Women Gone Wild: The Secretaries

When we think “women gone wild,” we tend to think of wet t-shirt contests. That is not these women. These women (and one man, sorry, Caylor Peterson - they love you and spoke of your glory) have gone off the beaten track (this play is being performed in Yellow Dog Coffee Company), co-produced by three individuals, directed as a company, and are performing a play that pushes the boundaries of actors and audience alike. In this episode, Laura Burguete, Anna Halza, Hannah Haddad, Katy Kendall, and Isabella Woodson talk about some of the restrictions of university theater and making this opportunity for themselves has pushed their knowledge of themselves as actors and forced them out of their comfort zones as they take on characters that would never be brought to stage in a university setting (university politics are real). These women are as delightfully unapologetic as the play; as they say in this episode, “you either get it or you don’t.” This play has a history; it’s a protest piece;  it’s been fought for in the courts, and now it’s coming to Norman. So come see this show; come support these amazing actors, and be part of the history (and maybe even the performative protest). The show is September 12th, 13th, and 14th at 8pm and there is a matinee on Saturday the 13th at 2pm. Students (all students) can get discount tickets! 

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Host/Shakespearean Shrew: Karen Feiner

Co-Creator/Brew Shrew: Michelle Coffman

Cover Art Creator/Artistic Shrew: Katie Kimberling ⁠⁠⁠www.halfmaverick.com⁠⁠⁠

Thank you to our guests Laura Burguete, Anna Halza, Hannah Haddad, Katy Kendall, and Isabella Woodson!

Laura Burguete is a Mexican-American actress from San Antonio, TX currently pursuing a BFA in Acting from The University of Oklahoma. Her most recent onstage appearance was Sage in Go. Please. Go. directed by Madison Neiderhauser. She is currently playing Peaches in The Secretaries.

Anna Halza is an actor, writer, and theater maker based in Texas and Oklahoma. She is currently pursuing her BFA in Drama at the University of Oklahoma. Her most recent projects include the role of Sarah in Hadley Shipley's Camp Contrition, produced by SheDFW, and co-authorship of How To Smoke Three Cigarettes at Once, produced by Co.Arts Theater Company. The play has just received its fringe debuts at Kansas City Fringe and Omaha Fringe. She is currently playing Susan in The Secretaries.

Hannah Haddad is an Assyrian-American actress from Texas, currently pursuing her BFA in Acting at the University of Oklahoma. She recently appeared as Decius in Julius Caesar directed by Livy Scanlon in Prague, the Stenographer in Waiting for Lefty directed by Seth Gordon, and is currently playing Ashley in The Secretaries.

Katy Kendall is a junior acting major at the University of Oklahoma from St. Louis, Missouri. Her most recent roles include Voice in the Crowd #2 (Waiting for Lefty—Weitzenhoffer Theater), and Celia (As You Like It—Divadlo Bez zábradlí). She is currently playing Patty in The Secretaries.

Isabella Woodson (she/her) is an Oklahoma and Texas based director, producer and actor. She is currently pursuing her B.F.A in Drama at the University of Oklahoma. Recent Credits: Waiting for Lefty (Assistant Director), Another Beginning (Director/Co-Producer), Dearly Departed (Production Dramaturg). She is currently playing Dawn in The Secretaries.