Who: Jenn Colella, Lilli Cooper, Chilina Kennedy, Ezra Menas, Melanie Field, Jessie Shelton, Anna Crivelli, Danielle Chaves, Hannah Van Sciver, Madeleine Barker, Em Weinstein, Emily Johnson-Erday, Sophia Choi, Stephanie Cohen, Rebecca Adelsheim
What: Live, virtual benefit concert
Where: soldiergirls.org
When: Monday, August 31, free with RSVP (donations accepted), 7:00
Why: An all-star cast will participate in Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s live, virtual concert staging of the new “lesbian musical sex comedy” SOLDIERGIRLS. Tickets are free, but donations will be accepted to support SPART*A (Service Members, Partners, Allies for Respect and Tolerance for All), the mission of which “is to advocate for our actively serving transgender military members, veterans, and their families.” The two-person show features book and lyrics by 2019-20 Rattlestick artistic fellow Em Weinstein and music by Emily Johnson-Erday, inspired by actual letters and found and original text from personnel serving in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. The sixty-minute presentation will include behind-the-scenes information from the creators as well as costume designer Sophia Choi, set designer Stephanie Cohen, and dramaturg Rebecca Adelsheim; among the performers are Jenn Colella, Lilli Cooper, Chilina Kennedy, Ezra Menas, Melanie Field, and Jessie Shelton. You can find out more about the show in this inside look from PBS.