When four friends come together in a rural southwest Virginia town for a reunion, it's a happy gathering filled with remembrance and ritual. But when some religious crusaders stage a book-burning, and a local boy sets fire to one of the friend's van, their friendship is tested. Can the same magical activism that forged their early feminist bonds bring them together now to fight patriarchy and racism, at a time when the fight is needed most? A "Bold New Voices" premiere that celebrates the resilient power of the feminine spirit.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM Sundays at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM Tier One $45 Tier Two $35 Students $20 Group Rates begin at 10+ Tickets - call box office for information |
MEET THE CAST OF Chicks in Heaven
Karen Lange (Frances)
Is a Helen Hayes nominated, DMV-based theatre artist. Selected credits: Happy Days (Mead Theatre Lab), Henry IV Part and The Trojan Women Project (Brave Spirits, HH nomination), Assassins (Pallas Theatre Collective), The Events (Theatre Alliance), TAME (Avant Bard), The Honey Trap (Solas Nua) A Bright Room Called Day (Nu Sass), The Carolina Layaway Grail (The Welders). She is Artistic Director of Pinky Swear productions, where she co-wrote, performed in, and produced two shows that won Best Musical/Best Overall at Capital Fringe Festival - Over Her Dead Body and Bell Wringer. She's thrilled to be working with Creative Cauldron for the first time.
Is a Helen Hayes nominated, DMV-based theatre artist. Selected credits: Happy Days (Mead Theatre Lab), Henry IV Part and The Trojan Women Project (Brave Spirits, HH nomination), Assassins (Pallas Theatre Collective), The Events (Theatre Alliance), TAME (Avant Bard), The Honey Trap (Solas Nua) A Bright Room Called Day (Nu Sass), The Carolina Layaway Grail (The Welders). She is Artistic Director of Pinky Swear productions, where she co-wrote, performed in, and produced two shows that won Best Musical/Best Overall at Capital Fringe Festival - Over Her Dead Body and Bell Wringer. She's thrilled to be working with Creative Cauldron for the first time.
Audrey Baker (Mindy)
Is thrilled to make her debut at Creative Cauldron. Other local productions include Constellation Theatre Company: Desperate Measures; Workhouse Arts Center: The Who's Tommy, Urinetown, Xanadu; Little Theatre of Alexandria: Bright Star, Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder. A San Francisco native, Audrey graduated from UC Berkeley and performed in theater throughout the Bay Area, favorite roles including Kate Monster/Lucy in Avenue Q and Muriel in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
Is thrilled to make her debut at Creative Cauldron. Other local productions include Constellation Theatre Company: Desperate Measures; Workhouse Arts Center: The Who's Tommy, Urinetown, Xanadu; Little Theatre of Alexandria: Bright Star, Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder. A San Francisco native, Audrey graduated from UC Berkeley and performed in theater throughout the Bay Area, favorite roles including Kate Monster/Lucy in Avenue Q and Muriel in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
Pauline Lamb (Tatiana)
Designs props, sets, and costumes throughout the DMV area while also performing, choreographing, and teaching. Previous acting credits include Eloise in School Girls or The African Mean Girls Play (Nextstop), Mama in The Bluest Eye (Theatre Alliance), Daisy in Diagnosed (Creative Cauldron), Woman 2 in From the Mississippi Delta (The Essential Theater), Simone in Weep (Nu Sass), and Sylvia in Blight (Pinky Swear Productions). Following this show, she will be performing in Postcards from Ihatov at 1st Stage. She is elated to return to The Cauldron and sends her love to the cast and crew!
Designs props, sets, and costumes throughout the DMV area while also performing, choreographing, and teaching. Previous acting credits include Eloise in School Girls or The African Mean Girls Play (Nextstop), Mama in The Bluest Eye (Theatre Alliance), Daisy in Diagnosed (Creative Cauldron), Woman 2 in From the Mississippi Delta (The Essential Theater), Simone in Weep (Nu Sass), and Sylvia in Blight (Pinky Swear Productions). Following this show, she will be performing in Postcards from Ihatov at 1st Stage. She is elated to return to The Cauldron and sends her love to the cast and crew!
Krista Grimmett (Emmaline)
Back in the 80s, she attended the HBCU Hampton University where she majored in Speech Communications and Theater Arts. Krista has performed in and worked on numerous theatrical productions here in the US, Asia and Europe including Aint Misbehavin', The Heidi Chronicles, The Crucible, A Comedy of Errors, Medea, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, Home, Into the Woods, For Colored Girls, Cabaret and Jesus Christ Superstar. After over 34 years, she recently retired from her federal position with the US Agency for International Development. She lives in Old Town Alexandria with her amazing husband Eric Adams and dedicates her performance to her beautiful late mother Jessie Lois Grimmett who was supportive of all her hopes and dreams.
Back in the 80s, she attended the HBCU Hampton University where she majored in Speech Communications and Theater Arts. Krista has performed in and worked on numerous theatrical productions here in the US, Asia and Europe including Aint Misbehavin', The Heidi Chronicles, The Crucible, A Comedy of Errors, Medea, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, Home, Into the Woods, For Colored Girls, Cabaret and Jesus Christ Superstar. After over 34 years, she recently retired from her federal position with the US Agency for International Development. She lives in Old Town Alexandria with her amazing husband Eric Adams and dedicates her performance to her beautiful late mother Jessie Lois Grimmett who was supportive of all her hopes and dreams.
