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
Tag: Sofia Molimbi
Fertile Ground is here!
Check out LineStorm’s whole festival schedule and reserve your seats:
4/12, 12pm: SUBE Y BAJA by Francisco Garcia
4/12, 6pm: SMALL BITES, 10-minute plays by Lolly Ward, Holly Richards, Heath Hyun Houghton, Ken Yoshikawa, and Brianna Barrett
4/13, 12pm: FLOATING NAKED WITH PIRANHAS (HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE WORKING AT AMAZON) by Rich Rubin
4/14, 12pm: FINDING WILD by Susan Faust
4/17, 5pm: PULL by Sara Jean Accuardi
4/18, 12pm: STRANGE BIRDS by E. M. Lewis
4/19, 12pm: CESSAIR: HOW IRELAND WAS BORN, act one of a new musical by Holly Richards and Lolly Ward
4/20, 12pm: THE ALCHEMY OF STEAM by Josie Seid
4/21, 5pm: REMOTE by Sofia Molimbi and WHITE NOISE by Audrey Block
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.
