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Friday, February 14, 2025

Reading begins promptly at 7:30 pm
Two Short Plays: Simons + Tiger
  • THE BLACK WOMEN DID IT, by Anita Yellin Simons

    After Rosa Parks’ arrest in 1955, Jo Ann Robinson took it upon herself to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Many think that the boycott happened because Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, but that was only the spark that set off a boycott that had been planned for years. The play takes place in 1968 where Jo Ann recalls what led her to lead the boycott.

  • INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUFFET, by Janet S. Tiger

    Two friends share some donuts – and some views on life!

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    Katharine Rex
    About the Authors...
    • Anita Yellin Simons combines her love of history and activism in her award-winning plays. Her first play, GOODBYE MEMORIES, about Anne Frank before she went into hiding, was produced by La Jolla Jewish Community Center in 2011 and was published by YouthPLAYS in 2021. HEARTLAND (co-written with Lojo Simon), about German-Americans interned in U.S. camps during WWII, was produced by MiraCosta College Theater in 2008 and published by YouthPLAYS in 2019. Most of her plays concern social issues that require an audience to think and react.

    • Janet  S. Tiger’s award-winning work has been performed internationally and published in U.S., Canada and U.K anthologies.  The recipient of an NEA-COMBO Fellowship as well as numerous grants and contest awards, Tiger received a S.D. Foundation Creative Catalyst Program Fellowship for Caregivers Anonymoushttp://janetstiger.weebly.com/
      Her published plays are on Pioneer Drama and in the UK, Lazy Bee Scripts: https://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Authors/Author.aspx?iIA=154

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