This month, Valerie returns to Chicago's own Babes With Blades for a public staged reading of Anne Bertram's Deeds Not Words: The Rise of the Jujitsu Suffragettes. Set in 1913-14, the new play tells the complex story of members of the Women's Social and Political Union fighting for the vote in Britain. The reading will be held at The Second Stage (3408 N. Sheffield, Chicago) at 1 pm on October 22, as part of the Babes' New Plays Development Program.
Valerie has also been cast as Marmee in Little Womenwith Greenroom Productions. The musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic runs December 10-18 at the Cosman Theater in Huntley, IL, northwest of Chicago.
