Key City Public Theatre produced Here, There & Everywhere for two performances on March 7 & 8, 2010. A salute to International Women’s Day, this was the second year that Key City presented the program of ten minute monologues by women playwrights from around the world. The event was a fund-raiser for Dove House, the agency which provides support services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Jefferson County, WA. The event was supported by a generous grant from the International Centre for Women Playwrights.


Following an open call for monologues, the theatre received 232 monologues from 163 writers from 14 countries. After a selection process in which each piece was read twice, the following monologues were chosen:


Turnham Bloody Green by Rachel Barnett, Egham, Surrey, UK. A woman waits at her tube station for her train ...and for her life to begin.

Heather Blue Fate by Diane Rao Harmon, New Concord, OH, USA. A teacher looks to the story of Oedipus for answers about her own future.

Looking For Juana by Berta Hiriart, Mexico City, Mexico. A political demonstration in Mexico City changes many lives.

She Went A’Whaling by Marjorie Conn, Ocean Grove, NJ, USA. A girl disguises herself as a cabin boy and sails the seven seas.

Made Of Glass by Judith Glass Collins, Nordland, WA, USA. A glassblower forgets to breathe.

Shi’a Law by Tahmina Popol, Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghani women speak out against their government.

Bury Your Goldfish by Michelle Wallace, Melbourne, Australia. The responsibilities of pet ownership and the thankless job that is motherhood.

Lexy’s Warning by Ellen West, Portland, OR, USA. A woman is repeatedly saved from disaster by a talking bird.


Turnham Bloody Green, Looking For Juana and Lexy’s Warning were directed by Judith Glass Collins. Heather Blue Fate, She Went A’Whaling, Made of Glass, Shi’a Law and Bury Your Goldfish were directed by Mara Lathrop.


The Sunday performance attracted a small but enthusiastic audience (lesson
learned – never schedule an event opposite the Academy Awards) and the Monday evening performance was a sell out! Each performance was followed by a post play discussion and a reception featuring desserts from eight local women-owned businesses.


Here, There & Everywhere raised $976.27 for Dove House. We are very grateful to our audiences, our sponsors, the ICWP, our fabulous performers (Amanda Stuerer, Denise Fleener, Denise Winter and Cheryl Bozarth) and most especially to the eight women playwrights whose work graced our stage.


Audiences especially appreciated the variety of the work, the many points of view expressed, and the distances from which it came. As one audience member remarked during a post play discussion, “We may be tucked away in our small corner of the great, big world, but events like Here, There & Everywhere remind us that we are all part of something greater and that people everywhere have so much in common.” Plans for next year’s Here, There & Everywhere are already in the works.