Member Productions

I'm so proud of this world premiere production by Geva Theatre, with exceptional direction from Kimberly Senior (Broadway's Disgraced), phenomenal actors, and an incredible design team.

The reviews have called it a "must see", an "intense, thought-provoking and wholly riveting drama" and "an exhausting, gripping, devastating triumph, exposing issues that desperately seek a champion." It runs through May 22nd. 

Tickets at www.gevatheatre.org.

On May 7, in Phoenix AZ, my ten min. play "Metaphorical Shoes" will be performed on May 7 as part of the Caleb Reese Festival of New
plays and Musicals. "Metaphorical Shoes" isn't a musical; it's about a woman over 60 who craves fancy high heels. http://phoenixtheatre.com/festival

Catherine Frid's play about youth anxiety for grades 7 - 10 is receiving a school tour by Mixed Company Theatre in Toronto.

Half Full

Joshua is a joker. He messes with his friend's social media postings, teases Saffy, the girl he likes, and keeps a reality check on his anxiety. But when his mother gets a disturbing phone call about work, things start to change. Now Josh's anxiety (Anx) twists events to keep him off-kilter. As Anx spins out of control, Josh knows he can't talk to his 'helicopter' mother. How can he regain control of his life?

Shirley King's plays have been performed in the US, the UK, Korea and Canada. Seventeen of her plays and monologues were selected for productions/readings in 2016. Fourteen of her plays/monologues have been selected in 2017. Shirley is a member of The International Centre for Women Playwrights and The Dramatists Guild.

Oxnard College Performing Arts Center; 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA 93033. For info: 805-6785800 x 1951; FREE and open to the Public. Silent Witnesses is an award-winning solo play, based on interviews with child survivors of the Holocaust, written and performed by Stephanie Satie and directed by Anita Khanzadian.

My monologue, Common as a Loaf of Bread, which is one of thirteen pieces that make up my full-length play The Missouri Cycle, will be read as part of Diversionary Theatre's WordPlay Tuesday series. 4545 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 8 pm, admission is free.

My ten-minute piece A Grave Situation, one of the thirteen pieces that make up The Missouri Cycle, will be performed as part of SWAN Day, Athena Cats New Works Festival, in Santa Monica, California at City Garage, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Building T1, 2525 Michigan Ave. Performances at 1 and 3 PM. Admission is Free.

THE ELEPHANT GIRLS

written & performed by 

Margo MacDonald

From sold-out runs in Canada and a successful month-long run at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this multi-award winning show will premiere in London, England this April.

Draper Hall
Newington Butts (entrance corner of Hampton Street) 
London 
SE1 6TL United Kingdom

April 6-8, 13-15, 20-22 at 19:30

Tickets £9-13 -- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-elephant-girls-london-premiere-tickets-31896138208

“Without doubt, they were the most notorious girl gang Britain’s ever seen.”

(Brian McDonald, The Gangs of London)

Clever, organized, devious & daring; The Elephant Girls stole from the rich and gave to themselves. This is the gripping story of the all-female gang that terrorized London for over 100 years. A fascinating piece of lost women's history, only recently brought to light, the play focuses on the 1920s when the gang was at the height of its power—and when the events took place which would come to mean its downfall.

“Right here, right now, for one night only, I’ll tell you something special I ain’t never 

told no one before; I’ll tell you the truth.” – Maggie Hale, The Elephant Girls

Maggie Hale — the gang's suit-wearing, bloody-knuckled, girl-chasing “enforcer”— will tell you all. Who they were, what they did, how they got away with it, and how it all came crashing down. But should you trust the words of someone who’s made deception her stock-in-trade? Just how much are you sure you want to hear?

Wrapping issues of power, class, gender, and the nature of violence around the story of Maggie Hale, the show uses history to grapple with issues our society still struggles with today.

A gripping, psychological insight into gang life…The Elephant Girls evolves into a deeply psychological struggle between truth and fiction, as Maggie wrestles with the dangerous passion that bubbles beneath her carefully constructed bravado. Complex, subtle, and often deeply uncomfortable, this battle is fascinating to watch. —Jordan Shaw, The List

The production has won multiple awards in Canada (Outstanding Overall, Critics’ Pick for Best Shows, Ottawa Fringe Festival; Outstanding New Work, Outstanding Direction, and Outstanding Performance, Les Prix Rideau Awards; Best Actress, Capital Critics’ Circle), sold out shows (100% Sold Out, Ottawa Fringe; 100% Sold Out Winnipeg Fringe), and rave reviews. Picked up from last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the moves on from it's London run to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (May 8-13). After the run in Dublin, the show will play for a week at the Brighton Fringe Festival (May 20-26).

The Elephant Girls
by Parry Riposte Productions

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Margo MacDonald
parryriposteproductions@gmail.com        www.parryriposte.ca

**** “MacDonald captivates” —Broadway Baby

**** “…brilliantly written and exceptionally performed”—Fringe Guru

***** “Stampede—do not walk—to The Elephant Girls… a ferocious, charismatically intense performance.”—CBC Manitoba

***** “…violence, depravation and intensely steamy sexual experience…utterly entrancing…”—Winnipeg Free Press

Launch of a humorous two minute film protesting the environment

starring Andy Boughtflower, written by me, directed by Michele D'Acosta.

Honorable Award from The Experimental Forum in Los Angeles and featured in the Culver City Film Festival December 2016

Performance will be held at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church; 1643 Churchville Rd.; Bel Air, MD 21015

For info: 410-734-4370 or www.mzprays.org/events  or Eventbrite

Silent Witnesses is an award-winning solo play, based on interviews with child survivors of the Holocaust, written and performed by Stephanie Satie and directed by Anita Khanzadian.