Theatre 33 kicks off its summer festival of local playwrights with Sofia Molimbi’s GROUP, OR MARLENE IS DEAD.
June 1-2, 2024
Molimbi gathers a great GROUP
Category: Sofia Molimbi
What’s better than one LineStormer in Salem?
THREE! Catch summer readings of new work by Sofia Molimbi, Sara Jean Accuardi, and Lolly Ward at Willamette University’s Theatre 33.
GROUP, OR MARLENE IS DEAD by Sofia Molimbi: June 1-2, 2024
GROW LEARN PLAY by Sara Jean Accuardi: June 20-30, 2024
GONE by Lolly Ward: JULY 25-AUGUST 4, 2024
Bimonthly Reading Series: GROUP; OR MARLENE IS DEAD by Sofia Molimbi
Welcome to our first Bimonthly Reading of the year!
LineStorm Playwrights
in association with
Portland Center Stage
and Artists Repertory Theatre
present:
GROUP; or Marlene is Dead
By Sofia Molimbi
Directed by Francisco Garcia
Featuring:
Marlene: Barbie Wu*
Professor Stump/Axel: Jimmy Garcia*
Leonore: Tricia Castañeda-Guevara
Ben: Chris Conner*
Carmen: Kate Ming T’ien Duffly
Stacy Ann: Eleanor Amorós
Stage Directions: Holly Richards
*Actors’ Equity Association
ASL Interpretation Provided by:
Ruth Nardecchia and Trani Morton
Sunday, February 4
5:00 p.m.
Portland Center Stage
128 NW 11th Ave. Portland, OR
SYNOPSIS:
“Group; or Marlene is Dead,” by Sofia Molimbi, is not your typical parenthood comedy. Set in modern day Portland, Oregon, “Group” follows the lives of five parents and two professors, who are all desperate to salvage their rocky home lives. Professor Marlene’s parenting class becomes an incubator that either kills you or saves you. This fast-paced tragicomedy is an honest portrayal of the struggles of relationships, divorce, fertility, and motherhood.
Molimbi writes in TANDEM
TANDEM, a short play by Sofia Molimbi, was a part of ScribLab’s “Wake Up!” project.
Welcome to our new members!
Molimbi finds fellowship with Literary Arts
Sofia Molimbi was profiled by Literary Arts as the winner of the 2023 Oregon Literary Fellowship for Drama.
