Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties
COLLECTIVE RAGE:
A Play in Five Betties
In Essence, A Queer and Occasionally Hazardous Exploration; Do You Remember When You Were In Middle School And You Read About Shackleton And How He Explored The Antarctic?; Imagine The Antarctic As A Pussy And It’s Sort Of Like That
By Jen Silverman
Directed by Ann Marie Hall
Runs May 22 - June 7, 2026
TheatreWorks @ the Square
2085 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 2:00 PM
More info and to purchase tickets: www.newmoontheatre.org
About Collective Rage
Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty’s busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs to hit something. And Betty keeps using a small hand mirror to stare into parts of herself she’s never examined. In Collective Rage, the lives of five very different women named Betty collide at the intersection of anger, sex and "theat-ah." As they meet, fall in love, rehearse, revel and rage, they realize that they've been stuck reading the same scripts for far too long.
CAST
Betty 1 Rae Kestrel
Betty 2 Jamie Boller
Betty 3 Eliana Mabe
Betty 4 Amy Rush
Betty 5 Mimi Herren
Swing - 2 & 3 Kate Peckham
Swing - 1, 4, & 5 Chelsea Robinson
STAFF
Director Ann Marie Hall
Stage Manager Emmie Porter
Scenic Designer Patrice Nelms
Costume Designer Ashley Kopera
Lighting Designer Melissa Andrews
Sound Designer Gene Elliott
Properties Designer Laurie Boller
Scenic Construction Tim Romine
Poster Design & Graphics Sara Moseley
New Moon History
New Moon Theatre Company History: NM was formed in 2004. During that time it has produced many challenging works such as: The Drowning Girls, The Minutes (Nominated for an Ostrander for Best Ensemble), Shockheaded Peter, Evil Dead the Musical, Eurydice, Hamlet, Buried Child, Killer Joe, Lettuce and Lovage, The Woman In Black (Winner of an Ostrander Award for Sound Design), Haint (Winner of 2 Ostrander Awards in Set Design and New Works), Frankenstein, The Rainmaker (Nominated for 2 Ostrander awards), Bug (Nominated for an Ostrander award), King Lear (Winner of 3 Ostrander Awards in Direction, Supporting Actor and Sound Design), and Death of a Salesman
Mission Statement
New Moon’s mission statement: To entertain with challenging and provocative works, classic and contemporary, which are not often produced on the main stages of Memphis. Sometimes weird, sometimes moving, always New Moon.
New Moon Theatre Company
2085 Monroe Ave., Memphis Tennessee 38104
Contact Gene Elliott at 901-484-3467
www.newmoontheatre.org
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3625810-0
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