Emilia

EMILIA is an Olivier Award-winning play about the Elizabethan theater, in which men famously played both the male and female roles. In Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's play, a cast of female actors play those men playing female roles—and while it’s very funny, it’s also more than just a spoof. Written, directed, designed, and produced by women, EMILIA is an examination and sendup of the rigid gender roles of Elizabethan times and the (ahem) parallels to our modern world as well. The titular Emilia Lanier was an acclaimed poet who was later overshadowed (and maybe plagiarized) by Shakespeare, her on-and-off lover. The play is streaming through the end of March, so you have plenty of time to check it out! 

—Julia Hammer, Creative Exec