{"id":7272,"date":"2019-08-29T17:40:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T17:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=7272"},"modified":"2019-10-03T23:16:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T23:16:29","slug":"15-of-the-best-ensemble-acting-scenes-for-all-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/15-of-the-best-ensemble-acting-scenes-for-all-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"15 of the Best Ensemble Acting Scenes For All Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-header-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>15 of the Best Ensemble Acting Scenes For All Girls<\/strong><\/h3>\n<font size=\"2\" color=\"grey\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none author-image\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\" target=\"_self\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tiff_profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"\/><\/a><\/span><p>Written by Tiffany Wilkie<\/p>\n<p>August 26, 2019<\/p>\n<\/font><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s competition season.\u00a0You are probably looking for a powerful scene to feature the many badass women you have in your troupe, so we&#8217;ve collected a list of all-female ensemble acting scenes from different periods of theatre for your next acting class or thespian competition.\u00a0 Explore our picks now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The videos are used\u00a0as a reference.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>A Scene from <em>The Revolutionists<\/em> by\u00a0<span id=\"authorname\">Lauren Gunderson<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"authorname\">THE STORY: <\/span><\/strong><span id=\"authorname\">F<\/span><span id=\"authorname\">our beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution\u2019s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It&#8217;s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection\u2026that ends in a song and a scaffold.<\/span><\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BwkhGkDy-3Q?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/06\/06\/theater\/theater-excerpt-afterbirth-kathy-and-mo-s-greatest-hits.html\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">AFTERBIRTH: KATHY AND MO&#8217;S GREATEST HITS\u00a0<\/span><strong>by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:\u00a0<\/strong>Raising an animated movie star can be a thankless task. But behind most of the major Disney characters is a brutally slaughtered, cruelly overlooked mother. These unheralded women make rare public appearances in a new show by the comedy duo Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney. The scene below, taken from &#8221;Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo&#8217;s Greatest Hits,&#8221; imagines a support group for Disney moms.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51V-4QFQmvQ?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramatists.com\/cgi-bin\/db\/single.asp?key=896\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>10000 Cigarettes\u00a0<\/em>by Alex Broun<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0How many cigarettes is enough &#8211; 1, 2, 3 &#8230; 10,000 ? Four sisters face the big questions in this fast-paced, imaginative, funny and moving ten minute play.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0zrFwwjEckA?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitplays.com\/default.aspx?pg=sd&amp;st=10%2C000+CIGARETTES\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from\u00a0<em>Bondagers <\/em>by\u00a0Sue Glover<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Bondagers were 19th-century women farm workers who were hired by the plough men of the Scottish Borders to work alongside them as a condition of their own employment by the landowners. Bondagers opens at the hiring fair, an annual event that decides what farm the bondager will work for the next year. They live day to day, year to year not knowing at which farm they&#8217;ll end up. It is a tenuous, lonely existence where they form bonds only with the land and each other&#8230;. Each woman must deal with themes of powerlessness and progress. It is a time when few men can be trusted, even though they are the ones in charge.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1d7oxzt--k?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramaticpublishing.com\/bondagers\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>Waiting for the Parade<\/em> by\u00a0John Murrell<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Five women work for the war effort in Calgary while their husbands are overseas. Tragedy and humour interweave as each of them copes with the impingement of war on her daily life.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SlDiGdQqwjk?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samuelfrench.com\/p\/9076\/waiting-for-the-parade\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>5 Lesbians Eating a\u00a0Quiche<\/em> by\u00a0Evan Linder and\u00a0Andrew Hobgood<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled \u201cwidows\u201d await the announcement of the society&#8217;s prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the \u201cwidows\u201d respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKMNIB6L85s?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samuelfrench.com\/p\/9940\/5-lesbians-eating-a-quiche\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>The Wolves<\/em> by\u00a0Sarah DeLappe<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtjrPdA393o?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samuelfrench.com\/p\/62099\/the-wolves\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>Ruined<\/em> by Lynn Nottage\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0From Lynn Nottage, the Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author of such plays as <i>Fabulation<\/i> and <i>Intimate Apparel<\/i>, comes this haunting, probing work about the resilience of the human spirit during times of war. Set in a small mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, this powerful play follows Mama Nadi, a shrewd businesswoman in a land torn apart by civil war. But is she protecting or profiting by the women she shelters? How far will she go to survive? Can a price be placed on a human life?<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91JVj_WZFgY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramatists.com\/cgi-bin\/db\/single.asp?key=4104\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>Thinner Than Water<\/em> by Melissa Ross<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0When their father falls ill, three estranged half-siblings reunite. As the world around them crumbles, they argue with each other and with everyone around them in a desperate struggle to do the right thing and mend their rapidly deteriorating lives. THINNER THAN WATER is a blood-raw, wicked comedy-drama about fighting through the thick and thin of family.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBkAl49UdCo?