Kitty Clements is A Woman of the World

Kitty Clements is A Woman of the World

Fringe Theater, in partnership with the Key West Woman’s Club, presents Rebecca Gilman’s one-woman play A Woman of the World, March 14-18 at 7pm at the Key West Woman’s Club, located at 319 Duval Street.  

The play is written by the award-winning playwright, Rebecca Gilman, who is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg ATCA New Play Award, the Harper Lee Award, the Scott McPherson Award, and the George Devine Award. Her play, The Glory of Living, was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. 

A Woman of the World is based on the life of Mabel Loomis Todd, neighbor to poet Emily Dickinson. In fact, Emily Dickinson probably would not have been as well-known a figure were it not for the efforts of Mabel Loomis Todd. Todd was the first to edit and publish Dickinson’s poems.  In all, she published three volumes and spent much of her life promoting Dickinson’s works with national tours and lectures. 

It is here that the play picks up. We find Mabel at a special lecture toward the end of her life. Slowly the carefully crafted stories of a lifetime merge with the long hidden and unspoken truths. Mabel, it turns out, was not the woman she seemed to be. In fact, she was so very much more! 

A Woman of the World is directed by Glenda Donovan. Glenda has served on Fringe’s Board of Directors for the last four years. Fringe audiences will remember her as the director of Golda’s Balcony, the star of Collected Stories, and as Tallulah Bankhead in last year’s hit Looped. 

Starring as Mabel Loomis Todd is Kitty Clements, the grande dame of Fringe Theater. Clements has been acting with Fringe Theater for more than 10 years! Her long list of Fringe acting credits include Agnes of God, Blithe Spirit, Marion, and Private Lives. She has been seen often in productions at the Studios of Key West including Here’s Your Hat, What’s Your Hurry?

Fringe’s Production Crew for A Woman of the World includes Light Designer Kendall Cameron, Sound Designer Su Nubia, Light Board Op Aramis Ikatu, and Production Dream Team Don Lynch, Charlie Bengel, Jim Beyl. This production is presented in conjunction with Women’s History Month. 

Rebecca Gilman’s A Woman of the World is insightful, witty, scandalous, and true! The show runs March 14-18 at 7pm at the Key West Woman’s Club. Tickets are $35 and $50 and can be purchased by phone at 305-731-0581 or online at www.fringetheater.org. Seating is limited. Advanced tickets are encouraged. For more information on this show, email [email protected]. 

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