Written by Hailey Colwell (age 11), and Hailey Colwell (age 21)
Upon finding her fifth grade journal, a writer crosses timelines and meets her younger self. New scenes and a source text collide as she traces her start as a storyteller growing up in Saint Paul.
Written for the 2015 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Produced by the Snelling Fire Brigade.
Directed by Joe Allen.
Cast –
Corinne Nugent as Woman
Michaela Stromberg as Girl
Chloe Stromberg as Girl
Kaya Richie as Guy
John Ballin as Dad/Editor
Lukas Levin as Jimmy
Maddie Granlund as Mollie
Nidhi Day as Jessie
Aidan Jhane Gallivan as Aidan
Press
“It’s clear from Girlhood that Colwell has been a confident writer for far longer than I’ve known her, but this script reaches for a new level of formal ambition as well as new depths of feeling, and it succeeds brilliantly.” — The Tangential
“It feels real, because it is real.” — MinnyApple
Photos by Aidan Jhane Gallivan.
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