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramatists.com\/cgi-bin\/db\/single.asp?key=5042\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>Who Will Carry\u00a0the Word\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Charlotte Delbo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0 In the austere, degraded setting of a concentration camp, twenty-two French women attempt to keep their sanity and hope as, one by one, they fall victim to the Nazi terror. Will anyone believe the story of the survivors? A poetic drama of resistance and witness.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4CQqVqCHmgI?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Who-Will-Carry-Word-Play\/dp\/B00R70LHK8\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from<em> Radium Girls<\/em> by\u00a0D.W. Gregory<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:\u00a0<\/strong>In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage\u2014until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jq9ux43bTTA?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramaticpublishing.com\/radium-girls\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>Silent Sky<\/em> by\u00a0<span id=\"authorname\">Lauren Gunderson<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:\u00a0<\/strong>When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn\u2019t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women \u201ccomputers,\u201d charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in \u201cgirl hours\u201d and has no time for the women\u2019s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KiwG6r-9gcw?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramatists.com\/cgi-bin\/db\/single.asp?key=5234\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>Horse Girls<\/em> by\u00a0Jenny Rachel Weiner<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:\u00a0<\/strong>Twelve-year-old Ashleigh rules the Lady Jean Ladies, South Florida\u2019s most exclusive horse club. News that her family\u2019s stables are being sold and their horses killed for meat throws the Ladies into crisis in this dark comedy of middle school deception and lies.\u00a0<em data-hj-ignore-attributes=\"\">Horse Girls<\/em> is a play about pre-teens: their obsessions, their insecurities, their desperate need to find a place in the world.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sc2hIjeRqRY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.10-minute-plays.com\/comedies\/10000_cigarettes.html\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from\u00a0<em>The Women<\/em>\u00a0by Clare Boothe<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:\u00a0<\/strong>The author carries us through a number of varied scenes and shows us not only a somewhat unflattering picture of womanhood, but digging under the surface, reveals a human understanding for and sympathy with some of its outstanding figures. The plot involves the efforts of a group of women to play their respective roles in an artificial society that consists of vain show, comedy, tragedy, hope and disappointment.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-fZZmRnPaIo?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samuelfrench.com\/p\/7468\/the-women\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4><strong>A Scene from <em>Five Women Wearing the Same Dress<\/em> by Alan Ball<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride&#8217;s younger sister whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent and touching celebration of the women&#8217;s spirit.<\/p>\n<br><div align=\"center\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rs1s3ahfaAs?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><p><a class=\"ps-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samuelfrench.com\/s\/13407\/five-women-wearing-the-same-dress\" target=\"_blank\">Get the\u00a0Play Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<br><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Looking for more material? Check out our other stories below!<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/top-standout-audition-songs-for-shrek-the-musical\/\">Top Standout Audition Songs for\u00a0<em>Shrek the Musical<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/fantastic-song-suggestions-for-the-addams-family-auditions\/\">Fantastic Song Suggestions for\u00a0<em>The Addams Family<\/em>\u00a0Auditions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/bobby-baby-16-musical-theatre-trios-for-females\/\">Bobby Baby! 16 Musical Theatre Trios for Females<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/the-flyin-fightin-forties-16-female-solo-ideas-from-the-wwii-era\/\">The Flyin\u2019 Fightin\u2019 Forties: 16 Female Solo Ideas From The WWII Era<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/guys-25-more-wow-able-solos-from-broadways-golden-age\/\">Guys: 25 MORE Wow-Able Solos From Broadway\u2019s Golden Age<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/ladies-25-more-wow-able-solos-from-broadways-golden-age\/\">Ladies: 25 MORE Wow-Able Solos From Broadway\u2019s Golden Age<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/top-10-contemporary-male-audition-cuts\/\">Top 10 Contemporary Male Audition Cuts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/top-10-contemporary-female-audition-cuts\/\">Top 10 Contemporary Female Audition Cuts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Top 10 Traditional Male Audition Cuts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/10-monologues-for-women-who-speak-their-mind\/\">10 Monologues for Women Who Speak Their Mind<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theatrenerds.com\/10-female-monologues-from-love-sick-characters\/\">10 Female Monologues From Love-Sick Characters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/10-monologues-from-male-characters-fathers-brothers-and-sons\/\">10 Monologues from Male Characters: Fathers, Brothers, and Sons<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/10-monologues-for-people-who-have-a-bone-to-pick\/\">10 Monologues for People Who Have a Bone to Pick<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/10-great-monologues-from-lgbtq-identifying-characters\/\">10 Great Monologues from LGBTQ-Identifying Characters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/10-monologues-for-characters-who-have-theatre-on-the-brain\/\">10 Monologues for Characters Who Have Theatre on the Brain<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/10-male-monologues-from-characters-dealing-with-death\/\">10 Male Monologues from Characters Dealing With Death<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/guys-25-wow-able-solos-from-broadways-golden-age\/\">Guys: 25 Wow-Able Solos from Broadway\u2019s Golden Age<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/ladies-25-wow-able-solos-from-broadways-golden-age\/\">Ladies: 25 Wow-Able Solos from Broadway\u2019s Golden Age<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><hr \/>\n<h5><em>Tiffany Wilkie\u00a0is the Senior Director of Social Media Marketing and Content for Performerstuff.com She received\u00a0a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Mars Hill University and an additional\u00a0B.A. in Theatre Education from the University of Central Florida. Tiffany is a teacher, marketing guru, director, casting producer and Zelda fanatic.\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@vadimpng?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Vadim Fomenok<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[711,272,453],"tags":[837,52,838,836],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}