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A Bustle, A Corset, & The London Necropolis Express

January 17, 2023 HWMS Production

We know the story.

Three women.

A London Office.

A missing colleague.

And a pandemic.

Three women wake one morning to discover that a colleague has vanished in the night. Gone. Poof. Not a bit of a trace.

The clue to the story lies in a play that has just opened in a London Theatre. The missing colleague has vanished into the world of that play and has become engaged in a grand debate about the roles of women in modern society.

But the three women in the office are not part of the debate. They are earning a living. They are caring for family. They trying to decide what they need to do today in order to be ready for tomorrow, while worrying about their friend.

A play about the world of George Bernard Shaw and Karl Pearson that takes no guff from either.

Cast: (22470, in order of appearance)

Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager, Marta Green
Debbon Ayer – Honoria Fawcett
Anastasia DeLoret – Daphne Duvet
Tehya Merrit – Inis Abbo
Ron Bianchi – Jock Hodgy, Messengers
Kit Kuksenok – Messengers
Josh LaForce – Asa Pinchbeck
Kota Fudauchi – Eldon Shannon-Marsh
Skippy – Vivian Warren

Cast: (22471 in order of appearance)

Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager, Marta Green
Zoe Anastasiou – Honoria Fawcett
Margaux Amie – Daphne Duvet
Sahara Ale – Inis Abbo
Ron Bianchi – Messengers
Kit Kuksenok – Messengers
Ethan Madds – Jock Hodgy
Josh Wilson – Asa Pinchbeck
Geoffrey Grier – Eldon Shannon Marsh
Skippy – Vivian Warren

Sound Design: Hilbert Space

Music Direction: Mel O’Dea Studios

Music: Alibi Music, Atomic Music (used with permission)

Dramaturgy: Steve Harper, Theatre503

Graphic Artist: Ava N Garda

Written and Directed: David Alan Grier

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Mathematical Tables Project

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May 2, 2022 HWMS Production

She could have been somebody.

A real contender.

If there hadn’t been a global economic depression.

If the world hadn’t been engaged in a world war.

And if she hadn’t been a woman.

Through Fate or Good Fortune or the simple dedication of someone who was not discouraged by rejection, she came to lead the Mathematical Tables Project, a quirky work-relief office that was intended to give employment to workers who were unable to find a job. She turned it into the world’s most power computing organization. At least the most powerful organization before computing people were replaced by computing machines.

She did calculations for the government, for the military, for scientists and engineers. They were championed by Einstein, by John von Neuman, professors from Cornell and MIT. She dined at the White House and sat at tables of power. Until she was forgotten. Forgotten by a country that is more constant in its love of technology than it is in its love of people.

A story of Gertrude Blanch, her best friend Ida Rhodes, and their improbably employer, the Mathematical Tables Project. A story of love, dedication, courage and (brace yourselves) long division.

Gold Medal Recipient at the 2023 Hear / Now Audio Drama Festival.

Cast: (in order of named appearance)