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TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN

* by Lizzie Osmeña O’Rourke *

WEDNESDAY
May 28, 2025 @ 4:00 PM

FRIDAY
May 30, 2025 @ 6:30 PM

SUNDAY
June 1, 2025 @ 1:00 PM
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Blurb

It’s 1929, and for the first time in American history, sisters Stella and Ethel can kiss, drink, and vote just as easily as men. But when the stock market crash turns the world on its head, their options disappear overnight. Stella is caught between drinking away her problems or facing her new reality as she grapples with what it means to be a woman in this country.

THIS SHOW IS 40 MINUTES LONG

THIS IS A ONE-ACT PRODUCTION THAT WILL BE PERFORMED ALONGSIDE ANOTHER ONE-ACT PRODUCTION WITHIN A 90-MINUTE TIME SPAN 

THIS IS A SHORT PLAY THAT WILL BE PERFORMED WITH OTHER SHORT PLAYS WITHIN A 90 MINUTE TIME SPAN

THIS IS A SHORT PLAY THAT WILL BE PERFORMED WITH OTHER SHORT PLAYS WITHIN A 90 MINUTE TIME SPAN

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Bio.

Lizzie Osmeña O’Rourke is a junior at Saint Ann’s in Brooklyn and a student at Juilliard Pre-College. She is the composer, lyricist, and librettist of Too Close to the Sun. She has previously won two awards in musical theatre competitions including this year’s EduHam Online award for Outstanding Performance. Lizzie has three brothers and a goldendoodle, Merlin, who is turning four in November.

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