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Written by America's most produced playwright Lauren M. Gunderson and pop sensation Ari Afsar, Jeannette electrifies the life and history of suffrage activist, social worker and Montanan, Jeannette Rankin. Elected to Congress in 1916—three years before women are granted the right to vote—Jeannette finds herself to be the only female voice within the halls of power to vote on women’s suffrage. www.JeannetteMusical.com
"The joy of “The Book of Will” is watching actors like DeVita and Ridge who know and love Shakespeare play characters who, like them, know and love Shakespeare. ...Using a few of Shakespeare’s lines, real and composite characters and a great deal of fantasy, playwrights like Gunderson create new art for audiences that crave classics." –Lindsay Christians, The Capital Times
"There's an excellent match of play, director and actors happening... With comedy in the first act and a more serious second act, Gunderson examines art, power and sisterhood through these passionate women." –Susan Haubenstock, broadwayworld.com
Theatre in the time of COVID-19: "Like everyone in the theatre community right now, and indeed across the globe, we at Hampstead Theatre are watching these unprecedented events unfold and wondering what we can do to help. ...I hope this particularly tender and funny story offers some much-needed entertainment and connection right now..." –Roxana Silbert, Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre
"Gunderson’s witty, fast-moving script explores what it must have been like to dream of seeing the stars at a time when women could not use the world’s best telescopes—and what kind of person might be able to carve out her own astronomical projects despite the obstacles." –Melinda Baldwin, Physics Today
