journey led by a chorus of womxn+, Dr. Violet and Tanya embark on a wild investigation of the female body and the herstory of its treatment.
Tanya’s LIT CLIT is a new play currently in development commissioned by Experimental Bitch Presents.
Development History
VIRTUAL READING & TALKBACK
2020 New Work Series with 29th Street Playwright Collective
Thursday, June 11th, 2020 at 7 PM EST
Virtual presentations of a selection of scenes from the current draft of the play, interspersed with live conversations with medical professionals followed by a talkback with the creative team and cast.
Virtual Reading Cast & Crew
Featuring Yael Shavitt, Akyiaa Wilson, Kayla Yee, Tessa Allen, Amelia Fowler and Karsten Otto
Sound designer/Composer by Abram Blau
Choreography by HannaH Allen
Stage Manager: Allison Houser
Editor/ Technical Designer: JR Hammerer
Produced by Experimental Bitch Presents in association with Hawkhouse
Meet the Panelists
ALISHA ESPINOSA (RIGHT) is an Afro-Boricua playwright and actor based on the edge of everywhere and nowhere, but mostly in NYC. She holds an MFA in Acting and Directing from UMKC, and a BA in English Literature and Theater Arts from Le Moyne College. Her plays have been presented at LATEA, Primary Stages, The Drama League, and Step1 Theatre Project. A selection of her work can be found on the New Play Exchange Network. She is also the Director of Education and Outreach for the LatinX Playwrights Circle. Select Acting Credits: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP Theatre), Alma (Old Globe), Hamlet (Stage One), Shakespeare the Remix (Capital Rep), Much Ado About Nothing (KY Shakespeare). alishaespinosa.com @la.espi
NAHRYA LANZO-ESPINOSA (BSN, RN, IBCLC; RIGHT) has been a nurse for thirty-six years, working predominantly in NYC but also in Pennsylvania for various hospitals and private practices. She is currently the Senior Lactation Consultant and Childbirth Educator at New York Presbyrterian, but spent most of her career as a Labor and Delivery Nurse. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, and occasionally her vagabond daughters.
PATRICIA ST. JOHN (MD; LEFT) Has been practicing at Bay Area Women’s Care since 1987. She went to Medical School at the University of Vermont, and spent the next four years learning the specialty of OB/GYN. In 2013, after delivering thousands of babies, she transitioned to a GYN only practice.
DR. LINDA N. PRIETO (MD; RIGHT) is an internist in Decatur, Georgia and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area. She has been in practice for more than 20 years.
New Works Series 2020 is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.
JANUARY 2020 WORKSHOP
Staged Reading
WOW Cafe Theater
January 30th & 31st, 2020
Featuring: Alisha Espinosa*, Rachel Sachnoff*, Kayla Yee, Tessa Allen, Amelia Fowler and Karsten Otto
Sound designer/Composer by Abram Blau
Choreography by HannaH Allen
Lighting Design by Jack Scaletta
Stage Manager: Allison Houser
Produced by Experimental Bitch Presents in association with hawkhouse
Photos by Hyacinth, Art by Salt, and Tatiana Baccari
*denotes AEA membership