Affecting Expression is a new play that unearths queer history with humor, heart, and theatricality. It’s 1852, and beloved crossdressing Shakespearean actress Charlotte Cushman is retiring from the stage to move to Rome with her long-term partner, reserved writer Matilda Hays. Joining their party is an eccentric young sculptor named Harriet Hosmer. As they navigate their intersecting artistic paths and the complexities of their relationships, a tension builds that they may be unable to recover from. Affecting Expression is a fantastical tragicomedy about figures of queer history that explores the social and emotional reality of these women and the thin line between finding and losing oneself in art.

Affecting Expression will be presented by Script Club NYC as a workshop production.

Event Tickets: http://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/script-club-nyc/affecting-expression

When?

• Friday, July 10th at 7:30pm

• Saturday, July 11th at 8:00pm

• Friday, July 17th at 8:00pm

• Saturday, July 18th at 8:00pm

Where?

• The Rat (68-117 Jay St, Brooklyn, New York)