Lipstick Lobotomy OTR New Play Reading
Awards and Recognition
- OTR Reading
This new play will be presented as a reading. Readings are an essential part of the play development process. We are proud to offer this as part of our On The Radar (OTR) New Works Program that aims to support the creation of diverse new stories by emerging U.S. playwrights. Click here to learn more about OTR.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Lipstick Lobotomy imagines a friendship between JFK’s little sister Rosemary Kennedy and the playwright’s great aunt Ginny at an exclusive high-end sanitarium for women in the fall of 1941. The women undergo the peculiar cutting-edge treatments on offer by a society desperate to find the cure for womanhood. When Rosemary is selected by the famous surgeon Dr. Walter Jackson Freeman II for an exciting new procedure, Ginny will do everything in her power to take control of her own future.
2024 OTR Reading Series Sponsors
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth George Foundation
Jennifer Ruckman & Ken Favell
Venue Bette Aitken theater arts Center
- Full-Service Bar
- Free Parking
- Conveniently Located
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At a Glance
- Approximate Running Time:
- 1 hour, 30 minutes with no intermissions
- Special Notes:
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- Free Parking
I felt the powerful dramatic irony of knowing the horror of Rosemary Kennedy’s lobotomy which was to come.The play positively surprised me with its humor. All the actors/readers were terrific!