The Sisters

The Sisters (2025) - World Premiere

Composer - Patricia Wallinga

Performance Dates

June 13, 2025 7:00pm

June 15, 2025 4:00pm

Performance Venue

Christ Church Neighborhood House

20 N American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Synopsis

The poet Amy Lowell, plagued with self-doubt at her work, ponders the difficulties of being a female poet. She imagines herself going back to meet three of her predecessors: Sappho, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Dickinson. She falls in love with Sappho's uninhibited passion, chafes against Mrs. Browning's Victorian sensibilities, and keeps pace with Emily's lightning-fast wit. She tries to bring them all into the same dream-space to ponder whether she could really measure up to any of them; however, Emily remains stuck in her own doubts measuring herself against Mrs. Browning. The other poets pull her from her reverie, and all four come together in the recognition that they are one continued line of the same creative family. Amy bids her visions a fond, grateful farewell as she returns to her work, her poetic inspiration renewed.

Cast

Allison Deady as Amy Lowell

Madison Boyer as Emily Dickenson

Rebecca Sacks as Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Ryan Colbert as Sappho

Creative Team

Patricia Wallinga - Composer

Amanda Staub - Creative Executive Producer

Ting Ting Wong - Music Director/Conductor

Elise D'Avella - Stage Director

Meghan Jones - Set Design

Orchestra

Sirapat Jittapirom - Piano

Leigh Brown - Cello

Eiko Ogiso - Violin

Set Construction by Philadelphia Scenic Works

Host or Publisher Liberty City Arts