Lenny Mendez (Pheonix)
Is a Latina Actor local in the DMV. Her theatre credits include Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Audrey: The New Musical, Monarch: A Mexican American Musical, The Adventures of Pinocchio at Creative Cauldron, Prom Night, Jardín Salvaje, and Picasso at GALA Hispanic Theatre, Espejos: Clean at Studio Theatre, The Proposal at Workhouse Art Center, and Ash Baxter and the Missing Spyglass at the Alden theatre. She is a George Mason University and Circle in the Square Theatre School on Broadway alumna.
Is a Latina Actor local in the DMV. Her theatre credits include Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Audrey: The New Musical, Monarch: A Mexican American Musical, The Adventures of Pinocchio at Creative Cauldron, Prom Night, Jardín Salvaje, and Picasso at GALA Hispanic Theatre, Espejos: Clean at Studio Theatre, The Proposal at Workhouse Art Center, and Ash Baxter and the Missing Spyglass at the Alden theatre. She is a George Mason University and Circle in the Square Theatre School on Broadway alumna.
Charlene Sloan (Sophie)
Is thrilled to be making her Creative Cauldron debut in Chicks in Heaven! Previous roles include Shirley Wigglin in A Delightful Quarantine, and Madge Geisel in The Game's Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays) at the Reston Community Players; the Multi-Character Gal in Leaving Iowa (WATCH nomination), Lynn McCarthy in Red Herring, The Queen in Snow White and the Family Dwarf, and Chris Gorman in Rumors at the Providence Players of Fairfax. She has also appeared as Sylvie Sylvane in The Nance (WATCH nomination), Harriet in Key for Two, and a Bad Idea Bear and Mrs. Thisletwat in Avenue Q at the Little Theater of Alexandria.
Is thrilled to be making her Creative Cauldron debut in Chicks in Heaven! Previous roles include Shirley Wigglin in A Delightful Quarantine, and Madge Geisel in The Game's Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays) at the Reston Community Players; the Multi-Character Gal in Leaving Iowa (WATCH nomination), Lynn McCarthy in Red Herring, The Queen in Snow White and the Family Dwarf, and Chris Gorman in Rumors at the Providence Players of Fairfax. She has also appeared as Sylvie Sylvane in The Nance (WATCH nomination), Harriet in Key for Two, and a Bad Idea Bear and Mrs. Thisletwat in Avenue Q at the Little Theater of Alexandria.
Ben Ribler (Conrad)
Returns to Creative Cauldron after last appearing in their 2022 Summer Cabaret Series. His DC-area theater credits include The Great Society (Arena Stage), The Lion in Winter (Everyman Theatre), Candida (Washington Stage Guild), The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Imagination Stage), Something Rotten! [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical] (Toby's Dinner Theatre), Make Way For Ducklings (Adventure Theatre MTC), Lucky Stiff (NextStop Theatre Company), Be More Chill (Monumental Theatre Company). FILM: Tapawingo. Ben would like to thank his wife Kennis, his friends and the DC theater community for endless amounts of support. UPCOMING: Sing Down The Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales (Adventure Theatre MTC), Finn (The Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences).
Returns to Creative Cauldron after last appearing in their 2022 Summer Cabaret Series. His DC-area theater credits include The Great Society (Arena Stage), The Lion in Winter (Everyman Theatre), Candida (Washington Stage Guild), The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Imagination Stage), Something Rotten! [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical] (Toby's Dinner Theatre), Make Way For Ducklings (Adventure Theatre MTC), Lucky Stiff (NextStop Theatre Company), Be More Chill (Monumental Theatre Company). FILM: Tapawingo. Ben would like to thank his wife Kennis, his friends and the DC theater community for endless amounts of support. UPCOMING: Sing Down The Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales (Adventure Theatre MTC), Finn (The Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences).
Jimmy Bartlebaugh (Conrad U/S)
This is Jimmy's first production with Creative Cauldron. His recent local credits include A Year With Frog and Toad (Imagination Stage); Suessical (Keegan Theatre); You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Junie B. Jones (Adventure Theatre). He holds a BM from CUA.
This is Jimmy's first production with Creative Cauldron. His recent local credits include A Year With Frog and Toad (Imagination Stage); Suessical (Keegan Theatre); You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Junie B. Jones (Adventure Theatre). He holds a BM from CUA.
Karen Rothschild (Sophie U/S)
Caught the acting bug early, and has been involved in theatrical and musical performances since she was a young child. She has performed with the MIT Theater Guild and the Boston Lyric Opera, and performed as an uncredited extra in the film Un Argentino in Nueva York (An Argentinian in New York). Most recently she can be seen in an independent short film (Crazy Bird Lady) and on an episode of Meet, Marry, Murder on Lifetime. She is thrilled to be working with Creative Cauldron.
Caught the acting bug early, and has been involved in theatrical and musical performances since she was a young child. She has performed with the MIT Theater Guild and the Boston Lyric Opera, and performed as an uncredited extra in the film Un Argentino in Nueva York (An Argentinian in New York). Most recently she can be seen in an independent short film (Crazy Bird Lady) and on an episode of Meet, Marry, Murder on Lifetime. She is thrilled to be working with Creative Cauldron.